Photo Club and Drama Course

PHOTO CLUB:

We're happy to say that we are finally launching the Photography Club, starting on Wednesday the 28th of July.

- Membership fee: R150 annually
- Meetings on the last Wednesday of every month
6:30pm @ Kenosis house (32 Theal street, Vanderbijlpark)
- Monthly shooting themes
- Tips, gear talk, get togethers, photo sharing and constructive criticism
- Creative possibilities
- Scheduled practical sessions
- Information regarding competitions and exhibitions

DRAMA:

6 week drama course presented by Kimberly Coetzee

All you need to know about:
٠ Acting Tools
٠ Stage Movement & Direction
٠ Character discovery
٠ Gaging your Audience
٠ Characterization
٠ Breathing Techniques
٠ Voice Projection
٠ Building Self-confidence
٠ Casting calls ٠ Monoloque
٠ Theatre
٠ Television and much more!!


Course also includes: Full student acting portfolio for casting calls, DVD recording of monoloque and graduation performance piece, ID photoshoot...

Course starts 9 August 2010, book now!

Lesotho Road Trip (part 1)

4am: the time we decided to leave for Lesotho. We loved the idea of going on a road trip to shoot a traditional wedding in Mafeteng and decided to leave the day before the wedding, giving us plenty of time to explore and take photos. We managed to get the car loaded and were on the road by 5:30am (luckily we stayed on the road seeing as the mist was so thick).









We were starting to look forward to the snowy mountains we were promised and breathed the cold air enthusiastically. It was only days ago, after all, that we all made sure thick, warm jackets had priority on our shopping lists. We finally arrived at the Lesotho border at Van Rooyen's gate.... alas, no snow. As the sun was beating down on us we slowly came to the realization that the money spent on sub-zero temperature clothing, may have been better spent on hats, sunglasses and perhaps a map...










After many kms, u-turns and the butchering of the “ha quobete” pronunciation, we finally find the house. Somehow we all had the idealized image of a beautiful, snowy mountain top venue, and was now confronted with a small, weather torn, green and white tent in the center of the small village. “No worries”, we think, “we'll make it work”.







The hotel was a welcome sight and we felt right at home in the cozy rooms. We scoffed down a few hearty pizzas for lunch, chatted endlessly about music that will make any 16 year old cringe and then relaxed on a blanket under the sun. If it wasn't for the icy shadows that rudely woke us up, I believe the night could have been well spent under the stars. One late afternoon chick-flick and two cups of coffee each later, we went down to the sports bar for the Ghana-Uruguay game. I have to say that their local beer is not too bad, while the locals are spirited and incredibly friendly. We shouted, cheered and cried with the other fans and went to bed shortly after midnight.









The next morning we got up bright and early, packed up and started our breakfast hunt. If we thought about it for long enough we would have realized that the hotel breakfast would have knocked russians and chips off the charts, but then we would have missed the early morning "hustle and bustle" of the Mafeteng city life as well as a brilliant cup of coffee.






With full stomachs we set off to the venue and should have been less surprised by the fact that we were the first people there. With a normal wedding this would be expected, but we were told that the proceedings will only start once all the relevant people arrived (which is usually shortly after sun-up, but because it was slightly cloudy, the sun was still technically under...) My kingdom for another hour of sleep. At least the green and white awning was now replaced with a very large, white giant of a tent and the local music man was greeting the morning, harp in hand, with an off-set bounce in his walk.



...to be continued.

Photography and Photoshop Student Exhibition

Pop in at our Photography and Photoshop Student Exhibition this Friday, 4 June @ the Beach House, VDB. The Photography Club will be discussed and certificates will be handed out to all those who completed the various courses.

Everyone is welcome!

Moving house

The time has finally arrived for us to move to a new, and in fact MUCH larger studio. It has been a crazy ride to get here, but the small studio can no longer accommodate everything that is happening at kenosis and with the welcome addition of two new team members, we're on our way! Children (and yourselves I'm sure) will enjoy a seperate outside cottage to play and paint in while the swimming pool may offer a refreshing alternative to cleaning off after a hard day's painting.

We are so excited about the new venue (that allows plenty space for gigantic canvasses, bucket loads of splatter as well as enough room for still lifes consisting of several small horses) that we want to make sure everything is in order for when the art classes start again. We have therefor decided to give our hard-working students next week off and will resume classes on the 14th of June.

The NEW kenosis studio is on the corner of Theal street and Louw Wepener street (off Frikkie Meyer Boulevard), Vanderbijlpark. No contact number changes. For a newsletter and map to the studio, pop in at the current kenosis house @ 23 Bach street before Friday!

Let's make the most of our last week at the current kenosis studio, light that beautiful fireplace, and paint up a storm!

Farm picnic

We were blessed with fantastic weather at the farm picnic today :)
By 11am we were ready to start painting and by lunch, when Purple Mart packed out a beautiful and delicious lunch, the students were well on their way painting the Free State landscape (or whatever else captured their imagination...).

It is amazing to see the freedom of technique that comes from painting from life, in the open air, without preconceived ideas and expectations. Thank you to all the people involved, Purple Mart and especially our fantastic students!!!!
I hope that everyone else enjoyed it as much as we did!

Primary School

Ages 6 - 11

Through imaginative, creative and social stimulation, our youngest students have proven over and over again that they too have the potential to grow into young Picassos, Da Vincis and Cezannes!

High School

Teenagers' artworks (Aged 12 - 16)

Students under the age of 12 are exposed to a very wide range of mediums and creative and sensory stimulation, whereas young students over the age of 12 are encouraged to think more conceptually and our focus turns towards teaching proper technique through the basic elements of drawing and colour media.

2009 Student art exhibition

We were very pleased with the large turnout and amazing response to the artworks with the opening of the annual student exhibition in November last year. We were proud to present the body of work to the public and enjoyed the variety of technique and talent that was up for show.

We hope that this year's exhibition will prove to be as, if not more, successful!