Getting creative with inner-city space
Artists, NGOs, corporates and young people come together in a unique mix in the inner-city suburb of Braamfontein. A new studio for former street artists, which also houses an arts school for underprivileged children, is a fitting addition to the neighbourhood
05 March 2020 - 05:00
It’s not often that a renaissance is hatched from vacant office space, but that may be exactly what a group of former street artists, an inner-city landlord and a charity fundraiser have achieved with the establishment of a new art studio and gallery in Braamfontein, Joburg.
Edward Selematsela and seven other artists, some of whom until recently had to create their works on the streets, have secured 250m² of fully serviced and subsidised office space in the old Nedbank building on Jorissen Street, Braamfontein, where urban rejuvenation has been in full swing for the past decade...
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