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Our Work

The Arts Centre has developed a model of working holistically with all its participants. Social issues in the community such as poverty, alcoholism and abuse are tackled through theatre and visual arts and engage the wider community.

Each participating artist engages with running the centre including management, finances, administration, hospitality and taking care of the premises.

The group has a meeting every morning without fail where personal difficulties are expressed and shared with the rest of the group and decisions are made about the running of the centre.

Art For Change

Through expressing their stories people can make real changes in their lives and in the world. In our tapestries we have tackled many of the social issues that darken our lives.

We also make tapestries and artwork that address some of the momentous historical and political issues that have formed our cultural history.

Outreach

Our outreach programme provides teaching of skills that can aid future work or employment 

Our Thanks

The Bethesda Foundation’s successful development has been made possible through the generosity of a number of South African and international sponsors. We are grateful to all of them.

Principal sponsors, in recent years:

• Tides Foundation
• National Lotteries Distribution Trust Fund (South Africa)
• Ackermann Pick’nPay Foundation
• Nussbaum Foundation
• Board of Executors
• Thembisa Trust

Friends of Bethesda

The Friends of Bethesda continue to make a monthly donation over the years. We are grateful to them for their faithful support. We particularly acknowledge for their generous support:

Frank and Viviene Adler; Jan Shapiro and Jerome Monahan; Valerie Sinason; Heloise Kareem; Ruth Berkowitz; Chrysoula Worrall; Elaine Pearce; Nat Perez; Gerry Chalmers; Veronique Faure; Linda Barr; Jackie and John Ackhurst; P.D. Neath; Brenda Beary; R.J.M Stacey; Claire Leyland; Peter and Pam Hope; Christian Hinshlewood; Dorothy Judd; Francesa de Gasparis; Professors Joan and Julian Raphael Leff.