5.  BUILD-UP TO THE INDRA CONGRESS PATHWAYS 

HOSTED BY ARROWSA AND UKZN 

IN DURBAN FROM 2ND TO THE 8TH OF JULY 2018

We have an ongoing build-up to the Indra Congress Pathways that introduces the participants and arts facilitators and organisers to each other and also shares the artworks that the participating groups are working on that they will share with each other at the congress.

Vibrant Sue-Livia van Wyk of South Roots will facilitate the combined music, singing and dancing workshops at the Indra Congress Pathways.

Sue-Livia has been a performing artist in South Roots for the past ten years and now leads the team as director / choreographer.  She studied business management and music therapy.

Her ambition in life is to create a platform for people to express who they are, to sing their songs, dance their dances and to tell their stories.  As a performing artist, with a love for community development, she discovered the power of the arts, to tell stories, restoring dignity and identity and to help people overcome insecurities. 

In 2013 Sue-Livia recorded her first album – HOLD ON and has impacted audiences locally and internationally with her songs of purpose Identity and design.  

We look forward to Sue-Livia working with us at the Indra Congress Pathways!

4.  BUILD-UP TO THE INDRA CONGRESS PATHWAYS 

HOSTED BY ARROWSA AND UKZN 

IN DURBAN FROM 2ND TO THE 8TH OF JULY 2018

We have an ongoing build-up to the Indra Congress Pathways that introduces the participants and arts facilitators and organisers to each other and also shares the artworks that the participating groups are working on that they will share with each other at the congress.

Indra Congress co-organisers: ARROWSA Bechet co-ordinator Bhekithemba Dlamini

Bheki writes: "I have been involved with ARROWSA since I was in high school.  After my high school career I volunteered as co-leader facilitator/co-ordinator at ARROWSA Bechet till I took over as co-ordinator of the group in 2013. During my time I participated in numerous productions and outreach activities and represented ARROWSA Bechet as a performer and later assistant co-ordinator for ARROWSA on field trips to the southern Kalahari, Northern cape, Cape town, Western cape, Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Bethlehem, Palestine.

In 2015 I was chosen to represent the city of Durban as the co-ordinating teacher and artistic director to accompany management of eThekwini Local History Museums and six secondary students, who had won a performance local history museum competition, to Bremen, Germany. I devised a short musical performance from workshops with the six students over two months preparation for them to perform at the Night of the Youth festival in Bremen, Germany."

We are excited to work with the enthusiastic Bhekithemba Dlamini and his ARROWSA Bechet team at the Indra Congress Pathways!

ARROWSA Bechet

Angela of ARROWSA Bechet writes about her experience in ARROWSA Bechet and the group's initial exploration of the theme Pathways through performance which they will expand upon and share with the other participants at the Indra Congress 'Pathways'.

                      

                                          "Keep your dreams alive." 

"Understand that to achieve anything it requires faith, belief in yourself, hardwork and dedication.  Have a vision, see the bigger picture. Its not about winning or losing, its about everyday hardwork and about thriving on those challenges."  

It's also about embracing the pain that you'll experience in the end of the race and being afraid of it."

"We are better together"

3.  BUILD-UP TO THE INDRA CONGRESS PATHWAYS 

HOSTED BY ARROWSA AND UKZN 

IN DURBAN FROM 2ND TO THE 8TH OF JULY 2018

We have an ongoing build-up to the Indra Congress Pathways that introduces the participants and arts facilitators and organisers to each other and also shares the artworks that the participating groups are working on that they will share with each other at the congress.

doung's 'city walk' in Durban as part of the Indra Congress Pathways

Participants of the congress will experience and be inspired by the meeting of present and past Durban heritage and culture on artist and open space architect doung's city walk (see http://www.dala.org.za/citywalk.html. )

                   

Jewellery auction towards fund-raising for the Indra Congress 'Pathways':

Indra's net necklace in sterling silver with carved pearl.

An exquisite once off hand-crafted jewellery piece has once 
more donated  to assist in fund raising for the Indra Congress Pathway by Kathlyn Allan (@author-adorn).  The hand-crafted necklace of sterling silver with engraved pearl is based on Indra's jewelled net - a metaphor for interdependence and interconnectivity as each jewel is reliant on the others to reflect their own and each other's brilliance.  

Details of how to bid for the necklace are below. All proceeds will go towards the Indra Congress Pathways!  







If you can't afford to bid please support the congress with a contribution to ARROWSA.

Banking details:

Bank: Nedbank

Account Name: ARROWSA

Account Number: 1380160146

Branch Name: Westville Mall

Branch Number: 138026

Account Type: Current

2. BUILD-UP TO THE INDRA CONGRESS PATHWAYS 

HOSTED BY ARROWSA AND UKZN 

IN DURBAN FROM 2ND TO THE 8TH OF JULY 2018

We have an ongoing build-up to the Indra Congress Pathways that introduces the participants and arts facilitators and organisers to each other and also shares the artworks that the participating groups are working on that they will share with each other at the congress.

Visual art facilitators 

Three emerging visual artists will facilitate the arts and crafts section of the Indra Congress Pathways towards creating spectacular props and costumes for the street festival. The visual artists are Karla Nixon, Dane Knudsen (Stops) and Kathlyn Allan.

Karla Nixon

                                                      Paper sculptures by Karla Nixon

Karla 'is a Durban based artist who mainly works with paper' (see www.karlanixon.com/bio). Karla has won numerous scholarships and awards and has had a number of exhibitions in South Africa.  She is a lecturer in Fine Arts  and was awarded the artist residency 2017-2018 in Bremen, Germany.

Dane Knudsen (Stops)

                                                              Wall mural by Dane Stops

Dane Stops is a multidisciplinary artist in Durban and a lecturer at the Durban University of Technology Fine Arts Department.  Dane has had a number of exhibitions in South Africa and 'has done live art at various events.  He has been an active contributor to the Durban mural and graffiti scene for over a decade. His work has various influences, from painting graffiti to figurative subject matter such as people and birds' (see https:/northcoastcourier.co.za/78449/tea-and-art-with-dane/ ).

                             
                                  Kathlyn Lange jewellery creations (@author_adorn)

Kathlyn Allan is a Swellendam based jeweller (see https://www.facebook.com/authoradorn/) Kathlyn 'makes jewellery that tells a story' (see @author-adorn) . She has been part of a number of group jewellery exhibitions in South Africa.  Kathlyn has worked with ARROWSA since she was a jewellery student at DUT through facilitating visual art workshops with ARROWSA Bechet, assisting with museum educational programmes and raising funds for ARROWSA intercultural events through jewellery donations.  

We look forward to working with the talented Karla Nixon, Dane Stops and Kathlyn Allan at the Indra Congress Pathways in Durban!

Karla Nixon is a Durban based artist who predominantly works with paper. 

1. Build-up to the Indra Congress Pathways 

hosted by ARROWSA and UKZN 

in Durban from 2nd to the 8th of July 2018

We have an ongoing build-up to the Indra Congress Pathways that introduces the participants and arts facilitators and organisers to each other and also shares the artworks that the participating groups are working on that they will share with each other at the congress.

eThekwini Abasha Bash 2017 Group 

The eThekwini Abasha Bash 2017 group that are part of the eThekwini Local History Passbook Competition (see https://www.facebook.com/LHMPassbookCompetition/ ) are attending the Indra Congress Pathways.  They represented eThekwini Local History Museums at the Bremen Youth Festival in 2017 and they also performed their devised work on Steve Biko at the Passbook Competition Educator's workshop 2018.  The vibrant group is made up of teenagers who attend schools in the Durban area and who were judged as the best performers at the Abasha Bash 2017 competition.  The group will be led at the Indra Congress Pathways by two eThekwini Local History Museum, Bergtheil Museum Westville, interns Zinhle and Mbali.

A video of an extract of the exciting performance of the Abasha Bash 2017 group is on view at the Passbook Competition art exhibition at the Durban art gallery until the 26 May 2018.  The exhibition celebrates the five year mark of the Passbook competition.  

ARROWSA is privileged to be one of the partners of this project.  The art exhibition not only includes a video of the Abasha Bash group that will be attending the Indra Congress Pathways but also is worth a visit for the impressive artefacts made by mainstream and special needs Primary School learners from Grade 4 to Grade 7.  The artworks explore the themes posed by the Local History Museum Passbook Competition over the past five years and are well worth seeing!

                                   

We look forward to sharing with the Local History Museum interns and Abasha Bash 2017 team at the Indra Congress Pathways!