On view from 29 October 2023 until 29 February 2024
Curated by Amy Cornfield and Simamkele Sitwebile
MOCAA ART CLUB (M A C) 2023
The MOCAA Art Club (M A C) wraps up for the year at the end of October, culminating in an Exhibition titled Site, Through the Eyes of a Dozen, which opens on Sunday, 29 October 2023 at the back of the Scheryn Arena on level 0 of Zeitz MOCAA. M A C is an art club for teenagers in grades 9 to 11 that come from different schools and areas in Cape Town, joined together by their desire to learn about, discuss, and create art. The intention of the club is to develop art literacy, criticality and to build social cohesion.
This year’s cohort of 12 kicked off in March. The members have come to the museum twice a month since for 13 sessions, starting with an Orientation Day, and ending with the Exhibition Opening.
The members have engaged in a variety of art projects ranging from textile to photography, and paper-based work to painting, all inspired and in response to the different exhibitions and artists that have shown in the museum this year.
Meet the 12 teenagers in grades 9 to 11 that come from different schools and areas in Cape Town, with diverse backgrounds.
M A C 2023 MEMBERS
Calvin Shumba
Cassidy Keyster
Finn Haupt
Illiné Janse van Rensburg
Jack Gouws
Leah Maritz
Louis Bowkers
Lucy Phiri
Olisha Smoko
Onele Tiki-Tiki
Taarah Davids
Tristan Steyn
FACILITATORS
Amy Cornfield: M A C Manager and Facilitator
Simamkele Sitwebile: Co-facilitator
Nadine le Roux: M A C Assistant
With special thanks to the following Zeitz MOCAA team:
Liesl Hartman, Head of the Centre for Art Education (CFAE)
Storm Janse van Rensburg, Senior Curator and Head of Curatorial Affairs
Julia Kabat, Exhibitions Manager
Nadine le Roux, CFAE Apprentice
Talia Naicker, Education Manager
Mandisa Ngqulana, Museum Educator
Kamohelo Ramone, Mobile Museum Project Manager
and Justine Meyer, M A C Studio Assistant, for their support of M A C in various ways realising the exhibition and throughout the year.
Image credit: Illiné Janse van Rensburg, Simply In the Everyday, 2023, watercolour on paper, 840mm x 580mm. Courtesy of Simamkele Sitwebile.