Opening on December 5, 2018, at the Community ZA Gallery is an
exhibition titled Speak for the Trees.
Six artists with different backgrounds and experiences have been collaborating
on an innovative art project using recycled and found materials for the past
few weeks, culminating in the exhibition.
Mzansi Arts Development’s Art for a Healthy Lifestyle Project: Speak for the Trees exhibition is
supported by the Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) in association with the Nedbank
Arts Affinity.
“Art for a Healthy Lifestyle is a campaign to promote community health
and wellbeing through the medium of creative arts. Turning garbage into art is
one of the fundamental projects in the campaign and holds a significant
position in the cleaning up of the environment but also, in the spread of
awareness around littering and waste disposal and its adverse health effects.
It is a six-week project that results in a theme park filled with artworks by
resident artists from the area KwaMashu,” explains project producer, Lerato
Bellinda Molemong from Mzansi Arts Development Ensemble who initiated the
project.
Visual artist Christine Adams has been facilitating the process.
It is hoped that the Trees of Life
will find a more permanent place to be displayed after the initial exhibition
in one of the city’s parks or public places.
Trees of Life runs from December 5
to 8, 2018. The Community ZA Gallery can be found at 3 Millar Road in Durban.
For more information contact 081 758 2440 or email:
connectwithcommunityza@gmail.com
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