
2023 Training Dates
Please note that the below all training module dates are provisional and may be subject to change.
To find out more information on Training module and workshops, contact zaid@butterflyartproject.org
To find out more information on hubs and mentoring activities please contact kamo@butterflyartproject.org or WhatsApp +27 60 805 6482
Please Note:
Please Note:
- Orientation/Info Session Day attendance is compulsory for anyone who wishes to join our Community Art Facilitator Training.
- Once you have attended an info session day, you will be subject to an interview and an intensive screening process will take place before you are considered for our entry module.
- It is compulsory to complete the entry module (Early Beginnings), before having access to any of our other modules.
- Most of our Info sessions will be held online.
- After the Info session, you will be required to submit a homework exercise before we start the interview process
- The application requires that you submit a police clearance certificate. Because these take a while to be processed, we will accept a receipt of your clearance application, until you receive the document.
- The Butterfly Art Project reserves the right to decline and reserve any applications for the CAF programme.
- Kindly note, that once Community Art Facilitators are accepted into the CAF movement, they are expected to provide the below in order to remain an active member of the network:
- Provide evidence of a minimum of 24 hours of implementation time per year.
- Provide either an attendance register or images of their implementation
- Attend a minimum of 24 hours training (can be split over 3-hour workshops or made up of one full 24-hour training)
- Supply BAP with at least 7 Child Development Assessment Forms with a minimum of three entries (a baseline entry and two end-of-term entries).
Info Session/Orientation Days 2023
We currently have a waiting list for our 2023 CAF Training Programme and therefore we will not be holding an info session in the first quarter of 2023. We recommend that you apply nonetheless of which you will be contacted by April 2023.
To sign up for a Community Art Facilitator Course, kindly click the orientation application link below:
Training Module Dates
Entry Module: Early Beginnings
EB1.CT.23
Thursdays
30 March & 6, 13, 20 April 2023
TIME: 09:00 - 16:00 pm
VENUE: Cape Town Venue TBC
TRAINER: TBC
EB2.CT.23
May 2023
TIME: TBC
VENUE: Cape Town Venue TBC
TRAINER: TBC
EB3.CT.23
DATES: Monday - Thursday
16, 17, 18 & 19 October 2023
TIME: 09:30 - 16:30
VENUE: TBC
TRAINER: TBC
Building Sustainability in My CAF Practice - creative enterprise activities
SIG.C1.23
Thursdays
11, 18, 25 May & 01 June 2023
TIME: 10:00 - 17:00
VENUE: TBC
TRAINER: Mara Fleischer
SIG.C2.23
Thursdays
08, 15, 22, 29 August 2023
TIME: 09:00 - 16:00
VENUE: Online, via Zoom
TRAINER: Mara Fleischer
Creative Interaction
CI2.CT.22
Saturdays
12, 19, 26 August & 2 September 2023
TIME: 09:30 - 16:30
VENUE: TBC
TRAINER: Aveleigh Gateman
Building Resilience For My CAF Practice (Social & Emotional Learning Module)
SEL.CT.23
Thursdays
08, 15, 22, 29 June 2023
TIME: 09:00 - 16:00
VENUE: Foundations for Life, 2 Hemyock Rd, Plumstead
TRAINER: Melanie Godfrey
Michaelmas Conference
DATE: Wednesday - Friday
27, 28, 29 September 2022
TIME: 09:30 - 17:30
VENUE: Michael Oak Waldorf School, Marlow Road, Kenilworth.
2023 Workshop Dates
Cruelty and Compassion Art Campaign Workshops
Cruelty & Compassion Class 1
DATE: Saturday 11 March 2023
TIME: 10:00 - 13:30
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond (next to Capricorn Primary School)
TRAINER: Charles Jansen
Cruelty & Compassion Class 2
DATE: Friday 17 March 2023
TIME: 14:00 - 17:00
VENUE: Montebello Design Studio, 31 Newlands Avenue, Newlands
TRAINER: Charles Jansen
Cruelty & Compassion Class 3
DATE: 23 March 2023 (Thursday)
TIME: 18:00 - 21:00
VENUE: Online/Via Zoom
TRAINER: Charles Jansen
Cruelty & Compassion Class 4
DATE: Tuesday 28 March 2023
TIME: 10:00 -13:00
VENUE: Wynberg or Newlands. Venue TBC
TRAINER: Charles Jansen
How to create a healing Art Project Design (8-week lesson plan)
APD1.CT.23
DATE: Tuesdays 09 & 16 May 2023
TIME: 09:30 - 12:30
VENUE: Montebello Design Studio (31 Newlands Avenue, Newlands)+ Online via Zoom
TRAINER: Charles Jansen
APD2.CT.23
DATE: Friday 13 October 2023
TIME: 09:30 - 16:00
VENUE: Online Via Zoom
TRAINER: Charles Jansen
Planning and creating an Art Exhibition
Exhibition Planning1.CT.23
DATE: Tuesdays; 2-part session
20 June 2023 (Session 1)
27 June 2023 (Session 2)
TIME: 14:00 -17:00
VENUE: Session 1- Online via Zoom
Session 2- Art Centre Vrygrond 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond
TRAINER: Zaid Philander
CAF Alumni Excursion & Networking events
CAFEX1.CT.2023
DATE: Friday 26 May 2023
TIME: 12:00 - 15:00
VENUE: Gallery TBC
CAFEX2.CT.2023
DATE: Saturday 2 September 2023
TIME: 13:30 -16:30
VENUE: Public Art Walking Tour, Salt River & Woodstock