On 26 April 2018, Greatmore Street Studios celebrated work made during a two-week Thupelo International workshop. These are some of the highlights:
Greatmore Studios’ First Exhibition of 2018. The Drawing Workshop Exhibition, Opening 10th January 2018. Closes 24th January 2018. A three-day open drawing workshop was initiated towards the end of December 2017. The space was open to anyone who needed to draw with others. There was no objective or discussion as everyone simply fell into doing …
The 2017 International workshop consisted of 16 artists working in the Greatmore Studios event space. There was a marked focus on the use of maps in the production as a stack of old maps and books circulated their way around the workshop. Many of the participants also grabbed the opportunity to experiment with Raku firing …
This year Thupelo invited 20 artists to participate in the Thupelo workshop at The Nyanga Arts Development Centre, Nyanga , Cape Town from May 02 – May 12 2017 Thupelo would like to thank The Department of Arts and Culture, The Nyanga Arts Development Centre, and Greatmore Studios and for its support
With funding from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, supported by Greatmore Studios and hosted by the Bag Factory Artist Studios, Thupelo was able to hold a very successful workshop for 21 artists from 13 countries. The purpose of the workshop was to provide a supportive environment for visual artists from a diversity of backgrounds …