Sunday, April 26, 4-6pmUpper Crust Cafe10909 86 Ave, EdmontonJoin Keiskamma Canada Foundation, Sombrilla, and the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation to learn more about international development work in South Africa and Latin America. Featuring art, crafts and products for sale from international partners and stories from local volunteers.Tickets: Available at the door for $10 […]
One of our very hard working and passionate board members, Marilyn Scott has prepared a series of stories from her several visits to Keiskamma Trust in South Africa. This is our second story, we hope you enjoy! Please leave us comments below if you would like to know more about a certain area […]
One of our very hard working and passionate board members, Marilyn Scott has prepared a series of stories from her several visits to Keiskamma Trust in South Africa. We are pleased to share with you the first of several, we hope you enjoy! Please leave us comments below if you would like to know […]
EXCITING NEWS! Keiskamma Canada Foundation is proud to announce that we have been selected by the Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) to host the 2015 Change Your World: Alberta Youth Leadership Tour to South Africa this July! The Change Your World tour is an opportunity for five Alberta Students, Grades 9-12, to visit, […]
Very proud that two outstanding people and their work with The Keiskamma Trust and South Africa have been acknowledged in ACGC’s Top 30 under 30! Congrats Hannah Gelderman and Angalahka Mangwane. View the online magazine here.
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Contact:Marilyn Scott – 780-465-1854
October 2014
jmarilynscott@shaw.ca
ART for ART: Buy local for global impact
Fundraiser to supportvillages in Eastern Cape South Africa
In 2010, Marilyn Scott, an Edmonton writer, was searching for meaningful way to celebrate her 70th birthday. A friend invited her to attend Art for Art, a fundraiser held in Edmonton every second year […]
You might call Art for Art the pop-up shop that started before pop-up became de rigueur.
Every two years, supporters of Keiskamma Trust, a grassroots not-for-profit serving remote South African villages, stage a sale of products created by women of The Trust, coupled with a silent auction of paintings, woodworking, pottery, stained glass and other works […]
The Nguni cows are a sign of wealth for the Xhosa people and are indigenous to southern Africa. When we are in Hamburg with The Keiskamma Trust they are an everyday sight and encounter. They amble, saunter and loiter. If you don’t park your car in a fenced yard you will find cow pies […]
Wow, gorgeous pieces donated by top Edmonton Artists available for auction at this year’s event:
‘Shoreline’ by Lori MacFaydon, acrylic on canvas
‘Serenity’ by Judith Labelle, oil on canvas
‘Beth’s Acres’ by Jim Davis, oil on panel
Bistro table by Carolyn Wagner, glass mosaic
See photos and up to date art additions available for silent Auction on our Facebook Art for ART […]
In 2013 Keiskamma Canada Foundation purchased a motor bike for the use of Cebo Mvubu at Keiskamma Trust. Cebo is the Trust’s primary ceramic artist as well as a wonderful fabric art designer. Cebo lives with his wife and young daughter in Bodiam, more than six kilometres from the studios in Hamburg. Each day […]
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