In Hout Bay, art connects young people from underprivileged communities. They are taught both creative and business skills as they forge their futures and follow their dreams, but a warm meal still goes a very long way:
Hout Bay, South Africa (17 October 2023) — The phrase, ‘starving artist’ is not an exaggerated experience for every creative, and for many artists part of non-profit programmes and communities, its reality is a call for compassion and change. As South African youngsters are often left to grassroots measures to further their futures, the opportunity to make a difference in underprivileged artists’ lives through something as simple as a wholesome meal also means fuelling a difference in their life choices.
Non-profit and community youth programme Intel Art is encouraging the Hout Bay community (and those beyond it) to share a warm meal and some fruit for the youth in their care.
These young artists come from areas like Imizamo Yethu and other harbour communities of Hout Bay where food insecurity is not just something newspapers discuss.
However, the programme offers many underprivileged artists the chance to step out of circumstance and into a world of creativity, learning, fantasy and skill. Since 2015, they have worked hard to build their artistic haven and officially became an NPO in 2017.
They’ve grown from strength to strength and even have their own studio in Fine Art Africa Gallery, where professional artists (and even the Super Sandman) often lend their hand in passing on technique and knowledge.
Today, underprivileged artists’ futures are looking a lot brighter because of them, with many learning important business skills so that deriving income from their work also becomes possible.
The drive for warm meals and fruit aims to feed 9 young people for 9 weeks, and anyone able to help can find out more here.
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