The Imbali ArtBooks
Adventuring into
Adventuring into Art is a guide to teaching art for South African teachers. The information is divided into themes, which gather related ideas, springboards, which provide historical and artistic context in short essays, activities which are practical classroom guides and artists which features relevant art and biographies. There is a video here to help guide you through the site.
Themes
Getting Started
All about the language of art. Finding out about abstract art.

Faces
Identity and image: how we see ourselves. Portraiture and masks.

Bodies
The expressive body. Figure-drawing, carving & construction. Society and gender.

Things
Objects & their meaning. Still lives. Found objects in art. Collecting & consuming.

Places
Art and the environment. Landscape, site specific art. Land and its meaning.

War Zones
Art and warfare, art and resistance. Narrating history; multiple viewpoints.

Inner Worlds
Art in ritual, custom & religion. Symbolism and the surreal in South Africa.

Springboards
Artists
Activities
Videos
Book roll-out teacher workshops
Hout Bay
Kanyamazane
Mahikeng
Jane Furse
Kimberley
Upington
Bloemfontein
Springbok
Siyabuzwa
De Aar
Tzaneen
Bethal
Kuruman
The MTN Foundation and Imbali Partnership
