If the job of an artist is to make you stop, pause, be in the moment for a time then move on, then Cindy Oberholzer, who created the annual Nelson Mandela Bay Art Meander, is an artist.
Oberholzer arranged the first artistic “open house” tour six years ago, and has seen it grow in leaps and bounds. since then.The weekend starts at 1pm on Friday October 26 with venues open until 4pm, while on Saturday and Sunday the hours are from 9am to 4pm.
The Art Meander starts at one of three venues, where visitors can buy a map for R40 which will show them where to find the work of more than 50 individual artists, as well as NMU students, members of the Wood Turners Guild, the EC Watercolour Association and more.
This year, the work of national artists will also be on show as the Boutique Hotel No 5 by Mantis will be open to map-holders for the weekend.
Apart from the art deco architecture to enjoy, No 5 by Mantis has an extensive collection of art which includes international names such as Andy Warhol alongside celebrated South African artists San Nhlengethwa, Louis Jansen van Vuuren and Hanneke Benade and Zwelethu Methetwha.
Throughout the weekend there will be artists working on watercolours and wood turning, as well as demonstrations by the following:
FRIDAY 3pm, Jacqui Holmes: Creating a Pattern and Cutting (glass project); SATURDAY 9.30am, BA Moolman: Colour Mixing;
10.30am, Kathy Botha: Motivational talk on The Journey Artist;
11.30am, Jacqui Holmes: The Lead Came Method; 1
2.30pm, Talbot Cox: Charcoal Portrait;
2.30pm, Teresa Hardman: Ink and Bleach Painting. SUNDAY 9.30am, Jessica Staple: Linocut Printmaking;
10.30am, Kathy Botha: Motivational Talk – The Journey of an Artist;
11.30am, Jacqui Holmes: Warm Glass – Moulds and Prepping for Kiln Firing;
12:30pm, Talbot Cox: Charcoal Portraits. Maps may be bought at Angel Wings Ceramics at WERK in the Baakens Valley, Art on Target in Essexvale and at Periwinkle Studio in Schoenmakerskop.
More information from Oberholzer, 078-203-6034, cindy@capecomposite.co.za