From 2011, a small group of women from Block 40 (the Precinct’s immediate surrounding community) began attending craft classes at the Museum. Great support was received from some stakeholders, such as the Diaz Quilters Guild. This project has since expanded to include more community members and classes are being run once weekly, in the interim, at the Red Location Art Gallery. This group of women attended the first official Red Location Arts and Crafts Project on 14 September 2012. The … [Read more...] about Changing Hearts and Minds Through Arts and Crafts
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Come Along and Quilt at the Red Location Museum
During the first two months of 2011 I invited unemployed women from the Block 40 informal settlement (which is situated in close proximity to the Red Location Museum) to participate in weekly workshops where they could learn how to create products by hand. I wanted to teach them that one can be productive and become more sustainable, through materials which are easily available, and which would not require expensive tools or machinery. The women have been working on a beautiful handmade quilt … [Read more...] about Come Along and Quilt at the Red Location Museum
