acknowledgements
curatorial team
- Azu Nwagbogu
- Cathy Stanley
- Pippa Hetherington
Research, compilation & developmental editing
- Sandra Dodson
design & tech team
- Cath Bondesio
- Penny Waterkeyn
catalogue contributors
- Annette Wentworth
- Annie Coombes
- Carol Hofmeyr
- Cebo Mvubu
- Hernease Davies
- Kimathi Mafafo
- Malibongwe Tyilo
- Malika Nldovu
- Michaela Howse
- Mzwandile Atwell Ndlondlo
- Nkosazana Veronica Betani
- Nobukho Nqaba
- Nokuzola Mvaphantsi
- Nomathansanqa Precious Mavela
- Nombulelo Jack
- Nombulelo Eunice Mangwane
- Nomfundo Makubalo
- Nontando Madlingozi
- Nozeti Makhubalo
- Nozolile Gedze
- Pumza Magoswana
- Qhama Ngwendu
- Sanela Maxengana
- Siyabonga Maswana
- Thembeka Makubalo
- Veliswa Mangcangaza
- Thobela Anelisa Nyongo
- Zukiswa Pakama
- Ackerman Family Foundation
- Adcorp Group
- African Artists’ Foundation
- African Penthouses
- Alex Hetherington
- Aspire Art
- Bright Blue Company
- Brozin Family Trust
- Chris Baker and Associates
- Deborah and Glenn Doering, DOEprojekts
- Global Business Solutions SA
- Hollard
- IQ Business
- Latitudes Online
- Lisa Schewitz
- OneSpark
- Patrick and Joke Alexander
- Rebecca Oppenheimer
- Red Alert
- Spier Arts Trust
- Strauss & Co
At the heart of the Keiskamma Art Project are the many artists who have spent years of their lives producing these monumental and influential works. The exhibition is testimony to the determination, ingenuity and creativity of these women, whose artworks offer a critique of history, highlight contemporary social injustices, and tell a story of shared humanity. They also play an important part in drawing attention to the social complexities and challenges of our country, South Africa, within a global context.
In appreciating the work of the Keiskamma Art Project created over twenty years, it is important to acknowledge those who have bought or commissioned Keiskamma artworks to help ensure the sustainability of the Project. Artists, teachers and researchers who have been inspired by their collaborations with the artists or who have closely studied their iconic works also deserve mention. Below are names of all those from Hamburg and its surrounds who have been part of the Project since its inception, and also names of the wider collective of supporters, friends, teachers, researchers and partners.
- Adele Cutten
- Aileen Pulman
- Albie Sachs
- Alex Fialho
- Alison Sher
- Althea Hofmeyr
- Andiswa Macingwana
- Andrew Hofmeyr
- Andy Caldwell
- Anelisa Kekezwa
- Anelisa Nyongo
- Anna-Mari Claasen
- Anne Fanning
- Anne Margo
- Anneke Viljoen
- Annette Wentworth
- Annie Arnold
- Annie Coombs
- Anthony Hitchcock
- Arnoud van der Zee
- Asanda Nompunga
- Aviwe Myataza
- Aviwe Zita
- Avumile Nyongo
- Ayanda Gcezengana
- Babalwa Ndonga
- Bandlakazi Nyongo
- Barbara Bailey
- Barbara Johnson
- Barbara L'Ange
- Barbara Salorsh
- Bart Cox
- Bertha Tiemstra
- Bettina Woodward
- Bev Gillespie
- Binky Newman
- Bjorn Ronneberg
- Bonelwa Paliso
- Bonelwe Nkani
- Bongiwe Mtalana
- Bonisiwe Halana
- Boniwe Mfecane
- Brenda Fishwick
- Brenda Schmahmann
- Bruce Howard
- Bukelwa Ngqula
- Bulelwa Dyanti
- Bulelwa Dyido
- Bulelwa Paliso
- Buyiswa Beja
- Caciswa Nyongo
- Callie Williams
- Carol Brown
- Carol Hofmeyr
- Carol Hogarth
- Caroline Tyibilika Nyongo
- Cathy Stanley
- Cebo Mvubu
- Cecelia Mowatt
- Cecilia Matshobongwana
- Cheryl Mahaffy
- Cheryl Rumback
- Christopher Peter
- Christopher Till
- Cikizwa Makina
- Cingelwa Nondini
- Coleen Driessel
- Colin Johnson
- Colleen Eitzen
- Collette Tilley
- Constance Nyongo
- Daniel Hutchinson
- Dave Woods
- David Bellamy
- David Gere
- Dawn Garisch
- Deborah Adams Doering
- Denise Moys
- Derek Oxlee
- Derek Wentworth
- Des Kopke
- Dorothea Moors
- Doug Woudstra
- Dr Laura Bechtold
- Eddie Jange
- Edith Sinnema
- Eileen Harakal
- Elbe Coetzee
- Elizabeth Buccleugh
- Elizabeth Walton
- Ellen Johnson
- Elnor Leach
- Emma Leach
- Emma O'Brien
- Esethu Makubal
- Eugene Hon
- Evelyn Martin
- Faiqa Abrams
- Farzanah Badsha
- Fikiswa Madlingozi
- Finn Ballenden
- Florence Danais
- Frances Andrew
- Franck Danais
- Gail Dorje
- Gaqane Tupeni
- Garvey MacDonald
- Gaye Staurup
- Giles Hefer
- Giqwa Ntombazana Mvinqi
- Given Nkuna
- Gladys Makubalo
- Glaudin Kruger
- Glenn Doering
- Gloria Steerman
- Goetz Plessing
- Grace Cross
- Graeme Hofmeyr
- Greg Kerr
- GT Ferreira
- Gwen Friedman
- Hannah Gelderman
- Heather Holmes
- Heather Osner
- Helen Vosloo
- Hikaru Noguchi
- Howard Walton
- Ilse Schermers Griesel
- Ingrid Dekker
- Inka Schubert
- Irene Aylott
- Irene Neilson
- Irma Albers
- Isaac Salle
- Ismail Mahomed
- Jackie Downs
- Jacky Jezewski
- Jacob Lebeko
- Jade Khoury
- James Roberts
- Jan Chalmers
- Jane Adams
- Jane Butler
- Jane Solomon
- Jane Spriggs
- Janet Holding
- Janine Bath
- Janine Peters
- Jannick Herrenkenecht
- Jantje van der Merwe
- Jason-Lee Hill
- Jay Naidoo
- Jen Hoyer
- Jen Roland
- Jeremy Woodward
- Jill Cantor
- Jim Neilson
- Jo Hague
- Joan Hofmeyr
- Joanne Long
- John Brown
- John Feitelson
- John Kincaid
- John Margo
- Joke Alexander
- Jonathan Goldberg
- Jon-Liam Peters
- Jongikhaya Bojana
- Joshua Stanley
- Judy Otwe
- Juha Korvela
- Julian McGowan
- Justine Waterson
- Justus Hofmeyr
- Karen Mostert
- Karl Hofmeyr
- Kathy Robins
- Keith McAdam
- Kerry Thomas
- Kevin Handelsman
- Kholeka Sigenu
- Khuthala Nxadi
- Kim Sacks
- Kiri Van Lengen-Welty
- Kristin Plessing
- Kuru Art Project Kuru Art Project
- Kwanele Ganto
- Kyla Davis
- Leila Baracchini
- Leon du Preez
- Les Cohn
- Linda Ganto
- Linda Luxon
- Linda Mase
- Linda Ruiter
- Lindiswa Gedze
- Lindsay Wentworth
- Lisa Gruenberg
- Lisa Nettleton
- Lisa Nyongo
- Lisa Schewitz
- Liz Chalmers
- Liz Vels
- Lois Fort
- Louis Peter
- Louisa Cortado
- Louise Leach
- Lubabalo Gusha
- Lubahalo Nxadi
- Lucinda Jolly
- Lucy Kemp
- Ludmila Yamalova
- Lulama Magoswana
- Luleka Goxo
- Lumka Macingwana
- Lumnka Macingwano
- Lunyelwa Nyongo
- Lydia Malumbezo
- Lynley Watson
- Lynne Pederson
- Lynne Price
- Lynnette Marias
- Madlingozi Fikiswa
- Magda Greyling
- Mahlubandile Makubalo
- Malcolm Driesel
- Malin Olofsson
- Malixole Mangwane
- Mandisa Makubalo
- Marcel Selfer
- Maren Winter
- Margaret Woermann
- Margie Murgatroyd
- Marguerite Poland
- Margy Malan
- Maria Hofmeyr
- Maria Huyser-Wierenga
- Marieka Jacobs
- Marielda Marais
- Marilyn Scott
- Marion Counihan
- Marion Whitened
- Marj Holmes
- Martin Scholtz
- Mary Faure
- Mary van Bloemenstein
- Matthew Kellen
- Maude Brown
- MC Roodt
- Melba Makubalo
- Melissa Mboweni
- Michael Moys
- Michael Schubert
- Michaela Howse
- Michelle Constant
- Miki Redelingys
- Mireille van Reenen
- Mirriam Qwabe
- Mishak Jakarasi
- Mpumi Fundam
- Msindisi Mva
- Murray Arnold
- Murray Hofmeyr
- Mzontsundu Zitha
- Nan Staples
- Nancy Mallett
- Nandipha Yona
- Nanette Bird
- Nathan Mason
- Ncameka Gedze
- Ndileka Dyido
- Ndileka Mapuma
- Neil Sawer
- Nick Stavrakis
- Nicki Westcott
- Nicola Ashmore
- Nii Botchway
- Nila Osline
- Nobambo Ziqula
- Nobantu Ngqani
- Nobukho Nqaba
- Nobuyiselo Malumbezo
- Nofumene Tobi
- Nojongile Gxamza
- Nokhanyiso Nompunga
- Nokhanyo Nkani
- Nokhulula Maneli
- Nokulunga Tupeni
- Nokuphiwa Gedze
- Nokuzola Mbiko
- Nokuzola Mnkile
- Nokuzola Mvaphantsi
- Nokuzola Ndonga
- Nokwakha Makina
- Nokwanda Makhubalo
- Nolakhe Dyido
- Nolindile Mbande
- Nolitha Nxadi
- Nolovuyo Tobi
- Nolufefe Tobi
- Nolungile Ndonga
- Nolusindiso Halana
- Nolusindiso Jakavula
- Noluthando Makubalo
- Noluthando Mapuma
- Noluthando Ngqula
- Noluvuyo Damoyi
- Nomabhelu Nyongo
- Nomakhaya Dada
- Nomakhazi Tobi
- Nomalinge Skotshi
- Nomalungisa Warosi
- Nomantombazana Joe
- Nomathamsanqa Ndonga
- Nomawethu Nkani
- Nomawethu Ntantiso
- Nomawethu Tobi
- Nombasa Saki
- Nombeko Ganto
- Nombizininzi Mkonjeni
- Nombulelo Jack
- Nombulelo Paliso
- Nombuyiselo Malumbezo
- Nomen Mei
- Nomfundo Gqwaka
- Nomfundo Makubalo
- Nomfundo Makhubalo
- Nomfuneko Bopani
- Nomfusi Nkani
- Nomgcobo Nompunga
- Nomiki Gwebushe
- Nomkhosi Nyongo
- Nomonde Bojana
- Nomonde Mthandana
- Nomonde Ndlondlo
- Nompumelelo Nompunga
- Nompumezo Peyi
- Nomqzwi Gwebushe
- Nomsa Ngcayi
- Nomsi Mei
- Nomthandazo Mantana
- Nomthandazo Mbiko
- Nomvula Xhaka
- Nomvuselelo Nyongo
- Nomvuyiseko Qwabe
- Nomzamo Makubalo
- Nonceba Deliwe
- Nonceba Ncubela
- Nonceba Ngxobongwana
- Nondumiso Solo
- Nonkhuleko Mbiko
- Nontembeko Dyiolo
- Nontembeko Nxadi
- Nontembiso Kawe
- Nontsikelelo Mavela
- Nontuthuzelo Mtalana
- Nonyameko Gqwaka
- Nonzali Makhubalo
- Nonzaliseko Makubalo
- Nonzaliseko Ngcayi
- Nonzuzo Tinta
- Nophiwe Gedze
- Nosandisile Maxaulana
- Nosimasile Makubhalo
- Nosiphiwo Magoswana
- Nosiphiwo Mangwane
- Nosipho Mtshonisi
- Nosisana Makhubalo
- Nosithembele Ngcayi
- Nothozamile Paliso
- Nothozamile Zitha
- Novukile Ntamo
- Novuyani Peyi
- Nowandile Majamani
- Noxolo Nyongo
- Nozeti Makhubalo
- Nozibele Nxadi
- Nozolile Gedze
- Nozuko Tyibilika
- Nozuko Zita
- Ntombabambo Deliwe
- Ntombazana Mvingqi
- Ntombekhaya Nongce
- Ntombizakhe Sikani
- Ntombizininzi Mkhonjeni
- Ntombizodwa Gcezengana
- Ntombizodwa Mbiko
- Ntombizonke Nxeve
- Odwa Mbiko
- Odwa Yona
- Pam Driesel
- Patrick Alexander
- Paul Mills
- Paul Roux
- Penny McAdam
- Penny Price
- Phyllis Orsi
- Pieter Brown
- Pieter Dirk Uys
- Pippa Hetherington
- Porky Hefer
- Priscilla Paliso
- Pumeza Macingwana
- Pumla Kekezwa
- Pumla Zita
- Pumza Magoswana
- Pumza Tyam
- Qhama Ngwendu
- Qhama Nongce
- Queen Msizi
- Queen Peyi
- Rayda Bekker
- Ree Treweek
- Renzske Scholtz-Hofmeyr
- Richard Buccleugh
- Rob Brozin
- Rob Chalmers
- Rob Gess
- Rob o ‘Donoghue
- Robbie Georgiou
- Robert Hofneyr
- Robin Miller
- Robin Stewart Clarke
- Roena Griesel
- Rory Riordan
- Rosalie Gelderman
- Ross Aylott
- Ruth Sacks
- Sally Adams Jones
- Sally Scott
- Sam Venter
- Sandra Dodson
- Saneliswa Maxengana
- Sarah Garson
- Sarah Leach
- Sarah Schouten
- Sasha Scholtz
- Sbabalwe Nxadi
- Sebastian Jones
- Sebenze Gxamza
- Seth Long
- Setyenzwa Mangwane
- Seymour Cantor
- Shylock Khosa
- Simona Patap
- Sinovuyo Makubalo
- Sinoxdo Zitha
- Sisa Ntlago
- Sisipho Peyi
- Sisiwe Makubalo
- Sisizwe Mva
- Siyabonga Maswana
- Sofia Grönvall
- Sonja da Rego
- Stan Sher
- Stefan Antoni
- Sue Heathcock
- Sue McNab
- Sue Sellschop
- Susan Paterson
- Susanna Salle
- Susanna Schouten Woudstra
- Susanne Knol
- Susie Goodman
- Sylvia Dayi
- Sylvia Stofile
- Tabisa Nxadi
- Tandiswa Nxadi
- Tanya Jordaan
- Tara Kozul
- Thabang Meslane
- Thabisa Magquphu
- Thabisa Nxadi
- Thandazwa Mqali
- Thea Ramsay
- Thembeka Makubalo
- Thembisa Gusha
- Thembisa Makubalo
- Thembisa Mavela
- Thembisa Nxadi
- Thobisa Mase
- Thobisa Nkani
- Tim Wege
- Tom Georgiou
- Toni Ann Ballenden
- Tony Ribbink
- Tori Stowe
- Toronto Cathedral
- Trevor Acton
- Trevynn McGowa
- Unathi Meslane
- Val ArnoldValerie Herder
- Vanessa Ruiz
- Velelwa Peyi
- Veliswa Peyi
- Veronica Betani
- Victoria Nxadi
- Vivian Solwandle
- Vuyelwa Nxadi
- Vuyelwa Xhotyeni
- Wendy Hitchcock
- Wilfred Alero
- Wilhelm van Rensburg
- Winnie Sze
- Xolelwa Tupeni
- Xoliswa Mavela
- Xoliswa Zondeka
- Xoliswe Tile
- Yda Walt
- Yelda Bayraktar
- Yoliswa Peyi
- Zamo Gxamza
- Zaziwe Nyongo
- Zelide Chalmers
- Zimkhitha Makubalo
- Zodwa Tutani
- Zoe Neilson
- Zoleka Majamani
- Zoleka Makubalo
- Zoleka Matota
- Zoleka Tinta
- Zukisiwa Pakama
- Zukiswa Sikani
- Zukiswa Zitha
Keiskamma Our South Africa Tapestries
2022
3 appliqué and embroidery pieces
0.5 m x 0.5 m
Keiskamma Trust, Hamburg,
Eastern Cape
In October 2021 Keiskamma Art Project ran a workshop to make up a limited edition tapestry series to raise funds for the retrospective, Umaf’ evuka, nje ngenyanga / Dying and rising, as the moon does. After discussing the country’s violent colonial and apartheid history, their daily challenges as women from an impoverished area of the Eastern Cape, and their hopes for the future, the artists created a visual interpretation of the fundamental rights enshrined in our Constitution – rights to equality, freedom and human dignity. These personal visions were then translated into drawings, which the artists consolidated into three main compositions to be transferred onto linen in preparation for embroidery. The finished tapestries, richly coloured and intricately detailed, together make up a symbolic narrative of possibility for a country at a critical point in its history. Individually, the tapestries represent an intimate expression of personal hopes and dreams, manifested stitch by stitch.
Thank you to all the donors and buyers for supporting this campaign. We were thrilled to have sold all the limited editions.
- Adcorp Group + Logo
- Alex Hetherington Media
- Brozin Family Trust
- Chris Baker and Associates + logo
- Deborah and Glenn Doering
- Global Business Solutions SA + logo
- IQ Business + logo
- Jonathan Goldberg Craig Kirchman
- Lisa Schewitz
- Moors Family Trust
- OneSpark
- Rebecca Oppenheimer
- Red Alert + logo
- Spier Arts Trust + logo
- The Bright Blue Company + logo
- The Doerings
To kick-start our funding for the retrospective we ran a short crowd-funding campaign. The support was much appreciated, as were some of the comments. A huge thank you to the backers of the campaign; every bit has helped us bring this exhibition to life.
“Keep looking ahead...” - Ruth Thackeray
“What a wonderful initiative, we wish we could come and see the exhibition in person” - Pearl and Steve
“Wonderful initiative!” - Book club/wine club
“A worthy and inspirational project.” - Tony B
“Oh so inspiring, exquisite and important.” - Emma Leach
“An amazing record of our history through the eyes and hands of these women.” - Pippa Smith
“Good luck.” - Jennifer
“Such an important project, good luck.” - Lucy
“Excited for the retrospective! Sending well wishes to Pippa and Veronica and everyone at Keiskamma Art Project.” - Alex Fialho
“The K.A.P. is a remarkable treasure chest and provocation of the times we have lived through.” - Viv Spooner
“Such an amazing project. Hope I get to see it in person!” - Kiri Van Lengen-Welty
“To a wondrous exhibition of 20 years’ work from the Keiskamma artists.” - Gay Staurup
“You are an inspiration!!!” - Miki Redelinghuys
“What a splendid project to publish your aims and works! Congratulations from Berlin.” - Kristin und Götz Plessing
“I was honored to be the national tour manager for the Keiskamma Altarpiece in the U.S. The people of the Cape are still in my heart!” - Eileen Harakal
“First met at Southwark Cathedral, then inspired by visits to the Keiskamma community, now daily reminders at home and a major work adorning the Royal College of Physicians in London.” - Keith and Penny McAdam
“So looking forward to seeing this exhibition happen!” - Nicola Ashmore
“Weaving hope and beauty into the rough fabric of life, KAP is testimony to the power and resilience of the creative spirit. A timely and important exhibition.” - Sandra Dodson
“I have loved watching the evolution of this incredible project over the years and would be so thrilled to see the pieces exhibited together in one place.” - Tessa Gawith
“I can’t wait to see something of this artistic magnitude come to life and I feel honoured to be able to help lift it off the ground even if it is in a small way.” - Catherine Del Monte
“The art of the Keiskamma Project is unique, and a kaleidoscope of South Africa’s past and the first decades of its democracy. This work deserves to be seen in the best possible way.” -Alex Hetherington
“So happy that at last this prestigious exhibition will come to pass.” - Liz Vels
“Holding thumbs.” - Nicky Stubbs
“Realising this project will bring together art and stories which offer a timely reflection on the small-scale and universal complexity in SA.” - Ben Hetherington
“I am so excited to see this retrospective come together. Beautiful work that needs to be seen far and wide.” - Deborah da Silva
With profound gratitude to the Judith Neilson Foundation, whose generous support for the Keiskamma Art Project has made this catalogue possible.
The Keiskamma Trust was established in 2000 in the village of Hamburg, Eastern Cape, with the vision of ‘building healthy communities in all respects’. Working holistically to achieve this led to the establishment of four main programmes, namely Art, Music, Education and Health. Each programme has its own management team, set of specific goals and practical means of achieving them. Together, their effects are felt in the social and political landscape of Hamburg. Click on logo to find out more.
