Mentoring programme
Through mentoring, BAP-trained Community Art Facilitators (CAFs) deepen their understanding of art therapeutic principles and strengthen their skills in facilitating healing through art and offering psycho-social support to traumatised children and youth.
Mentoring Engagements
Artist Hubs
Child Case Study Hubs
Internships at our Art Centre in Vrygrond
Term 1
Child Case Study Hubs
13-Feb 18:00 - 19:30 Eunice
27-Feb 18:00 - 19:30 Eunice
12-Mar 18:00 - 19:30 Eunice
Artist Hubs
10-Feb 10:00 - 12:00 Charlene
24-Feb 10:00 - 12:00 Charlene
9-Mar 10:00 - 12:00 Charlene
28-Feb 18:30 - 20:30 Naz
06-Mar 18:30 - 20:30 Zaid
20-Mar 18:30 - 20:30 Naz
Term 2
Child Case Study Hubs
29-Apr 18:00 - 19:30
21-May *EB Group 1 Session 1 (Tuesday)
24-May 10:00 -11:30 (Friday)
28 May 10:30-12:00 *EB JHB Session 1
11-May 10:00 - 11:30 (Tues)
04-Jun *EB Group 1 Session 2 (Tuesday)
11-Jun *EB JHB Group 2 Session 2 (Wed)
Artist Hubs
13-Apr 10:00 - 12:00 Charlene
24-Apr 18:30 - 20:00 Naz
04 May 10:00-12:30 Wytzke
07 May 11:00 - 12:30 Norval Foundation
11 May 10:00-12:30 Wytzke
15 May 18:00 - 20:00 Charlene
18 May 10:00-12:30 Wytzke
21-May *EB Group 1, Session 1 (Tues) 12:30- 14:00
21-May *EB Group 1, Session 2 (Tuesday)
25 May 10:00-12:30 Wytzke
28 May 12:30-14:00 EB JHB 2, Session 2
01 Jun 10:00-12:30 Wytzke
04-Jun *EB JHB Group 2 Session 1
08 Jun 10:00-12:30 Wytzke
11-Jun *EB JHB Group 2 Session 2
22-Jun 10:00-12:00 Charlene
*NOTE: EB = Early Beginnings Mentoring Circles (All CAFs welcome, compulsory for new CAFs -in-training)
Term 3
Child Case Study Hubs
02-Aug 10:00 - 11:30
12-Aug 18:00 - 20:00 (Charles)
24-Aug *EB Group 3 Session 1 11:00-12:30 (Saturday)
07-Sep *EB Group 3 Session 2
11:00-12:30 (Saturday)
17-Sep 18:00 - 19:30 (Tues)
Artist Hubs
11-Jul 10:00-12:00 ACV (Charles)
13-Jul 10:00 - 12:00 ACV (Charles)
24-Aug 12:30 - 14:00 *EB Group 3 Session 1 (Saturday)
07 Sept *EB Group 3 Session 2
12:30-14:00 Charlene
*NOTE: EB = Early Beginnings
Term 4
Child Case Study Hub
15-Oct 18:00 - 19:30 (Tues)
30-Oct 18:00-20:00 (Wed)
22-Nov 10:00-11:30 (Fri)
Artist Hub
01-Oct 09:30-11:30 ACV (Tues)
11-Oct 09:30-11:30 ACV (Fri)
19-Oct 10:00-12:30 Charlene (Sat)
09-Nov 10:00-12:00 Charlene (Sat)
ALSO ON OFFER:
26-Jan (Charles), 12-Apr (Charles), 19 Apr (ACV team), 11-Jul, 11-Oct, 30-Nov
Artist Hub at our Art Centre, Vrygrond
These hubs help CAFs to strengthen their understanding of the application of art mediums to help children heal. In the hub, a CAF brings a child’s drawing to be analysed. The hubs help CAFs to grow skills in reading children’s drawings/artworks using Goethean observation techniques and gain insight into the kind of art support vulnerable children and youth in disadvantaged communities may need. You can also suggest art methods that can be implemented with the child presented. These hubs are offered throughout the year.
Child Case Study Hub
These predominantly take place in mentoring circles via Zoom or in person meetings at BAP venues. Mentors support CAFs with:
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Orientation in the CAF Movement
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Portfolios of Practice (POP completion)
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Implementation questions
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Difficult child cases
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Challenges around resource mobilisation
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Development of their organisations/initiatives
Mentoring Engagements
Weekly creative sessions with an art facilitator who guides, mentors and assists CAFs with finding their inner artist and building their resilience through doing art. CAFs explore art mediums to be able to serve children more effectively because they better understand the nature of different mediums, their healing power, their limitations and what medium to offer for which soul challenge. This experience grows knowledge and the healer’s intuition which builds confidence to apply art therapeutic methods when teaching vulnerable and wounded children.
Artist Hub
Michaelmas Conference
Implementation at our Art centre
At our Art Centre in Vrygrond, we have been implementing art classes with a therapeutic element for more than 10 years, we provide internship opportunities to newly trained CAFs. CAF interns work with eight experienced CAFs and co-facilitate art classes following the BAP Method to children from the local communities using a variety of art therapeutic methods. Our experienced mentors will give CAFs personal support and guidance as they learn. Through these internships, newly trained CAFs gain first-hand experience in BAP methodologies, including how to manage an art classroom according to the BAP Method and report on the effects of their work with children. These internships are also open to CAFs who have successfully completed their Portfolio of Practice (POP) and wish to deepen and strengthen their CAF Practice.
A three-day conference during which CAFs, the BAP Faculty and the BAP Team explore a contextual theme together through the writings of Rudolf Steiner and practical workshops on various art therapeutic techniques. The conference teaches skills that improve CAFs’ practice with children and youth.
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