as part of the Saturdays at the Museum program SOUTH AFRICA - LIVE! Crafts & Drums
		The Museum of African Art 25th and 26th February 2011. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Museum of African Art in Belgrade in cooperation with the ’’Africa Village’’ NGO for art and cultural development of Africa, is organising SOUTH AFRICA – LIVE! Crafts&Drums. This event will be held on Friday, 25th and Saturday, 26th February 2011 from 11 a.m. till 5 p.m., at The Museum of African Art, Andre Nikolića 14.

The SOUTH AFRICA – LIVE! Crafts&Drums event consists of creative workshops for children and students. The aim of these workshops is to familiarise the participants with the arts of South Africa. Artists from South Africa will be the Museum’s guests and will demonstrate their craftsmanship of Wire Art, miniature wood sculptures, as well as the technique of making baskets from telephone wire. The children will also have the opportunity to participate in the Apron Workshop, making aprons characteristic for the Ndebele people, as well to learn how to play drums and get to know the traditional dance rhythms of South Africa. The event at The Museum of African Art is an opportunity for children and students to visit the Museum in a different way – to take part in the creative process with the guest artists. The entrance to the event is free of charge and open to all interested in to get in touch with the cultures of SOUTH AFRICA – LIVE!

We ask the participants to arrive on time.

Museum in action / Action in Museum: During this event only, the MAA will provide a special discount of 20% for all of its publications, in particular we recommend Jewelry of Ethiopia, A.P. Bojović, African musical instruments, A. Gojković, as well as the MAA’s monograph, The Museum of African Art, the Collection of Veda and dr Zdravko Pečar, group of authors.

For more information, please call the MAA, during working hours (weekdays 10-18h):

tel. 011.2651654

Youth creative workshops (high school and university students):

12-14h Three workshops of South African crafts will be held simultaneously at the MAA

1) Applied art workshop ’’Wire artworks’’
2) Applied art workshop ’’The world of sculptures’’
3) Applied art workshop ’’Telephone-wire basketry’’

The participants in the workshops will have a chance to learn directly from the South African artists how to make objects made of wire, how to make miniature wood sculptures, and how to make baskets from colourful telephone wires. The Museum’s guests will give account of their crafts and technique, while the Museums’ curators will provide an explanation of the cultural importance of these objects to the visitors. The participants of the workshops will have an opportunity to make a South African work of art.

Creative workshops for children (age 7-12):

11-12h Drum musical workshop ’’Rhythm of South Africa’’

The MAA curators will tell the children a story about African drums, their shapes and meanings. The children will have the opportunity to test their skills in drum playing and learn traditional South African rhythms.

14-15h Fine art workshop ’’Ndebele aprons’’

The children will have the opportunity to hear an interesting story from the MAA curator about the aprons, part of the traditional costume of the Ndebele people from South Africa. After that, all the children will draw the aprons and make a small art piece. The Museum’s visit will entertain the children and provide a journey to the heart of imagination, by observing the shapes, researching forms and colours, and interpreting the artworks.

15-16h Drum musical workshop with Branko Trijić, percussionist from Belgrade

The MAA curators will tell the children a story about African drums, their shapes and meanings. The children will have the opportunity to test their skills in drum playing and learn traditional South African rhythms.

16-17h Fine art workshop ’’Ndebele aprons’’

The children will have the opportunity to hear an interesting story from the MAA curator about the aprons, part of the traditional costume of the Ndebele people from South Africa. After that, all the children will draw the aprons and make a small art piece. The Museum’s visit will entertain the children and provide a journey to the heart of imagination, by observing the shapes, researching forms and colours, and interpreting the artworks.