BAP Training Dates 2025
Welcome to the Butterfly Art Project Training dates page. Below you will find our proposed dates for all our adult trainings and workshops
To sign up for a Community Art Facilitator Course, kindly click the orientation application link below:
To learn more about how to become a Community Art Facilitator, please visit our Training page.
24-hour Training Modules
*Dates and venues are subject to change
Entry Module: Early Beginnings 1
EB1.CT.25
TRAINING DATES: Thursdays 30 Jan & 06, 13, 20 February 2025
TIME: 09:30 - 16:30
VENUE: Stellenbosch Region (Venue TBC)
TRAINER: Zaid Philander + Co-Trainer
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NETWORKING EXCURSION: 06 March 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: To Be confirmed
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MENTORING CIRCLES (ONLINE, INCLUDES CHILD CASE STUDY HUBS & ARTIST HUBS): 20 March, 03 April 2025
TIME: 10:00 -14:30
VENUE: Online via Zoom
Entry Module:
Early Beginnings 2
EB2.CT.25
TRAINING DATES: Mondays 30 June & 7, 14, 21 July (SCHOOL HOLIDAYS)
TIME: 09:30 - 16:30
VENUE: Cape Town Region (Venue TBC)
TRAINER: TBC
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NETWORKING EXCURSION: 28 July 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 15:00
VENUE: TBC
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MENTORING CIRCLES (ONLINE, INCLUDES CHILD CASE STUDY HUBS & ARTIST HUB): 11 & 18 Aug 2025
TIME: 09:30 - 14:00
Counteracting Trauma
CT1.CPT.25
DATES: 05, 12, 26 March & 02 April 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 16:30
VENUE: Cape Town region (Venue TBC)
TRAINER: TBC
CT.3.CT.24
DATES: Wednesdays and Thursdays 09, 10, 16, 17 July 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 16:00
VENUE: Cape Town Region (Venue TBC)
TRAINER: TBC
Love Bugs Induction Module
Workshop Option 1
DATE: Thursday and Friday 28 & 29 August 2025
TIME: 09:30 - 13:30
VENUE: Online via Zoom
TRAINER: Zaid Philander + Gardie Judge + Courtney Snyman
Building Resilience For My CAF Practice (Social & Emotional Learning Module)
SEL.JHB.25
DATES 08, 09, 10, 11 September 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 16:30
VENUE: Gauteng Region (Venue TBC)
TRAINER: Melanie Godfrey (Foundations For Life)
Michaelmas Conference
DATE: Wednesday - Friday
08, 09, 10 October 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 17:30
VENUE: TBC
TRAINERS: Various Facilitators
Entry Module:
Early Beginnings 3
EB3.JHB.25
TRAINING DATES: Mon - Thurs 04, 05, 06, 07 August 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 16:30
VENUE: Gauteng Region (Venue TBC)
FACILITATOR: Zaid Philander & 2 Co-facilitators
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NETWORKING EXCURSION: 08 August 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 14:00
VENUE: TBC
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MENTORING CIRCLES (ONLINE, INCLUDES CHILD CASE STUDY HUBS + ARTIST HUB): Tuesdays 26 August & 9 September 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 13:30
Online via Zoom
Building Sustainability in My CAF Practice - creative enterprise activities
SIG1.CT.25
DATES: Tuesdays 28 October & 4, 11, 18 November 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 16:00
VENUE: Studio 12, Montebello Design Centre, 31 Newlands Avenue, Newlands
TRAINER: Mara Fleischer
Train the Trainer modules and workshops
Train the Trainer: Zoom Hub Tech Assistant Workshop
DATES: 28 January 2025
TIME: TBC (3 Hours)
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond
TRAINER: Zaid Philander & Cleone Jordan
Train the Trainer: ACV classroom mentors
DATES: Wednesday 23 April 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond
TRAINER: Cleone Jordan + Zaid Philander
Train the Trainer: Early Beginnings
DATES: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 08, 09, 15 & 16 April 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 14:30
VENUE: Online via Zoom
TRAINER: Zaid Philander, Phumzile Rakosa, Nonhlahla Dube + Co Facilitator
Train the Trainer: EB P0rtfolio mentors
DATES: Friday 11 April 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond
TRAINER: Zaid Philander, Phumzile Rakosa, Nonhlahla Dube + Co Facilitator
Train the Trainer: Adult Training skills
DATES: Wednesday and Thursday 07 & 08 May 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Online via Zoom
TRAINER: Jane De Sousa
Please Note:
Please Note, to sign up as a new Community Art Facilitator and be accepted as a participant in the entry Module, Early Beginnings please watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sZysW0XQLY&t=6s&ab_channel=ButterflyArtProject
- The application requires that you submit a police clearance certificate. Because these take a while to be processed, we will accept a receipt of your clearance application, until you receive the document.
- The Butterfly Art Project reserves the right to decline and reserve any applications for the CAF programme.
- Kindly note, that once Community Art Facilitators are accepted into the CAF movement, they are expected to fill in an annual questionnaire, supplying BAP with updated information of their records and activity.
3-hour Training workshops
Acts of Kindness
Art Campaign Workshops
Acts of Kindness Option 1
DATE: Friday 14 March 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Cape Town Region (TBC)
TRAINER: TBC
Acts of Kindness Option 2
DATE: Friday 03 April 2025
TIME: 09:30 - 13:30
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond
TRAINER: TBC
Acts of Kindness Option 3
DATE: Wednesday 11 June 2025
TIME: 17:30 -20:30
VENUE: Montebello Design Centre, 31 Newlands Avenue Newlands
TRAINER: TBC
Acts of Kindness Option 4
DATE: Friday 25 July 2025
TIME: 13:30 - 16:30
VENUE: Online via Zoom
TRAINER: TBC
Theme Brainstorm workshop 2026
DATE: Friday 01 August 2025
TIME: 09:30 -15:00
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond
TRAINER: Zaid Philander + Co-Facilitator
Training Workshop 1
DATE: Friday 16 May 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: TBC
TRAINER: TBC
Training workshop 3
DATE: Tuesday 19 August 2025
TIME: 17:00 - 20:00
VENUE:
Montebello studio 12, Montebello Design centre, 31 Newlands Avenue, Newlands)
TRAINER: TBC
Art Gallery & Exhibition Experiences
A Networking opportunity
CAFEX1.CT.2025
DATE: 06 March 2025
TIME: 13:00 - 16:30
VENUE: Venue TBC (Cape Town or Stellenbosch Region)
CAFEX2.CT.2025
DATE: 28 July 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 15:00
VENUE: Cape Town Region, Venue TBC
CAFEX3.JHB.2025
DATE: Friday 8 August 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Gauteng/ Johannesburg Region (Venue TBC)
Training Workshop 2
DATE: Wednesday 18 June 2025
TIME: 09:30 - 13:30
VENUE: Cape Town Region (Venue TBC)
TRAINER: TBC
Training Workshop 4
DATES: Friday 05 September 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond
TRAINER: TBC
Training Workshop 5
DATES: Friday 07 November 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 13:00
VENUE: TBC
TRAINER: TBC