Mentoring programme
Through mentoring, BAP-trained Community Art Facilitators (CAFs) deepen their understanding of art therapeutic principles and strengthen their skills in facilitating healing through art and offering psycho-social support to traumatised children and youth.
Mentoring Engagements
Artist Hubs
Child Case Study Hubs
Internships at our Art Centre in Vrygrond
Term 1
Child Case Study Hubs
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20 Mar Thurs 11:00 - 12:30 Facilitator: Eunice Online
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29 Mar Sat 12:30 - 14:00 Facilitator: Eunice Online
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3 Apr Thurs 11.00 - 12:30 Facilitator: Eunice Online
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12 Apr Sat 12:30 - 14:00 Facilitator: Eunice Online
Artist Hubs
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8 Feb Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: Charlene Online
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21 Feb Fri 09:00 - 11:00 Facilitator: Sara ACV
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4 Mar Tues 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: Zaid Stel.
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8 Mar Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: Charlene Online
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20 Mar Thur 13:00 - 14:30 Facilitator: Charlene Online
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29 Mar Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: Charlene Online
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03 Apr Thurs 13:00 - 14:30 Facilitator: Charlene Online
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12 Apr Sat 13:00 - 14:30 Facilitator: Charlene Online
Term 2
Child Case Study Hubs
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21 May Wed 18:30 - 20:00 Facilitator: Zaid
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3 Jun Tues 18:00 - 19:30 Facilitator: Eunice Online
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24 Jun Tues 12:00 - 13:30 Facilitator: Eunice Online
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4 Jun Wed 12:00 - 13:30 Facilitator: Madge ACV
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25 Jun Wed 12:00 - 13:30 Facilitator: Madge TBC
Artist Hubs
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25 Apr Fri 10:00 - 11:00 Facilitator: Carla ACV
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26 Apr Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: Charlene Online
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10 May Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: Charlene Online
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17 May Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: Charlene Online
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11 Jun Wed 18:30 - 20:00 Facilitator: Magde Online
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21 Jun Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: Charlene Online
Term 3
Child Case Study Hubs
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1 Jul Tues Time: TBC Facilitator: TBC Online
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2 Jul Wed 12:00 - 13:30 Facilitator: Madge ACV
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23 Jul Wed 12:00 - 13:30 Facilitator: Madge ACV
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22 Jul Tues Time: TBC Facilitator: TBC Online
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12 Aug Tues 11:00 - 12:30 Facilitator: TBC Online CPT
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20 Aug Wed 18:30 - 20:00 Facilitator: Zaid Online
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26 Aug Tues 11:00 - 12:30 Facilitator: Phumzile Online JHB
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2 Sep Tues 11:00 - 12:30 Facilitator: TBC Online CPT
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23 Sep Tues 11:00 - 12:30 Facilitator: Phumzile Online JHB
Artist Hubs
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4 Jul Fri 10:30 - 12:30 Facilitator: TBC Online
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12 Jul Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: TBC Online
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30 Jul Wed 1830 - 2000 Facilitator: Madge Online
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12 Aug Tues 13:00 - 14:30 Facilitator:Charlene Online
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23 Aug Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: TBC Online
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26 Aug Tues 13.00 - 14:30 Facilitator: TBC Online JHB
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2 Sep Tues 13:00 - 14:30 Facilitator: Charlene Online
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10 Sep Wed 18:30 - 20:00 Facilitator: Madge Online
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23 Sep Tues 13:00 - 14:30 Facilitator: TBC Online JHB
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27 Sep Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: TBC Online
Term 4
Child Case Study Hubs
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30 Sep Tues Time: TBC Facilitator: TBC Online
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15 Oct Tues 18:00 -19:30 Facilitator: TBC Online
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29 Oct Wed 18:30 - 20:30 Facilitator: Zaid Online
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5 Nov Wed 12:00 - 13:00 Faciloitator: Madge ACV
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12Nov Tues 18:00 -19:30 Facilitator: TBC Online
Artist Hubs
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3 Oct Fri 10:30 - 12:30 Facilitator:TBC ACV
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25 Oct Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: TBC Online
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1 Nov Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: TBC TBC
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15 Nov Sat 10:00 - 12:00 Facilitator: TBC Online
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28 Nov Fri 10:30 - 12:30 Facilitator: TBC ACV
These hubs help CAFs to strengthen their understanding of the application of art mediums to help children heal. In the hub, a CAF brings a child’s drawing to be analysed. The hubs help CAFs to grow skills in reading children’s drawings/artworks using Goethean observation techniques and gain insight into the kind of art support vulnerable children and youth in disadvantaged communities may need. You can also suggest art methods that can be implemented with the child presented. These hubs are offered throughout the year.
Child Case Study Hub
These predominantly take place in mentoring circles via Zoom or in person meetings at BAP venues. Mentors support CAFs with:
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Orientation in the CAF Movement
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Portfolios of Practice (POP completion)
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Implementation questions
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Difficult child cases
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Challenges around resource mobilisation
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Development of their organisations/initiatives
Mentoring Engagements
Implementation at our Art centre
At our Art Centre in Vrygrond, we have been implementing art classes with a therapeutic element for more than 10 years, we provide internship opportunities to newly trained CAFs. CAF interns work with eight experienced CAFs and co-facilitate art classes following the BAP Method to children from the local communities using a variety of art therapeutic methods. Our experienced mentors will give CAFs personal support and guidance as they learn. Through these internships, newly trained CAFs gain first-hand experience in BAP methodologies, including how to manage an art classroom according to the BAP Method and report on the effects of their work with children. These internships are also open to CAFs who have successfully completed their Portfolio of Practice (POP) and wish to deepen and strengthen their CAF Practice.
Artist Hub
Weekly creative sessions with an art facilitator who guides, mentors and assists CAFs with finding their inner artist and building their resilience through doing art. CAFs explore art mediums to be able to serve children more effectively because they better understand the nature of different mediums, their healing power, their limitations and what medium to offer for which soul challenge. This experience grows knowledge and the healer’s intuition which builds confidence to apply art therapeutic methods when teaching vulnerable and wounded children.
A three-day conference during which CAFs, the BAP Faculty and the BAP Team explore a contextual theme together through the writings of Rudolf Steiner and practical workshops on various art therapeutic techniques. The conference teaches skills that improve CAFs’ practice with children and youth.
Michaelmas Conference
Our 2024 Results
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Hosted 21 Child Case Study Hubs (CCSH) with 181 participants (13 of which were guest practitioners).
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Hosted 36 Artist Hubs with 410 participants (71 of which were guest practitioners).
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Facilitated 55 mentoring sessions with 164 participants, totalling 1212 mentoring units. Of these,22 were digital mentoring sessions and 33 were physical mentoring sessions with individual CAFs.
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Provided 17 CAF Internships at our Art Centre in Vrygrond.
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Supported 53 CAFs with additional materials for their CAF practice in communities from our BAP-donations drives.
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Mentored 10 CAFs teaching at our Art Centre in Vrygrond in the design of art projects.