Simone Marinus - ‘Blue man’
Stephen Hitchcock - ‘Jetty Life’
Luyanda Mkhuthungu - ‘Woman on top’
TOGETHER: An exhibition celebrating 10 years of First Thursdays
An ArtReach co-production
18.08.22 - 29.09.22
Main Gallery, Mezzanine and the New media room
First Thursdays started as a simple idea to activate Cape Town's city centre after hours. The first edition took place in September 2012, with six art spaces (the AVA being one of them) keeping their doors open late, and a small crowd of curious Capetonians setting out to explore the programme on foot.
Since then, the event has taken place on the first Thursday of just about every month for the past 10 years. The initiative has grown and evolved, taking on a healthy complexity and creating a multitude of reasons for people from across the city to gather in one place.
This coming together of people – different, similar, diverse and familiar – is at the core of what First Thursdays has always been about. This exhibition is an opportunity to acknowledge, appreciate and celebrate First Thursdays as a once-a-month coming together of people and its contribution to the life of the city.
In the spirit of access that First Thursdays has always championed, all artwork in the exhibition has been sourced through a public open call. The end result is a convivial collection of artworks from over eighty contributors.
Exhibition produced by: First Thursdays South Africa
Thembela Mpambani - ‘Venus’
C Salinas - ‘High Tide’
Robin-Ferreira - ‘Still’