(Wirework necklace
from Usisi Designs)
Durban’s biggest local Christmas fair, KZNSA’s BUZZART, opens in the Glenwood Gallery
tomorrow night (November 27) at 17h00 to run into January, 2016.
Now a local-only affair, with exciting makers in many
disciplines, BUZZART is the
destination for original proudly South African gifts and collectable art and
bespoke design in Durban.
The exhibition offers products to suit every taste and
occasion - including jewellery, textiles, Christmas décor, lighting, fashion –
clothing, shoes, bags and accessories, exciting stationery for Christmas and
back to school, wirework, beadwork, ceramics, art and design books, and
original artworks.
Makers to look out for this year are Elppag Fashion, AAArt
Textiles, Usisi Wirework and jewellery, Zulu Beadwork Project, Zimele, Sthenjwa
Luthuli and Everaldo Matonse prints, Ifundiso wirework, Congo Rose, Rootz shoes
and bags, A Love Supreme stationery, Amanda Laird Cherry and Holmes Brothers
fashion, plus many more.
BUZZART special
projects this year are the Ceramic Mug and Bowl exhibition and the Art Block
Project. Local ceramic artists have made original and functional bowls, mugs
and ceramic homeware for a massive exhibition that will fill the Park Gallery.
Local visual artists working in all mediums have created
work on standard 30 x 30 cm ply blocks supplied by KZNSA. There are over 100
submissions with many renowned artists participating – patrons are advised to get
there early to get their favourite artist’s piece before they are sold out.
Also on show is a selection of collectable art from Arts for
Humanity with prestigious South African artists’ work available in a silent
auction. Artists include Sue Williamson, Diane Victor, Mduduzi Xakaza and
Joseph Madisa.
BUZZART runs until
January 17, 2016. The KZNSA is a not-for-profit, member-based, public benefit
arts organisation and is situated at 166
Bulwer Road, Glenwood, in Durban. For more information contact Angela Shaw on 083 384 3660 or ashaw@kznsagallery.co.za or Gloria
Hoff on 031 277 1700 or shop@kznsagallery.co.za
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