PRESS RELEASE - BABY MOPP

BABY MOPP EXHIBITION

MONTH OF PEOPLES PHOTOGRAPHY

THE WORKSPACE PROJECTS is an autonomous non profit organisation , which provide curriculum extension and enrichment opportunities for youth at risk. Having taken the esponsibility to design, implement and showcase " BABY MOPP EXHIBITION"

in partnership with :

MOPP, HERITAGE FOUNDATION FUND,IZIKO MUSEUM, HEALTHY LIVINGS,

BIRDS AND BEES, FOUR CORNERS, SATURDAY VARSITY, PEOPLES

PHOTOGRAPHERS, AFRICA UNITE & CAPE FILM COMMISSION.

Thanks to HERITAGE FOUNDATION FUND, the MOPP catalogue, was designed and

produced to act as a VISUAL ART tool to educate and enlighten our youth about

the world of visual art and the media, more so the impact visual art has on their daily lives.

MOPP- VISUAL LITERACY ROADSHOW was presented to schools and centers of learning

across the cape flats by " The Workspace Projects"

This roadshow saw the need for a "BABY MOPP- EXHIBITION" A developmental component for youth interested in this industry, those youth wanting to experience and grow within the visual art world. Special focus on skills development , using the ART OF MOSAIC and pinhole photography to exhibit our participants interpretation of the theme " ME AS I AM"

We will be hosting a month long exhibition at the

NATIONAL ART GALLERY ANNEX

OPENING NITE 23rd NOVEMBER 2007

TIME 20H00 -22H30

EXHIBITION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

MONDAY - SATURDAY

10HOO - 14h30

During this month long exhibition we would be hosting schools from HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGE COMMUNITIES , as part

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of our holiday program. the entire 20th century ART is centered around photography, school children would be introduced to the magic of "pinhole photography"

yours in making the AFRICAN RENAISSANCE a working reality

project coordinator

isgak stemmet

073 109 3646