Applications are now open for the 2025 MOCAA Art Club (M A C) cohort!
As part of Zeitz MOCAA’s BMW Centre for Art Education, M A C is an art education programme for teenagers in grades 9 to 11 from various schools and localities across Cape Town, and aims to create social cohesion through art literacy and criticality. Its approach and methodology integrate critical thinking, discussion, and artmaking; to build art literacy and foster social cohesion. Through exhibition visits and studio practice, members engage in both collaborative and individual projects – ranging from conceptual development, research, and making. The work done throughout the year culminates in an exhibition.
Application Deadline
14 March 2025
Interviews
22 March 2025
Orientation & Club 1
12 April 2025 | 12 pm – 3 pm
Exhibition Date
25 October 2025
Application Criteria
Applicants must be in grade 9 to 11, aged 14 to 18 years. All applicants will be reviewed via selection process, including an interview. A maximum of 15 members will be accepted into the M A C 2025 programme.
Your application must include:
• Application Form
• Motivation letter (1 written/typed page) answering the question: Why do I want to be a M A C member?
• Portfolio, consisting of:
– A4 to A3 artwork inspired by an artist from Africa.
– A5 observational drawing of an object representing Africa today.
– Any artwork of any medium produced in the last 6 months (no larger than A1).
Applications may be delivered to the BMW Centre for Art Education at Zeitz MOCAA or submitted via email by 5 pm on Saturday, 14 March 2025 to artclub@zeitzmocaa.museum.
NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Bursary
Bursaries are available for students from no or low-fee schools, or learners already on a full bursary. Transport will be subsided.
The 14 clubs, including orientation and exhibition opening take place every second and last Saturday of the month, starting 12 April through 25 October 2025.
Image credit: Chelsea Lee Alexander & Thimna Yekani “Ngenani”
