The African Art Centre will open its annual Christmas
Exhibition on November 11. This year’s exhibition, titled An African Christmas, will feature a wide range of affordable
handcrafted beaded, wood carved, telephone wire and embroidered ornaments
produced by artists and crafters from the KwaZulu-Natal region.
Since its inception in 1959, one of the Centre’s core
objectives has been to facilitate development projects to enhance the creative
skills of its crafters and artists. The new direction of the Centre to make the
craft more contemporary but keeping the African aesthetic has become the focus
of the development project which was the precursor to the 2016 Christmas
exhibition. It was decided that this year’s new design theme An African Christmas would break away
from the traditional Christmas look and will draw inspiration from contemporary
vibrant African textile designs.
Crafters who have contributed towards the exhibition include
Happiness Dladla, Dumsile Mathe, Thokozane Mathe, Ntombi Mbambo, Mavis Jali,
Nqobile Jeza, Tholani Mchunu, Ntombizonke Hlambisa, Maningi Mbonambi, Hlengiwe
Mbhele, Mbaliyethu Mabuza, Ntokozo Mseleku, Sphindile Nkosi, Widus Mtshali,
Sibusiso Gumede, Bheki Mkhumbuzi, Sibusiso Maphumulo, Phumlani Mbhele, Jabulani
Mkhize and Vincent Tshulupi.
An African Christmas
will be opened by celebrated South African composer and performer Sazi
Dlamini. The public is invited to enter the festive season in a proudly South African
style and to support local craft producers exhibiting at An African Christmas.
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The African Art Centre is situated at 94 Florida Road,
Morningside in Durban. For more information contact 031 303 4634 or visit
afriart.org.za
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