COLOURS OF AFRICA

Textile event in "De Oude Pastorij", Essen, Belgium on 17 & 18 April 2010.

Organised by Trapsuutjies Fabric Paint in Cooperation with the Town Council of Essen with :

CONNECTION and YDA WALT

4 Textile artists have come together under the name CONNECTION and will exhibit their work during this event. Annette Jeukens, Hella Sluyters, Jacqueline de Jong-van Baalen and Laura Liebenberg have chosen the cylinder as shape for this exhibition.

Our guest artist is YDA WALT from South Africa. Yda designs fabric using iconic South African images.Screenprinting and lino-cutting are two of her specialities. You can view her work on her website : http://www.ydawalt.co.za/

We have an open invitation for everyone who loves and works with fabrics and textiles to make a small work (A4-size) and send it to us. The theme for this is "Rainbow". When he came to power, Nelson Mandela, came to call South Africa the rainbow nation because of the diversity of its people. We have chosen this as our theme because it can be seen as a symbol of hope.

Connection will use all the entries to assemble three-dimensional art objects which will be auctioned during the event in 2010. The money raised in this way will be given to the Chris Hani-crèche in Tulbagh, South Africa.
The Town Council of Essen supports the Counil of Witzenberg in the Cape Province with financial aid, knowledge and know-how. One of the on-going projects is to erect a safe building for the crèche in Tulbagh which is currently housed in a shack. The aim is to establish a proper early learning centre for the children.

The deadline for the rainbow-entries is 1 December 2009. Please send it to :

Colours of Africa
c / o Laura Liebenberg
Leemstraat 45
2910 Essen
Belgium

c/o Annette Jeukens
Boutenslaan 7
4707 NC ROOSENDAAL
The Netherlands

You can download your entry form this blog.

During the event you will be able to browse in a few shops which have connection with South Africa. So far the following shops will be present :

· African Fabrics from England, well known for their fantastic collection of fabrics, beads, buttons, etc;
· Trapsuutjies Fabric Paint known for its good quality paints, stamps and stencils from South Africa.