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Lalela Project Newsletter Team’s workshop facilitated by journalists, Maryke and Clifford Roberts
LALELA PROJECT IMPACTLALELA PROJECT/ JUNE 2013/ VOLUME 2 ISSUE NO.2
Dear Lalela Project Friends,
We are thrilled to share with you the second
edition of our student newsletter, Impact, written
and designed entirely by Lalela Project’s Artists
Grades 8 through 12.
Our students share their personal accounts of the
rst six months of this year, providing a glimpse
into the wide range of community events, exhibits,
art workshops, and artist collaborations that they
have enjoyed. From creating and exhibiting unique
artwork inspired by the anti-apartheid artists of the
1970s (CAPs), orchestrating a collaborative mural in
honour of Human Rights Day, to collaborating with
world-renowned artist, Robin Rhode, for the April
Holiday Programme - Lalela Project students have
been busy getting creative, critical, and conscious!
We also announce some exciting new partnerships,such as our Leadership Programme initiative with
Learn to Lead, and our programmatic partnerships
with the David Rattray Foundation and the Amy
Biehl Foundation, which enable Lalela Project
to now provide its Ideas, Arts and Music (I AM)
curriculum to over 1,000 students per week!
I would like to personally thank our Board of
Directors in New York and South Africa, as well as
our dedicated teams on the ground - our continued
growth has been made possible only by their
passion and commitment.
I hope you enjoy this new edition of Impact, and that you share it with your friends and families!
Warm Regards,
Andrea Kerzner
CEO and Founder
Jackson Pollock Art of Freedom: Grade 1- 5 studentsgot hands on with the art inspired by JacksonPollock’s Painting technique
Lalela Project Leaders Sanele Bani and Siyolisi Tyukaare interviewed by Lorna Maseko, Top Billing at theCape Town International Jazz Festival Golf Day inMarch 2013.
Lalela Project students meet Scooter Braun, Psy and TheWanted at Hout Bay High School.
Having Clifford and Maryke Roberts, two professional journalists come in and talk to us “Lalela
Project Journalists” who needed the direction and knowledge was really helpful. It pushed us
in the right direction, they gave us advice and showed us how to get a message across and
connecting with readers through an article. Thank you very much to Clifford and Maryke!
Journalist and Writing Workshop- written by wonga lucas
Every Monday afternoon we have the
pleasure of facilitating a newsletter
workshop with students from grade
8 - 12. The team is made up of
cartoonists, writers, photographers
and poets who attend weekly sessions
where content is created for Lalela
Newsletter WorkshopsProject’s bi - annual newsletter. The
purpose is to allow them space to
express their ideas and opinions about
their communities, the project, events
and curriculum through art and writing.
- Farhana Jacobs, Art Facilitator
Music is a great part of our art making process. Photography by Wonga Lucas
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The South African National Gallery gave
Lalela Project students the opportunity to
experience the art of printmaking using
linocuts which ended in an exhibition of
the artwork.
Kathy Kotes, Soe Peters and Ricky Dyaloyi
from the Community Arts Project (CAP)
made sure that we understood the
basics of linocut. Since the 1860’s linocuts
have been used for different purposes.
We learnt about ar tists in South African
history who were not given the privilege
Art of Jazz - CAP Workshops
to express their work. They had pride.
This is what I loved the most about
those artists. After all that history we felt
like the intellectuals, our minds became
brighter and smart with the information
- everybody changed their attitude and
started to focus.Being given the opportunity to do linocutwas an honour and a great privilege. We thank the South African NationalGallery and Community Arts Projectfor everything. Now everyday thosewho attend the workshop has a bit of experience and we understand the worldof printmaking.
One&Only Cape Town Exhibition at Lalela Project Gallery
Following the linocut exhibition at SANG, Lalela Project Gallery at the One&Only Cape Town
hosted an exhibition with works produced. The exhibition ran until July 2013.
- written by Mathius MakuMba
LP students admire their work
LP artists create linocuts for the rst time Linocut artwork created by Sanele Bani Lalela Project at the SANG exhibition
2
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Human Rights Day Event: Hout Bay Police Station
- written by saMantha Miselo
Students hang up recycled plastic bottles tocreate a rainbow roof
On the 21 March 2013 Lalela Project
held it’s Human Rights Day event at the
Imizamoyethu Police Station. We spent
the day making the police station more
attractive and colourful for people to
notice it. The main point of the day was to
bring the community and the police
closer together and forget about
their issues with each other. We had
3 different communities working
together; Masiphumelele, Hangberg
and Imizamoyethu. We were allmaking a difference. Students give a new face to chopped tree barkscreating make shift chairs
Partnerships
We have just launched our partnership with the David Rattray
Foundation to bring Lalela Project to rural KwaZulu Natal.
Lalela Project COO, Cat Rieper visits the KZN site in June 2013Mannenberg and Nyanga students have grown in attendance since the inception of thepartnership in January 2013
In January 2013 Lalela Project launched a pilot art workshop as partof the ABF after care programmes in Mannenberg and Nyanga. Thisis an exciting project which we hope will grow and extend into more
of the ABF after care programmes.
Amy Biehl Foundation
Uganda
In February 2013 we
hosted Collins and
David from the ‘Lalela
Project Hope North
Art Center’. Hope
North is a campus
in northern Uganda
where refugees
orphans and former
child soldiers nd a
place to call home.
Where music, art and
dance are the basis for
healing the war’s many
emotional wounds
David Rattray Foundation
Silikamva High School
- written by
Melikhaya MDubeki
- written by
Melikhaya MDubeki
Lalela Project students vs. Hout Bay PoliceDepartment in a one day friendly match.
Ramon Mellet’s graftti art gets some colourfrom LP Artists on Human Rights Day
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My rst Robin Rhode Experience
The Robin Rhode Holiday Program
was a really inspiring and cool place to
be. I had a great time and learnt new
things about Robin Rhode art. I feel
that doing this project has helped me a
lot and I can now do many things with
what I have learnt at this program. At
rst I felt scared but at the end of the
day I learnt something. Loyiso taught
April Holiday Program: Robin Rhode Art
Growing up, Robin Rhode didn’t
have access to all the material things
he wanted. So that is when he came
up with his own “Dreamscape to
the Impossible”. At Lalela Project
we created our own dreamscapes
drawing things and interacting with
- written by siMaMkele benani
them in ways that we could never
imagine! These were photographed
and made into 5 minute videos. Each
student was part of a group where
there was a director, cameraman,
actors and drawers. A lot of us were
committed and we all did our best!
- written by violet kaluwa me how to be condent with myself and
feel good about who I am and where I
come from. Everyone was friendly and
I could do anything I wanted (Meaning
I could draw and express myself).
What I like about Lalela Project is the
enthusiasm and care all the facilitators
have. They are always patient and
understanding, friendly and honest.
Robin Rhode Art at Stevenson Gallery
Robin Rhode’s Paries Pictus exhibition opened on Thursday
11 April 2013 at the Michael Stevenson Gallery in Woodstock,
Cape Town. Learners from Lalela Project collaborated with
Rhode at the Michael Stevenson Gallery during this week.
On Tuesday 9 April 2013 and Wednesday, 10 April, groups of
grade 1 learners ranging from 6-8 years, from the communities
in Hangberg and Imizamoyethu in Hout Bay participated in
an educational wall drawing experience with Robin Rhode. Working closely with groups of two, Rhode instructed the
children to colour in geometric designs using the oversized oil
pastels and graphite crayons included in the exhibition.
- written by Melikhaya MDubeki
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Our Artists’Wor ld View
Substance Abuse- written by Zosuliwe Macingwana Gangsterism
Substance abuse is whereby people or
children drink alcohol and smoke dagga,
okah pipe or tik. They drink and smoke
from a young age. Young children must not
drink, smoke or abuse substances that areharmful to them. Some children see their
friends doing it and they think its the right
thing. When children or adults drink more
than they should or overuse medication
such as headache tablets and painkillers, it is
unhealthy and it is also substance abuse.
Imizamoyethu is a diverse township
- but often people are not willing to
be whistle blowers and talk about
crimes that happen behind closed
doors. if people had the voice, Hout
Bay would be a more peaceful place.
Don’t let the gangs terrorize what
God has given us.
- written by siyaMthanDa MaqekeZa
Our Artist’s View on Lalela Project CurriculumArt of Weather
Inspired by the Weather Channel Lalela Project embarked on curriculum that
introduced our artists to new materials in the form of umbrellas. Our high school art
facilitator, Jill Mackail spent time on basic design elements and how to incorporate
these onto an umbrella design. We think that the results speak for themselves.
Masiphumelele High (left) and Hout Bay High (above) Artists implementing their designs
Art of WeatherArtist Tree
I am in grade 8 at Silikamva
High School and I’ll be
telling you how I felt during
Artist Tree. An artist is
something like a tree or a
plant, the tree represents
the person drawing it and
the leaves represents the
emotions.
Doing an Ar tist Tree was an
honour and I felt nervous
- written by siyaMthanDa MaqekeZa
because it was my rst time to
express my feeings through art.
I think that doing an Artist Tree
has helped me a lot because I
can now see myself as a better
person because we have cool
facilitators (Ta Loy a.k.a Loyiso,
Jill and Farhana). They are
kind, helpful, trustworthy, loyal,enthusiastic, committed and
assertive so its kind of easy to
talk to them.
- written by siMaMkele benani
When people talk about
art, we normally think about
drawing, painting and music
- but there is more to art
than that as we learnt on
our journey through different
artists and their styles.
We explored lomography,
photography and sculpture
but my favourite artist was
William Kentridge. He was
the most interesting ar tist
ever! For students who
love illusions and using
imagination, he really inspired
interest, you could see it
in their faces because his
illusions seemed so real.
- illustrations by ivannon sotane
- written by Melikhaya MDubeki
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Justin BieberFever!
Arts Aweh!On the 15 March 2013 learners
from different schools were invited
to the Arts Aweh Festival. We
walked out into the streets to
watch the vibrant and unexpected
street performers. Their acts
were so moving because they were based on real life things that
happen in our communitites.
On the 16 March 2013 we were
put into groups and asked to
Lalela Project was commissioned by Christine Cashmore of Fiera
Milano - the organisers of the Good Food and Wine Show - to create
artwork on ceramic plates that would be handed to the recipients of
the ‘Plate de Chef ’; Benny Masekwameng and the Bliss sisters from
Master Chef Fame. Pictured above is Sakhi Sifuba presenting his plate as
well as the plate of Gideon Johnson who was unable to attend.
Cape Town Good Food and Wine Show
Above: Sakhi Sifuba presents the winningartworks on behalf of his peer, Gideon Johnson
Work Experience at the Cape Town
Internationa Jazz Festival
Athenkosi Ngalo and I attended a 3 week work
experience programme with the Cape Town
International Jazz Festival in March 2013. We were
taught about the history of the festival and how Cape
Town got to be the host of this grand gathering.
I felt happy to have had the experience to be part of
a crew and work on such an important international
event, but when I was given the job of “artist liason”
I truly felt like the luckiest girl in the world! I was
responsible for welcoming artists, escorting them to
the marquee, getting them refreshments and ensuring
they had everything they needed on and off stage.
Thank you to Lalela Project and the Cape Town
International Jazz Festival.
- written by ZiMasa Dyani
Lalela Project Artist, Wandisile was given the exciting
task of creating a Heart Map for international pop singer,
Justin Bieber during his visit to South Africa in May 2013.
Heart Mapping uses symbols, colour and mood to
create a piece of art that represents the four chambers
of the human heart which portray the fears, goals,
dreams and inspiration of the subject.
perform a piece that is close to our
hearts.
I had a wonderful time and experience
and met up with other kids form
different schools. It was my rst time
to see people perform in public and atrst I thought o myself “these people
are insane!” But later I performed in
the streets as well, after that it didn’t
seem so weired, I actually had a good
time! I will never forget that day.
- written by everysha foroMa anD portia qheMekoane
S cooter
B R A U N ’ S V i s i t t o H o u t B a y H i g h S ch o o l a n d I m i z a m o y e t h u
Scooter Braun, manager to JustinBieber visits Lalela Project studentsat Hout Bay High School.
Our Artists’Comic Str ip
- illustrateD by bongani Mtati
- illustrateD by sisonke Matshoba
- written by Melikhaya MDubeki
- written by Melikhaya MDubeki
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Leadership
Learn to LeadIn January 2013 we started leadership training with Adam Thomas from
Learn To Lead. It has been very tremendous and a blessing to be taught by
him. We were taught communication, delegation and interactive skills. It has
been an honour working with other leaders from Masiphumele. Now we
are young leaders for change, we can apply our skills on a daily basis.
Many people nowadays would agree to the fact that its hard to nd a good
leader. Some leaders start off with a good foot but are later suspected of
fraud and corruption. This always brings in mixed feelings that leaders are
made and not born. Some people say its all about having leadership skills but
some don’t use it effectively. With Learn To Lead we are educated on how to
develop and use leadership skills.
- written by Melikhaya MDubeki anD
siMaMkele benani
I am Ncedo Jako, 19 years old and a
former Lalela Project Leader. I was one
of the rst group of kids who joined the
project in 2011. Lalela project enhanced
my knowledge in art, leadaershipand public speaking. It taught me to
believe that “I am possible”. Through
the project I was able to ght my
circumstances. I obtained a good
matric pass and Lalela Project has
supported me in my tertiary studies
in Radiology. Thank you to the Lalela
Project family for their everlasting
love, care and support. I hope they will continie providing this support
to children from underprivileged
backgrounds.
Life After Lalela Project
B a l u F a s h i o n Amanda Gretywa was offered an internship
at Balu Fashion in Claremont, Cape Town and
is currently employed there full time.
R a d i o l o g y U n d e r g r a d u a t e
Above left: Ncedo Jako during the 2011 Inside Out Project. Above right: Universityundergraduate at Cape Town University of Technology
Lalela project has helped me in many ways – I
passed my Matric with god results and at the
early age of 17 and it wouldn’t have been possible
without Lalela Project. Even this year, LP is still there,
trying to pick up where I go wrong and striving to
make sure that Nkosinathi
can be who he wants to
be at the end of the day.
R a d i o l o g y U n d e r g r a d u a t e
Nkosinathi Maqoko, undergraduate at Cape Town University of Technology- written by nceDo Jako
- written by
nkosinathi
Maqoko
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Meet the Lalela Project Impact Team
Tino Pfupa,Journalist
Sisonke Matshoba,Cartoonist
Portia Qhemekoane,Journalist
Zimasa Dyani,Writer
Lalela Project would like to thank Empowers Africa, South African Airways, The National Art Council,
Singita and The Broadway Association. Special thanks to Scooter Braun for his generous donation!
South Africa
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