INTRODUCING:
KOLLEKTIEF CREATIVE SANCTUARY:
Situated in Rayton in Pretoria in a lovely country setting in a typical farmhouse, Kollektief Creative Sanctuary nurtures soul art as a magic medicine for whoever is present. The creativity comes out through the established and up and coming artists that share and exhibit their skills and techniques providing the essential ingredients required that allow
them to express and impress as part of our exciting “Kollektief”...
DEFINITIONS & OUR MISSION:
KOLLEKTIEF: Describes the artists we collaborate with, and those that we still hope to…
Our Open-Day events and exhibition platform showcase our Kollektief creatives. SANCTUARY: OUR place, where you can jump off that rat race wheel of life for an hour or many more, and heal your soul with creative expression as your prescribed medicine, and the Kollektief tutors as your doctors. Our venue, our sanctuary, is not a guesthouse, but you are welcome to put up your feet, have a coffee, and soak in the atmosphere…
We welcome kids to run around in the garden with the farm animals or come to create some art with our expert guidance, and their art, will no doubt, be treasured by your family forever! Our workshops teach the technique:
Our workshops feature special guests and artists well-known for their speciality skillsets, and the curriculum covers a wide range of subjects, always with excellent tutoring and regular classes to nurture your desire and ability to create with ceramics, woodwork, sketching, painting, body mapping, resin casting, metalwork, sculpture, mosaicing, specialist painting techniques, candle making, cement carved embossing, tie-dying, batik, paper machete, clay sculpting, and more…
About Christelle Swart:
Our founder, highly acclaimed and much-discussed artist Christelle Swart, is a professional contemporary artist with a career spanning more than 30 thirty years. She specialises in painting techniques, cement carved embossing and the design and creation of functional art and decor. When working on a project, Christelle totally immerses herself, and follows a holistic-integrated approach, knowing that every aspect is essential for the equilibrium of the artwork. Over the years and countless challenging artwork adventures, Christelle has mastered enviable niche skills and (with her passion for teaching and sharing), is excited to tutor anyone wanting to learn and join the journey and in the great energy that has come to be known as the “Kollectief Creative Sanctuary”...
Christelle studied Fine Arts and then over the years mastered a wealth of creative and technical skills. Glowing reports reviewing her work have been featured in De Kat, Habitat, Garden and Home and Beeld, among others…
Christelle also offered courses in painting techniques from 1993 to 1999 for Garden and Home magazine and Plascon Paints. Diverse and often large and complex commissioned projects, have taken her far and wide, all over South Africa as well as the United States and Australia. In 1993, The French Embassy in Pretoria, commissioned Christelle and collaborative partner, for a series of paint techniques and artworks including magnificent trompe l'oeil art deco style murals, as well as faux birds-eye maple panelling in their cigar lounge. Some of her work can also be seen at Sun City, The Lost City, Swakopmund Casino, Caesars Palace, Emperor’s Palace, and the Michael Angelo Hotel. Please follow this page for regular updates that include special offers, or sign up for our newsletter for even more supersized offers…
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“You DO NOT have to be an artist to create ART. Its the will to get the materials together and the curiosity to try them out“ - Christelle Swart 1993
