Wam’s upcoming talkabouts
BRAAMFONTEIN - Wits Art Museum, one of the few Joburg art spaces open on Sundays, offers a fantastic weekly opportunity to explore its permanent collections.
Presented by knowledgeable, passionate volunteer guides, the talkabouts explore different artworks, including classical and contemporary, sculpture, textiles, prints and painting.
“The Sunday talkabouts are specially designed, based on the [guides’] personal interests,” said the museum’s Paola Chellew.
“So each visit will offer a unique experience.”
Chellew said the talkabouts were free, but donations to the museum were encouraged.
The donations will be used to sponsor buses for visits from under-resourced schools and other museum projects.
The museum will offer the following talkabouts over the next few months:
9 February: Prof. Vi Makin will look at what is in the Wam collection.
16 February: Gill Butler will highlight a selection of special works including Jackson Hlungwane’s Altarpiece.
23 February: Prof. Katherine Munro will present An African perspective on cartography.
2 March: Prof. Katherine Munro will present An African perspective on cartography.
9 March: Hazel Cuthbertson will present Memory Counts: a deeper look at a lukasa or ‘memory board’ made by the Luba in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
16 March: Buyaphi Mabaso will talk about hosting exhibitions at Wam.
23 March: Tshegofatso Mabaso will present Mapping/Marking: highlights from the Wam collection.
30 March: Michael Brown will talk about taking care of the Wam collection, African art and restoration.
6 April: Tshegofatso Mabaso will present Appeasing the Ancestors; divination in African art.
The talkabouts will take place at 11am.
Details: 011 717 1365; www.wits.ac.za/wam; www.facebook.com/witsartmuseum
