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Opening of three exhibitions that form part of the Vrystaat Arts Festival 2024

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Learning-through-art

Learning through Art: The museum as classroom

Curated by the Education Officer at Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Natley Barnardo

Dates: 14/06/2024 – 11/08/2024 (14 June – 11 August 2024)
Venue: Oliewenhuis Art Museum (Main Building)
Opening: 2 July 2024 at 18:00
Walkabout: 4 July at 11:00

This exhibition is a visual celebration of South African artists and artworks for everyone to enjoy, with a special focus on the Grade 10 – 12 Visual Art curriculums. Carefully chosen artworks will enhance the learning experience for students, allowing them to delve into art beyond their textbooks and engage with it first-hand. The museum has been transformed into an interactive classroom, offering teachers and learners the opportunity to explore, engage with, and analyse these captivating artworks. The exhibition is curated from Oliewenhuis Art Museum’s Permanent Collection

Lefeloboiketlo

Lefeloboiketlo (A place of rest)

A solo exhibition by Kutlwano Monyai

Dates: 02/07/2024 – 08/09/2024 (2 July – 8 September 2024)
Venue: Oliewenhuis Art Museum (Annex Gallery)
Opening: 2 July 2024 at 18:00
Walkabout: 3 July at 11:00

In her debut solo exhibition, Kutlwano Monyai draws inspiration from her upbringing, and domestic, cultural, economic and spiritual environment to narrate stories from her maternal lineage. She re-imagines and re-creates functional items by crocheting, weaving and braiding plastics, creating tapestries and soft sculptural installations. These functional items that she references, act as gestures of care, mindfulness, existence, and as archives that hold memories, stories and experiences related to acts of service from her maternal lineage, aesthetic influences and generational knowledge.

Invictus

Invictus – Spirit of democracy

An exhibition of contemporary art curated from the Art Bank of South Africa Collection

Dates: 02/07/2024 – 25/08/2024 (2 July – 25 August 2024)
Venue: Oliewenhuis Art Museum (Reservoir)
Opening: 2 July 2024 at 18:00
Walkabout: 5 July at 11:00

Drawing inspiration from the 1875 poem of the same name by William Ernest Henley, this exhibition of contemporary art, curated from the Art Bank of South Africa Collection, reflects on the unconquered spirit of a nation reckoning with uncomfortable historic truths and the audacity to dream of a hopeful future. With this exhibition the audience is invited to not only experience artworks at the museum but it also provides the opportunity to acquire contemporary artworks.

18:00: The exhibitions will be opened together in the Sculpture Park at Oliewenhuis Art Museum, 16 Harry Smith Street, Bloemfontein.

Refreshments will be served.

For more information please contact Oliewenhuis Art Museum at 078 968 4300.

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