BAP Training Dates 2026
Welcome to the Butterfly Art Project Training dates page. Below you will find our proposed dates for all our adult trainings and workshops
To sign up for a Community Art Facilitator Course, kindly click the orientation application link below:
To learn more about how to become a Community Art Facilitator, please visit our Training page.
Training Modules
(Dates and venues are subject to change)
Entry Module:
Early Beginnings
(Cape Town)
EB1.CT.26
TRAINING DATES: 12 - 15 January 2026
TIME: 09:30 - 16:30
VENUE: Art Centre, Vrygrond
TRAINER: Jane de Sousa + Madge Preyser-Grantham
MENTORING CIRCLES (IN PERSON) TBC
Entry Module:
Early Beginnings
(Cape Town)
EB2.CT.26
TRAINING DATES: 7, 8, 14 & 15 July (SCHOOL HOLIDAYS)
TIME: 09:00 - 16:00
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond (Capricorn Primary)
TRAINER: Zaid Philander & Eunice Freeman
NETWORKING EXCURSION: Wednesday 19 August 2026
TIME: 10:00 - 15:00
VENUE: Zeitz MOCAA, Centre For Art Education, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
MENTORING CIRCLES (ONLINE, INCLUDES CHILD CASE STUDY HUBS & ARTIST HUB):
Date: TBC
TIME: TBC
Entry Module:
Early Beginnings
(Kwa- Zulu Natal)
TRAINING DATES: 7 - 11 September 2026
TIME: 9:00 - 16:30
VENUE:TBC
FACILITATOR: Phumzile Rakosa & Nonhlanhla Dube
NETWORKING EXCURSION: 6 Nov 2026
TIME: 10:00 - 13:00
VENUE: TBC
MENTORING CIRCLES (ONLINE, INCLUDES CHILD CASE STUDY HUBS + ARTIST HUB):
Dates: TBC
TIME: TBC
Online via Zoom
Counteracting Trauma
CT1.CPT.26
DATES: 29 June - 2 July 2026
TIME: 09:00 - 16:30
VENUE: 1115 Vrygrond Ave, Capricorn, Muizenberg (Capricorn Primary School Hall)
TRAINER: Madge Preyser-Grantham + Jane De Sousa
CT.2.JHB.26
DATES: 13, 14, 15, 16 July 2026
TIME: 09:00 - 16:00
VENUE: 158 Oxford Road, Melrose, JHB
(St Vincent School for the Deaf)
TRAINER: Jane de Sousa, Phumzile Rakosa & Nonhlanhla Dube
Building Resilience For My CAF Practice Module
(Social & Emotional Learning )
SEL.CT.26
DATES: 2 April 2026
TIME: 09:00 - 16:00
VENUE: 1115 Vrygrond Ave, Capricorn, Muizenberg (Butterfly Art Project, Art Center)
TRAINER: Melanie Godfrey
(Foundations For Life)
Building Sustainability
in My CAF Practice
(creative enterprise activities)
SIG1.JHB.26
DATES: 17, 18, 19, 20 August 2026
TIME: 09:00 - 16:00
VENUE: TBC
TRAINER: Mara Fleischer
Love Bugs Induction Module
DATE: 8 & 9 October 2026
TIME: 09:30 - 14:30
VENUE: Online via Zoom
TRAINER: Gardie Judge + Courtney Snyman
Michaelmas Conference
DATE: 31 September - 2 October 2026
TIME: 09:00 - 17:30
VENUE: TBC
Train the Trainer workshops
(By invitation only)
COUNTERACTING TRAUMA
USING BAP METHOD
Understanding the Module's Structure & Methodology
DATES: 8 July 2026
TIME: 10.00 - 13.00
VENUE: Online
Understanding Module's Content and Training Process
DATE: 11 July
TIME: 10.00 - 13.00
VENUE: (Online)
TRAINER: Jane de Sousa
EARLY BEGINNINGS MODULE
Understanding the Module's Structure & Methodology
DATES: 12 June 2026
TIME: 08.00 - 12.00
VENUE: Observatory Cape Town
Update on Module Revisions
DATE: 19 June
TIME: 10.00 - 12.00
VENUE: (Online)
TRAINER: Jane de Sousa
- 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 fill in an annual questionnaire, supplying BAP with updated information of their records and activity.
2026 ART Campaign
unity amongst humanity through creativity
Workshop Option 1
DATE: Friday 16 January 2026
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Ave, Vrygrond
TRAINER: Cleone Jordan & Jane de Sousa
Workshop Option 2
DATE: Friday 27 Feb 2026
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Bertha House (Mobary)
TRAINER: Cleone Jordan
Workshop Option 3
DATE: Friday 10 July 2026
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Iziko Museum, Gardens
TRAINER: Cleone Jordan
Workshop Option 4
DATE: Friday 25 July 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: (Online)
TRAINER: Cleone Jordan
