On July 20th Mr. Sakhumzi Somyo, the Mayor of the Amathola District, Eastern Cape, visited the village of Hamburg. He came to attend a meeting to present his office’s plan to develop Hamburg into an Artists’ Center.

If this plan becomes reality the area would attract artists of all disciplines from all parts of the world. It would increase public awareness of the work of The Keiskamma Art Project and enhance the social circumstances of the community as a whole.

During the meeting, the Mayor announced that he had seen an exhibition of work by the people of The Keiskamma Art Project when visiting Oxford in the United Kingdom. He went on to say how proud he felt to see the work of people from his own area being exhibited internationally.

Jacky Jezewski, Jackie Downs, Nokwanda Makubalo and Jan Chalmers at the Oxfordshire Exhibition.

Village representatives