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Home from Home NPO s Tanya Townshend chats about the Orange Art Project that helps children from vulnerable communities make art.
The Orange Art Project is a unique and colourful exhibition that showcases art made by children from the non-profit organisation, Home from Home. It is on at the Spin Street Gallery until this Saturday, 13 February.
This initiative was created by South African artist Jill Trappler, who encouraged 8 artists from the Orange Art Group to assist her in introducing the joy of creativity to vulnerable children in communities across the city, explains Refilwe Moloto.
Jill worked with Home for Home, who provides permanent, loving family-style homes to 200 children across the Western Cape in 36 community-based foster homes. The project has been going on for eight months and the art mediums used include ceramics, fabric painting, collages, charcoal, cell phone photography, wax and pencil crayons.
The creative activities and guidance could not have been better timed (Facebook/Home from Home SA)
Non-profit organization, Home from Home provides permanent, family-style homes to 200 children across the Western Cape in 36 community-based foster homes. Each foster mother is employed and supported by a social worker and specialist professionals who offer tutoring and counselling.
It is within these homes that South African artist Jill Trappler decided to introduce the joy of creativity with the help of artists from the Orange Art Group.
The group of 8 artists shared their expertise with the children in various art forms from ceramics, fabric painting and collages to charcoal, cell phone photography, wax and pencil crayons.