Imbadu - Art Spark

08/10/2024

23/06/2024

African Climate Alliance NeAhtyah Zintle Mbuyazwe Angela Mac Pherson Bonolo Nkoane Dan Boshoff Sean Mac Pherson Soulitude and Friends

Photos by Reza Khota

14/05/2024

https://www.africanclimatealliance.org/cape-town-climate-concert

16/12/2021

I’m so Glad I’m Alive!
Soulitude & friends raise the vibrations at a gathering of the Cape low lands food growing communities
In celebration of the Cape Town Aquifer, there is an immense Sweet underground lake in Cape Town that we need to keep clean, alive and free.

Monwabisi Dasi
Mariana Del Carmen

Bonolo Nkoane on DrumsWilliam Jacobs jr on KeysGrant Van Rooyen on bassMariana Del Carmen on Vocals and guitarMonwabisi Dasi on lyricsFilmed by Angela Mac Ph...

07/12/2021

Even if you love Rhythm this would drive you insane

Dr. Leigh Torres, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab, Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University Dr. Holger Klinck, Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell …

17/08/2021

We just sent reading material and seeds to the growers in Steynsburg and we continue to gather what we can. Not forgetting another word of thanks to Dom Kettle for continuously sharing seeds and the most important gardening tool (information) and the ambassador of Amaranth Angela Mac Pherson for donating amaranth seeds.

04/08/2021

Imbadu - Art Spark would like to extend a word of gratitude to Dom Kettle who believes in our vision and mission and continues to support us. He donated some of the seeds we took with us to Steynsburg and agricultural reading material. Dom gave us a call to say i have more seeds and reading material so that we get both theory and practice. We thank you endlessly and will make sure to get these to Steynsburg as soon as we can.

30/06/2021

07/06/2021

07/06/2021

It's been a few weeks since we were up in Steynsburg for the first Imbadu - Eastern Cape Artspark and we're ready to share some of what happened.

First up is Nasaa with her view on some of the issues faced by Steynsburg and other remote towns in South Africa and an inspirational message to budding young artists and creatives.

Documenting the activities and people was an important part of the process, as a means to show what we got up to, but also to share the voices and messages of the special people we came across in Steynsburg.

Video captured and edited by Asavela Masheba
https://www.facebook.com/chizobamashed.mashed

07/05/2021

Some more art updates. Also we're getting indigenous succulent and cactus additions to the garden.

06/05/2021

These guys loved using our wood offcuts as toys.

06/05/2021

First day portrait by Lihle. Plus some powerful performances we will be sharing soon.

04/05/2021

Today we dug some dirt. Late evening push to throw we concrete before the rains come. 💦

02/05/2021

Zolani Dasie will be leading a dance workshop.

Just testing the speaker.

02/05/2021

The core Imbadu crew has arrived in Steynsburg. We've spent the day speaking with locals, putting up posters and planning our busy schedule next week.

Seen here gathering the family Dasie potjies. One of the pots has been passed down 3 generations.

Pictured from left Jemma Kruger who will be looking after our and all the participants stomachs. Thulani Qawula a Steynsburg resident who will be leading local food growing and permaculture workshops. Gloria Nkomfane and Lindelwe Dasie, Monwa's auntie and mother who lovingly lent us the potjie pots.

26/04/2021

Thanks to everyone for their donations, we have managed to raise 30% of our food fundraiser!

Help us get to our target by donating through Quicket.

https://www.quicket.co.za/fundraisers/138540-imbadus-food-fundraiser/?utm_source=EventPage&utm_medium=Sharebox&utm_campaign=&ref=event-page-share

This money will go towards food for our participants in our daily workshops. In what better way than a wholesome cooked potjie lunch.

Alternatively you can make donations to

Bank: FNB
Branch: Tokai 200409
Imbadu ArtSpark
Business account
Acc No: 62896265743

22/04/2021

Yaaay we have some amazing news!

Imbadu finally received funding from the National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC). With very short notice we are going to be up in Steynsburg, a tiny remote town in the Eastern Cape and the hometown of Monwabisi Dasie.

Unfortunately the NAC only gave us a much smaller part of the budget than we requested and are asking for your help to fundraise some extra money for food for the crew and for one potjie meal per day for all participants.

https://www.quicket.co.za/fundraisers/138540-imbadus-food-fundraiser/

We will be there from the 1st - 10th of May, offering various arts and skills workshops to the local community.

This is the first exploratory step of a much greater idea to introduce arts and culture in rural areas.

“If our creativity is awakened, we become conscious of our individual and collective capacity to have effect in the world. We realize we each have the power to work towards a more promising future, and that we can actively contribute to the support and building of our communities and realize our f...