Johannesburg born visual artist and musician Stompie Selebi is a multi-talented individual. He not only creates beautiful artworks and music but he is also involved in community outreach programmes proving his versatility. He has been trained in art therapy at The Art Therapy Centre in Johannesburg six years ago. His training has given him the tools to work with different people who have experienced many things ranging from abuse, rape and living with HIV. He also uses his skills to work with teenagers sharing his passion and talents for the arts.

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For the past 3 months Gallo facilities have been copied with Artistic kinetic energies. The Taxi Art Education programme acquired rehearsal space on the 4th floor in the civility. It is amazing how the inspired crew managed to cerbigroance of other Artists through visible energy conversion. It was a bit of a tiff for the team to attain recognitions, more especially because of Jimmy Diamond’s acclaimed fame. Diamond is a guitarist with fair and was ones upon a time TAEP’s own proud facilitator we sincerely miss his talents and real for life nonetheless life is a travelled Journey.

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We on air is a Radio play live on radio nonsense! Hilarious, fun…laugh till you drop, Bazukile Diko.

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Taxi Art Education Programme (TAEP) was invited by the Heritage and Education Training programme (HET) of Constitution Hill to participate in their Heritage Day celebrations, on the 21st of September.

The event took place at the Dome at Constitution Hill. on arrival you spotted children dressed in various traditional outfits in a vast array of colours, what a spectacle. There was an energy in the dome and as soon as the master of ceremonies announced that the day was officially open the children bust out in a joyous chorus of elation.

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On Saturday the 28th of July 2007 the Taxi Art Education Programme team woke up very early for an appointment with Roedean School for their annual Community Service Day. The day was for the kids and the team knew that they had to put in a lot of hard work because children can be the toughest critics. The school has adopted three children’s shelters in Johannesburg, and this annual event is organised to provide the kids with a day of fun and games where they can just be kids and not worry about the problems of the world.

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I can hardly believe its mid-year already and all the learners are on holiday. This year has been a busy one for TAEP and many new and encouraging developments have come our way. We are growing from strength to strength and are aiming higher every time. So much has happened but I will pull out some of the highlights and share them with you.

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When Soweto students rose up against Bantu education and the system of apartheid, the energy must have been a thrill for all the school children in aiding them with their great mission: to curb Oppression! June 16 is commemorated every year in respect of the youth of 1976 who rigorously fought for the freedom we enjoy today. We hosted a photographic exhibition of the Landmarks of Johannesburg to celebrate this freedom.

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The Landmarks of Jozi project all started with the Landmarks of New York Exhibition hosted by the U.S Consulate at the Women’s Jail at Constitution Hill. TAEP facilitators present at the exhibition started talking to Ismail Mahomed, who is the Senior Cultural Specialist at the US Consulate General.

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One of the TAEP students wrote a poem about human rights. Share in the thoughts of a fifteen year old in South Africa today.
Poem by Nyiko Maluleke 15yrs ‘I want’

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Thursday 10 May, The Taxi Art Education Programme had a magnificent time with the children from the Ridge School and Sibonile School in the No 4 Lekgotla Space at Constitutional Hill. The TAEP team shared with the youth how easy it is to communicate while having fun, getting dirty, being creative and learning new things about yourself and others around you.

A more indepth account of the day will follow soon with many more pictures of the creative communication clay party.

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