Disabled take city art initiative to heart

THE CITY council’s project in collaboration with Mosaic Works which focuses on training disabled people has taken off and is proving to be a massive success.

The project, the first of its kind in the city council, trained participants aged 18 to 40 years to create mosaic art.

Yesterday, city council mayoral committee member for transport and urban development Brett Herron, visited the Alta du Toit Aftercare centre in Bellville to see the works of the disabled people who formed part of a training initiative funded by the city council’s transport and urban development authority.

The city council initiated the project to create public seating at some of its environmental, heritage and public parks.

The group involved with the project decorated the benches with mosaic art. “The trainees worked on this project for 30 days.

“I am very excited about this project as it echoes the city council’s priority to encourage and support the training and development of differently-abled individuals.

“Mosaic is the ideal art form whereby the trainees can express themselves.

“What makes this project even more meaningful is the fact that their work will be showcased to the wider community and visitors to Cape Town – giving them every reason to be proud of what they are working on,” Herron said.

Participants decorated benches in the city council’s Biodiversity Showcase Gardens Environmental Education Centre next to the Green Point Park, Westridge Park in Mitchells Plain and the Alta du Toit Centre.