Youth exhibition 2014
The Youth Exhibition will take place from Saturday September 27 to Saturday October 4.
JOHANNESBURG – The Arts and Culture Committee of the Johannesburg Junior Council is presenting a Youth Exhibition at Vega School of Brand Leadership. Emilio Ziniades – Chairperson of the Arts and Culture Committee and a Grade 11 Learner at St John’s College explains, “The Exhibition is an opportunity for the Youth of Johannesburg to express themselves through the medium of art”.
Art works from over 36 Johannesburg high schools will be exhibited. The schools participating include: St John’s College; KES; Jeppe Boys; Reddham House – Bedfordview; Athlone Boys; Assumption Convent; Kingsmead College; Glenvista High; Greenside High; Holy Rosary; Marist Brothers Linmeyer; Grace Trinity School for Girls, Crawford College; Eden College, Redhill and St David’s.
Lefika Art Therapy Centre will be adding to the exhibit with artworks from the youth that they assist. Lefika La Phodiso (The Rock of Holding) is Africa’s first psychoanalytically informed Community Art Counselling training centre. Their mission is to build capacity for empathy by training groups of Community Art Counsellors dedicated to psychosocial transformation.
Exhibits will be on sale through a silent auction with a minimum bid of R100. Proceeds from the sale of the artwork will go to the young artists with a portion being donated to Lefika.
The Johannesburg Junior Council is a non-profit organisation serving the youth and community of Johannesburg. Established in 1926, the Johannesburg Junior Council comprises 80 Grade 11’s representing 40 Johannesburg Schools.
The Youth Exhibition will take place from Saturday September 27 to Saturday October 4 at Vega School of Brand Leadership, 444 Jan Smuts Ave, Bordeaux, Randburg. The Exhibition is open to the public daily from 10:00 to 16:00.
For more information please contact Karen Landi, facilitator Johannesburg Junior Council – karen@communityhourssa.co.za
