HANDS BECOME VOICES FOR OUR PLANET BY MAPULA EMBROIDERY

 

(Above: Mapula Embroideries, Hands Become Voices for Our Planet, 2022. Photo by Roelof Petrus van Wyk. Courtesy of Social Impact Arts Prize)

Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg will host the exhibition Hands Become Voices for Our Planet by Mapula Embroidery in the Tatham Art Gallery’s Main Room which will open on August 6, 2023, at 11h00. 

The Mapula project was initiated by Janetje van der Merwe, Karin Skawran and others from the Pretoria Club of Soroptimist International.

Mapula is now administered through the Mapula Embroidery Trust, a registered non-profit organization in South Africa.

Mapula has created an intricate system involving design, production, and artistic business skills which the women in this organisation benefit greatly from. The women of Mapula Embroidery seek to impact the world with their art, just as art has positively impacted their lives.

Started in 1991 in the rural area of Winterveld, 70 kilometres outside of Tshwane, the Mapula Embroidery initiative has built up more than 150 women in 30 years of embroidery. Through it, the women of Winterveld, an area marred by socio and political injustices resulting in unemployment, underdevelopment, and poverty, have produced outstanding artworks gracing global museums and private collections.

The Hands Become Voices For Our Planet exhibition is Mapula’s way of paying forward the impact. Using embroidery, Mapula has created a significant textile work, raising awareness about the global climate crisis and our collective global responsibility.

A re-imagining of the future where global temperatures sustain life and a future for our planet, is the inspiration behind this exhibition taking place at the Tatham Art Gallery

Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg will host the exhibition Hands Become Voices for Our Planet by Mapula Embroidery which will open on August 6, 2023, at 11h00 and will run until October 1 at 17h00.

For more information visit the Mapula Embroideries website at https://www.mapulaembroideries.org/about

The Tatham Art Gallery is situated opposite the Town Hall in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg. It is open from Tuesdays to Sundays from 10h00 to 17h00. Café Tatham is open on Saturdays. Safe parking with a car guard available. More information on 033 392 2801 or visit https://www.tatham.org.za/