Annette Du Plessis

Name Annette Suzette;
Surname Du Plessis;
Birth date 11 October 1955;
Citizenship South African;

Languages -English, Afrikaans, Xhosa;

Skills Arts and Crafts -,Painting, Drawing, Collage, Sculpture, Ceramics, Paper Mache, Jewellery making, Textile design, Textile printing, Embroidery, Beadwork, Tapestry, Lino printing, etc;

People orientated skills - Counselling and & ministering to children

International Project - Partnership NMMM & Göteborg

Volunteered at Masikulisane – Soweto by the sea, HIV orphans and neglected/abused children arts facilitation and councelling


Achievements -
Anti apartheid activist - moved into townships beginning 1989- active in civic structures and women’s organisations 1989 to 1994

Political - Head ANC Cultural Desk Port Elizabeth and surrounding areas, 1996 to 1997; SACP – treasurer Eastern Cape province 1993/4

Artist - National tour of work to major galleries in South Africa, Diploma of Excellency from Department of Arts and Culture; winner “City to City’ scholarship to Kunstepedimin artist residency 2001 (Göteborg, Sweden)

Founder - Founded Siyaya Centre for Young Arts in NMMM on return from Sweden, 2001. From end 2002 to 2005 was invited to be consultant for children’s art for the NMMM & Göteborg partnership and employed professional artists developed, coordinated and managed children’s art projects at Metro Libraries, Arthur Nyobo school, New Brighton Community and Masikulisane HIV orphans. SIDA report point4.1.1swedish_partship/evaluation.htm;

Professional Artist:
1989 - 2005 Imvaba 1989 – 1994 Community Artist – doing banners, t shirt logo’s, posters, facilitating workshops with children

King George Art Gallery – facilitator for Gerald Sekoto Day of the Child workshops, several years

Siyaya Centre for Young Arts – Founder and Director from 2001, employed professional artists on part-time basis to run workshops with school pupils, community kids

Partnership Nelson Mandela Municipality Metropole and Göteborg City – acted as consultant, project developer, organiser and manager (arts and culture sector)

HIVAN Kwa Zulu Natal – been working with HIVAN (Jill Kruger) to form part of HIVAN’ job creation team (art therapy children) for two years.


Current additional activity
Research and Development- Land Art
Researching and organising Land Art project for the Metro that would be phased over some years and in coordination with local scientists, various structures, artists, community and learners.

Since January 2006 employed as Marketing Officer for Red Location Museum