ART AND DESIGN HELP IN AFRICA
In 2008 Leonard Shapiro met Italian artist Andrea Mariconti while in Milan and discussed the idea of holding an art workshop for vulnerable children in Cape Town, South Africa. Leonard has an organisation called
‘CRAFTSOUTHAFRICA‘.
In 2009 Leonard organized the first workshop with kids in Gugulethu with Andrea facilitating the workshop. This is what is happening all over Africa and actually over the world where people are eager to participate and introduce technical knowledge of some sort to make life more possible for young (and older) people. 19 children participated in the first workshop and after they displayed 38 artworks in a gallery in Woodstock and all of them were sold providing an income for the newly professional artists.
July 19, 2011
Tags: art, cape town, DESIGN, south africa, workshop Posted in: AFRICA, ART, DESIGN
