Free photography courses on offer
The purpose of the course is to up-skill amateur photographers with entrepreneurial and professional photography skills.
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) is calling upon all camera enthusiasts, hoping to enjoy a career in photography, to enroll for a free nine-month-long digital photography course.
Although the classes began in September, enrollments are still open to all aspiring photographers between the ages of 18 and 30 years old, residing in the Ekurhuleni area.
The purpose of the course is to up-skill amateur photographers with entrepreneurial and professional photography skills so as to eradicate the scourge of youth unemployment in Ekurhuleni.
“As the EMM, we believe this opportunity will inspire young people to develop their own enterprises and be able to generate an income through their art so that they can contribute to the economy,” said EMM spokesperson, Mr Themba Gadebe.
The photography course is set to equip students with camera techniques such as basic and theoretical camera functions, capturing and analyzing situations, interpreting themes such as night life around Ekurhuleni, the outdoors, photo journalism, architecture, people and portraiture, city life and landscape photography.
Photography classes will be presented every Wednesday at the Duduza Library’s Group Activity Room; admission is free and cameras will be provided for the duration of the course.
Art School
The EMM is also offering budding fine artists the opportunity to fine-tune their skills through the Ekurhuleni Art Development School.
The classes will assist students whose schools do not offer art as a subject and out-of-school youth who are interested in forging a career in the visual arts.
Registration for the art classes is open until Friday, October 9, and will take place until May next year.
Free art classes are available at the following venues:
- Springs Community Hall (Saturdays 9am to 11:30am).
- Geluksdal Library (Wednesdays, 2pm to 4.30pm).
- Kwa-Thema Library Group Activity Room (Mondays and Tuesdays 2pm to 4.30pm).
- Rhoo Hlatshwayo Art Centre (Daveyton – Wednesdays 2pm to 4.30pm).
- Phomolong Community Hall (Tembisa – Mondays 3pm to 5.30pm).
- Bokamoso Secondary School (Tembisa – Tuesdays 2.30pm to 5pm).
- Oakmoore Community Centre (Tembisa – Tuesdays 2.30pm to 5pm).
Photography course and art class enrollment forms are available at the Springs Art Gallery.
Candidates can contact Thabo Sekoaila on 011 999-8726 or e-mail thabo.sekoaila@ekurhuleni.gov.za for more information.
