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WHAT
WE DO
The PJ Olivier Art Centre is one of only a few art centres
in South Africa. During the past few decades, art centres have
been established as institutions of excellence because of the
high standards maintained by educators and learners alike as
well as the many achievements on both national and international
level.
We believe in focusing on the aesthetic education of the holistic
person rather than only on providing technically orientated
'education' in the productive skills. This means that the stimulation
and development of the individual's creative thoughts, critical
capacity and visual literacy enjoys priority above the mere
'production' of artworks that flow naturally from the creative
process.
We are a proud service provider for 16 schools in greater Stellenbosch
and surrounding areas and offer curricular and extracurricular
courses in art and design to learners from grades 1 to 12. You
are welcome to browse through the Courses page for more information
on the courses we offer or to take a look at our Upcoming events
for exciting news on what is to come in the next few months.
During our existence of 57 years, the Art Centre has been highly
honoured, in many ways, for our learners' achievements - the
Art Centre was elected to receive the medal for the 'school'
that submitted the best junior school art for the International
Exhibition of School Art in Lidici in the Czech Republic in
1998 and again in 1999. Our contributing learners proudly received
their individual awards. On numerous occasions some of our learners
have taken part in international exhibitions in Spain, Japan
and North America.
Our learners in the primary school section have won numerous
awards and prizes annually at the Santam School Art Competition.
Many of our learners' works have been selected for the Santam
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