MOCAA on the MOVE Art has the power to transform lives.
Everyone deserves access.
For many children and families across South Africa, visiting a museum is simply not possible. Distance, cost and limited access to cultural spaces mean countless young people are denied the opportunity to experience the transformative power of art to spark curiosity, build confidence and inspire new ways of thinking.
What It Is
MOCAA on the MOVE is a purpose-built mobile art classroom: a self-contained, fully-equipped teaching facility housed on a truck chassis, carrying art materials, educational resources and display solutions wherever it goes. It's flexible by design, adaptable for workshops, storytelling sessions, film screenings, live performances and participatory exhibitions, bringing a museum-quality learning space directly to schools and communities that can't easily reach ours.
What the Programme Builds
- Arts education: museum-inspired learning in schools and communities
- Educator capacity: arts-based classroom methodologies for teachers.
- Creative learning: literacy, storytelling and critical thinking through art.
- Community connection: inclusive spaces for participation, dialogue and exchange.
Annual Goals
6,000
participants
16
community groups
25-50
teachers equipped
Help take art education
beyond the museum walls.
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Why It Matters
Access to art should not depend on geography.
Art is far more than a creative outlet. It nurtures imagination, visual literacy and critical thinking, while building emotional resilience, empathy, confidence and self-expression – essential skills for innovators, problem-solvers and active citizens. Yet in many under-resourced schools, visual arts are among the first subjects cut due to limited funding, stretched resources and a shortage of trained educators. Access to art should not depend on geography.
Limited access to museums for many South African children
For many children and families across South Africa, visiting a museum is simply not possible. Distance, cost and limited access to cultural spaces mean that countless young people are denied the opportunity to experience the transformative power of art to spark curiosity, build confidence and inspire new ways of thinking.
Geographic and financial barriers
At Zeitz MOCAA, we believe that access to art should never be determined by geography, infrastructure or circumstance. Everyone deserves the opportunity to engage with the creativity, stories and perspectives that contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora has to offer.
Declining arts education resources in under-resourced schools
In many under-resourced schools, visual arts are among the first subjects to be reduced or removed due to limited funding, insufficient resources and a shortage of trained educators. As a result, thousands of children are excluded from opportunities that foster creativity, cultural understanding and lifelong learning.
The importance of creativity and cultural participation
Art is far more than a creative outlet. Art nurtures imagination, visual literacy, critical thinking, emotional resilience, empathy, confidence and self-expression – skills that empower young people to become innovators, problem-solvers and active citizens.
MOCAA on the MOVE was created to change that.
Built On What Already Works
MOCAA on the MOVE is an extension of Zeitz MOCAA's Centre for Art Education (CFAE), which has spent years developing curriculum-linked programmes that teach through art, not just about it. Its methodologies are already proven: a storytelling initiative built around the children's book series The Stories That Ran Away, and the Art Box Project, which weaves art, maths and storytelling together for multi-grade and rural classrooms. MOCAA on the MOVE takes this existing, tested approach on the road.
Where We're Going
The pilot phase will reach communities across the greater Cape Town area, including Westlake, Vrygrond, Athlone, Langa, Gugulethu, Imizamo Yethu and Masiphumelele. As the programme matures, it will expand to additional destinations across the Western Cape and, ultimately, other provinces, establishing a proof of concept with the potential for nationwide impact.
The Investment
Year 1 2027
R2,500,000
Vehicle fit-out, branding, pilot and public launch
Year 2 2028
R2,500,000
A full year of community visits, educator training and delivery
Year 3 2029
R2,600,000
Expanded reach into provincial and national communities
A three-year commitment lets MOCAA on the MOVE plan a full season of visits, train educators with confidence, and reach deeper into the communities that need it most – without stopping and restarting each year.
Become a Patron
We invite visionary donors, foundations and corporate partners to join us in taking art education beyond the museum walls and into the communities that need it most.
R4.8 million has already been invested to build MOCAA on the MOVE. Now we need R2.5 million a year, for three years, to put it on the road and keep it there.
Get in Touch
Tiffany Andrews
Global Patronage and Partnership Manager
tiffany@zeitzmocaa.museum
Education Team
MOCAA on the MOVE
education@zeitzmocaa.museum