About Project Smile South Africa
Project Smile South Africa is an outreach and fundraising initiative aimed at encouraging creativity, innovation and adventurous works of art production among the youths of South Africa.
The project Smile South Africa is the brainchild of MM Galleries. "Smile" is the main theme of the project and all works will be designed and crafted centering on this theme. Autographed "Smile" drawings and impressions will be artistically designed by various upcoming artists and put on photographs, paper, sportsman's t-shirts, builders' tiles, glass, sculpture, plates and clothing. The MM Gallery will be collecting smiles and will be hosting annual fundraising exhibitions and galas.
Project Objectives & Benefits
The main aim of the project is to raise funds for Operation Smile South Africa by creating a platform at the MM Galleries art gallery through which young and gifted artists showcase their wealth of talents. The other objectives of the project are:
To assist upcoming young artists with marketing and promoting their works;
- To promote and showcase various talents in the Cape region of South Africa
- To empower historically disadvantaged sections of the society
- To contribute to the economy through creation of meaningful employment and purposeful activity.
Core to the project strategy is involving and aligning the youth community in arts events as part of an indirect learning program to combat HIV/AIDS and any possible involvement in crime activities such as drug trade and theft.
Our Partners :
Operation Smile South Africa
Operation Smile South Africa is a non-profit medical services organization that provides free surgery and related follow-up care to children and adults with cleft lips and cleft palates in South Africa and in the Southern African region.
Project Smile South Africa Competition
To encourage participation in the project, the Project is commencing jointly with the Project Smile South Africa Competition. To enter the competition, please send your work of art with the “smile” theme to the MM Galleries art gallery at Shop 3, 31 Palmer Road in Muizenberg, Cape Town or via email and snail mail (see our contacts below) or alternatively at your institution. The first annual gala will be held on the 19th of June 2010 in Cape Town.
Entries to the competition will commence on the 26th of January 2010 and close on the 21st of May 2010. The top three entries will be selected and afforded an opportunity to participate in a pottery workshop at the renowned Fiddlewood studio in Claremont Cape Town. During the gala event the higher profile smiles will be auctioned and selected smiles given as incentive to patrons who would have purchased and attended the first gala event.
