Ayesha Price

b. Cape Town, 1975Ayesha Price is an artist and art educator who works in various media, often addressing issues concerning gender and cultural identity.

Curriculum Vitae

Art Education
1996: Diploma in Education - Practical Specialisation in Visual Arts Hewatt College of Education (in association with UCT).

Employment

2010: Principal, Zonnebloem Children's Art Centre, Cape Town.

2009-2010: Educator, Iziko South African National Gallery.

2008-2009: Visual Arts Education Officer, ISANG.

1998-2006: Visual Arts Educator, Zonnebloem Children's Art Centre.

2000: Fundraiser, South African National Zakaah Fund.

1997: Visual Arts Educator Grades 4-7, Battswood Art Centre.

Workshops/Community projects(present/ongoing)

2005-present: District Six community workshops, Lydia Williams Centre, Cape Town.

2004-present: Member of This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (voluntary organisation) with Cape Town artists to engage youth and communities through visual arts.

1997-present: Assisting schools (Zonnebloem Girls Primary, St Agnes Primary, Wynberg Senior Secondary, Al-Wafaa Preschool, Walmer Primary) with banners, signs, stage props and décor, costumes, posters, exhibitions.

Workshops/Community projects (previous)

2008-2010: Visual Arts Educator and Exhibition Designer for Peacejam Foundation Youth Programmes (Unesco funded project)at the District Six Museum and ISANG Annexe.

2008-2009: Visual Arts Educator and Exhibition Coordinator for Peripheral Vision, a cultural youth exchange programme between District Six Museum and Swedish Arts and Culture Centres: Lava, Zenit, BotkyrkaKunstall.

2007-2008: Rivers of the World International Art Project (worked with learners to produce artworks about the Liesbeeck River).

2002: Visual Arts Educator, Isivivane Solwazi Art and Culture programme, Robben Island Museum Spring School.

2007: Photographic workshop for District 6 youth with artists Hussein and Hassan Essop for the Goodman Gallery Cape at the Lydia Williams Centre.

1999: Mural painting facilitator, Words and Vision, Molo Songololo Productions.

Exhibitions (group)
2007: africa south, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town.

2006:Artscape, Cape Town (for the Cape Town Festival). Botaki 4, Old Mutual Asset Managers, Pinelands, Cape Town.

2005: Botaki 3: OMAM, Cape Town. The Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Art in Business.

2004: Gender & Visuality Exhibition, UWC (History Dept). Battswood Gallery exhibition.

1999:DisNag, South African Cultural History Museum, Cape Town.

Collections
Private, South Africa.
Commissions
2005: Dept of Economic Development and Trade, Western Cape government.

1999: South African National Zakkaah fund. Also private.

Other
2006: Visual Art Adjudicator, Fairest Cape Association.

2005/6: Contributor (text and photographs), Iziko EPP Publication Picasso and Africa.

2004: Reviewing & consulting arts & culture handbook for learners & Educators, Oxford University Press.

2003: Visual Art Adjudicator, Lovelife. Textile Workshop, MAPPP-SETA.

1997-2003: As member of the Arts Junction (youth arts productions) planned art workshops, exhibitions, production of posters, pamphlets, set & costume design.

2000:Book illustrations for IDASA (Project Literacy). Book titles: Shine Where You Are; Lulama’s Blanket.

1999: Member of the Arts Forum, based at Battswood Art Centre.