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Walking Away - Spier Arts Academy
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Bic pen and fifty bucks. Inside Out I, II and III. Melodi Ya Matsha (Birth of rhythm). Coming to the City. The work was created in a contemporary mosaic style with Venetian glass, ceramic elements, engineered, semiprecious and natural stone; in the direct method. Doreen Southwood graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art in 1998 from the University of Stellenbosch where she earned the. Top fine Art Student Award. Kempton Park Tembisa Competition. Brett Kebble Art awards. 13 x 1.7m.
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Overview - Spier Arts Academy
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The Academy teaching approach is applied. Working against production deadlines requires the studio to operate as a professional studio where apprentices gain valuable industry experience. Mosaic and ceramic art depends on effective team collaboration, where apprentices learn a variety of approaches from masters in their fields and soon develop their own work methodologies. Apprentices are encouraged to work more and more independently, with tutors playing the role of advocates and good soundb...The idea ...
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Enrolment - Spier Arts Academy
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Apply now for 2016. Based in Cape Town, this three year, full-time apprenticeship focuses on mosaic and ceramic art and includes tuition in drawing, ceramics, art history and business skills – enabling apprentices to jumpstart their creative careers and run their own successful enterprises. The Academy welcomes school leavers who are eager to start their creative careers, as well as more experienced candidates with creative backgrounds who want to broaden their artistic skill-set. Spier Arts Academy Appl...
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August & September Academy Open Days - Spier Arts Academy
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August & September Academy Open Days. September 16th, 2014. August has been a busy month for the Academy, as we hosted our bi-annual Open Days as well as tours for aspiring artisans. With over 220 visitors for the Open Day alone, guests received an exciting tour of the Academy’s mosaic and ceramic studios and more about our three-year employment-based training in professional mosaic and ceramics specialisation. For more information visit our enrolment. August and September Academy Open Days.
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‘Rainbow Nation’ – an urban art intervention - Spier Arts Academy
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8216;Rainbow Nation’ – an urban art intervention. June 18th, 2014. The Spier Arts Academy staged a colourful urban intervention last week on the Waterkant Pedestrian Bridge in Cape Town. The urban artwork was devised to celebrate our nation’s 20 years of democracy, and also as a good old public display of affection – for the city. The urban intervention therefore also served as an opportunity for the Academy to engage with the public and recruit new apprentices. Current apprentices were at hand durin...
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Spier Art Collection - Kagiso Pat Mautloa
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4 February, 2013. Spier is proud to profile artist Kagiso Pat Mautloa as an established artist and respected teacher in the Johannesburg arts community. His immense oil on canvas 'Celebration' (2011) is exhibited in the Conference Centre at Spier and receives compliments on a daily basis by visitors to the estate. Pat Mautloa in Studio. Celebration (2011) by Kagiso Pat Mautloa.
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Meet our First Year Apprentices 2014 - Spier Arts Academy
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Meet our First Year Apprentices 2014. August 4th, 2014. The Academy kicked off the year on a high note, as the biggest First Year group to date embarked on their new journey of becoming skilled mosaic artists. They are pictured here in their First Year uniforms – proud ambassadors of the Spier Arts Academy. All the learners took up the challenge, and we’re proud to say that the Academy’s 21 First Year apprentices have successfully completed the first and second academic quarter’s tasks. FNB Joburg Art Fa...