October held more excitement for the Stanford children in the week leading up to the annual Festival of Community Arts. Creative Skills Factory’s children’s drama and music Showcase and Celebration performance was held on Saturday, the 5th October, and it was as magical as it was last year. In the week leading up to the
The Stanford Children’s Art Exhibition on the 26th of September showcased not only the art of the children who participate in Creative Skills Factory’s Stanford and Gansbaai after-school workshops – but also the art of any child who wanted to take part including the learners attending the other local schools – the beautiful artworks were
STAR Search In a previous blog on our website, we told you all about STAR Search and the talented youth in the Overstrand. The young finalists of the STAR Search programme – the Zwelihle Young Brothers, Nolundi Nonono, Lissa Nellz and DJ Dego – got the opportunity to perform at the annual Hermanus FynArts Festival during June. Their
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the PLAY instinct .” ~ Carl Jung The June school holidays started off with an exciting and educational arts and culture outing for the children who participate in our music and drama workshops. We went to Zwelihle in Hermanus to attend a “Mini Festival”
“Play turns out to be stunningly essential in childhood, it’s like love, sunshine and broccoli, all juiced together.” Lenore Skenazy Our Early Learning Programme at Die Bron Primary School in Stanford and the Masakhane Primary School in Gansbaai have been busy. The First Term is all about getting to know the children we are working with. We
In our Arts & Cultural Appreciation Programme, our Overstrand youth development initiative – in collaboration with Rockpool Media and the Stanford Festival of Community Arts organizing team, is GROWING… “Star Search” was launched in 2023 and its success was way beyond our expectations – so much so that it has become a year-round youth development and mentorship programme through the
The creative skills factory early learning program started with a simple aim which is to equip and support children from an early age on all levels of development. Currently the program is offered at die Bron primary school in Stanford as well as Masakhane primary in Masakhane/Gansbaai. We offer small group intervention for grade R
The Legacy of the Penny Whistle together with MIAGI – ‘Music is a great Investment’ (https://www.miagi.co.za/). MIAGI generously makes one of South Africa’s most outstanding penny whistle virtuosos, Jack Lerole Jnr, available to the children in our music groups. Jack is an accomplished composer, arranger and teacher. He teaches the girls and boys in our
On Saturday evening we celebrated the beautiful art that the children in our groups and workshops create with an auction to raise funds for our future projects. The proceeds will support our arts and culture programmes. Big thanks to everyone who supported this exhibition and fundraising event. Thank you to our hosts, the Bewsher family
“Music is a more potent instrument than any other for education because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.” Plato Hello everyone, We thought you may like to hear how the children’s performance at the Cape Town Jazzathon went last weekend. It was amazingthe children were magnificentand we are just so proud
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