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: Tuesdays 28 Jan & 04, 11, 18 February 2025
TIME: 09:30 - 16:30
VENUE: Oude Libertas Ampitheatre, Adam Tas Rd, Stellenbosch, 7600
Access from 36 Adam Tas Road
TRAINER: Zaid Philander + Aveleigh Gateman
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NETWORKING EXCURSION: 04 March 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Oude Libertas Ampitheatre, Adam Tas Rd, Stellenbosch, 7600
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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: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond (next to Capricorn Primary School).
TRAINER: TBC
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NETWORKING EXCURSION: Tues 29 July 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 15:00
VENUE: Zeitz MOCAA, Centre For Art Educations, S Arm Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
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MENTORING CIRCLES (ONLINE, INCLUDES CHILD CASE STUDY HUBS & ARTIST HUB): 11 & 18 Aug 2025
TIME: 09:30 - 14:00
Entry Module:
Early Beginnings 3
EB3.JHB.25
TRAINING DATES: Mon - Thurs 04, 05, 06, 07 August 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 16:30
VENUE: St. Vincent School for the Deaf, The Haven, Cnr Tottenham &, Jellicoe Avenue, Melrose, Johannesburg. (Entrance corner Jellicoe and Tottenham Street.)
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
Counteracting Trauma
CT1.CPT.25
DATES: Wednesdays 05, 12, 26 March & 02 April 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 16:30
VENUE: Iziko Museum, Natural History Education classroom, 25 Queen Victoria St, Gardens, Cape Town
TRAINER: Zaid Philander + Jane De Sousa
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: St. Vincent School for the Deaf, The Haven, Cnr Tottenham &, Jellicoe Avenue, Melrose, Johannesburg. (Entrance corner Jellicoe and Tottenham Street.)
TRAINER: Melanie Godfrey (Foundations For Life)
Michaelmas Conference
DATE: Wednesday - Friday
08, 09, 10 October 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 17:30
VENUE: Gaia Waldorf School, Alexandra Rd, Oude Molen Village, Cape Town
TRAINERS: Various Facilitators
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 Masterclass: Zoom Hub Tech Assistant Workshop
DATES: 07 February 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 12:30
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond (next to Capricorn Primary School).
TRAINER: Zaid Philander
Train the Trainer Masterclass: Lead ACV classroom mentors
DATES: TBC 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond
TRAINER: Cleone Jordan
Train the Trainer Masterclass: Early Beginnings
DATES: 09 April, 05 May, 12 June & 19 June 2025
TIME: 08:30 - 13:30
VENUE: Online via Zoom
TRAINER: Zaid Philander, Phumzile Rakosa, Nonhlahla Dube + Co Facilitator
Train the Trainer Masterclass: EB P0rtfolio mentors
DATES: TBC
TIME: 09:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond
TRAINER: Zaid Philander + Cleone Jordan
Train the Trainer Masterclass: Adult Training skills
DATES: Wednesday and Thursday 07 & 08 May 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Online via Zoom
TRAINER: Jane De Sousa
Train the Trainer Masterclass: Lead ACV classroom Faciltiators
DATES: TBC 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond
TRAINER: Cleone Jordan
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
Training Workshop 2
DATE: Wednesday 23 May 2025
TIME: 09:30 - 13:30
VENUE: Cape Town Region (Venue TBC)
TRAINER: TBC
Acts of Kindness
Art Campaign Workshops
Acts of Kindness Option 1
DATE: Friday 14 March 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Art Centre Vrygrond, 1115 Vrygrond Avenue, Vrygrond
TRAINER: Zaid Philander
Acts of Kindness Option 2
DATE: Thursday 03 April 2025
TIME: 09:30 - 13:30
VENUE: Cape Town North (Bellville Area)
TRAINER: Zaid Philander
Acts of Kindness Option 3
DATE: Wednesday 11 June 2025
TIME: 17:30 -20:30
VENUE: Montebello Design Centre, 31 Newlands Avenue Newlands
TRAINER: Zaid Philander
Acts of Kindness Option 4
DATE: Friday 25 July 2025
TIME: 13:30 - 16:30
VENUE: Online via Zoom
TRAINER: Zaid Philander
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
Crafting for Literacy and Numeracy Workshop
DATE: Monday 31 March 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Montebello Design Centre, Studio 12, 31 Newlands Avenue, Newlands
TRAINER: Vicki Badenhorst
Scirrble Meditation for stability
DATE: Tuesday 19 August 2025
TIME: 17:00 - 20:00
VENUE:
Montebello studio 12, Montebello Design centre, 31 Newlands Avenue, Newlands)
TRAINER: Abigail Florence
Art Gallery & Exhibition Experiences
A Networking opportunity
CAFEX1.CT.2025
DATE: 04 March 2025
TIME: 13:00 - 16:30
VENUE: Stellenbosch Triennale, Oude Libertas, Adam Tas Road, Stellenbosch
CAFEX2.CT.2025
DATE: 28 July 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 15:00
VENUE: Zeitz MOCAA, Centre For Art Educations, S Arm Rd, Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
CAFEX3.JHB.2025
DATE: Friday 8 August 2025
TIME: 09:00 - 14:00
VENUE: Gauteng/ Johannesburg Region (Venue TBC)
Training Workshop 3
DATE: Wednesday 18 June 2025
TIME: 09:30 - 13:30
VENUE: Cape Town Region (Venue TBC)
TRAINER: TBC
Mental Health Literacy & Sex Orientation/Gender Identity workshop
DATES: Friday 07 November 2025
TIME: 10:00 - 13:00
VENUE: TBC
TRAINER: TBC