We are a group of over 100 African artists and crafters, specialised in commissioned tapestries and corporate gifts.

The Keiskamma Art Project was created in 2000 by medical doctor and fine artist Carol Hofmeyr, with the help of Jan Chalmers (Oxford, UK) and Jackie Jezewski (Brantome, France). Carol began teaching arts and crafts to a handful of women who began by collecting the plastic bags that littered the village. They crocheted them into hats and bags. From those humble beginnings the Art Project has grown to become the place where Art and Health interject to create meaning and hope to a population struggling from decades of abuse and poverty. The Art Project is the flagship of the Keiskamma Trust and represents the work of the Trust on the world-stage through its Monumental Artworks, as in Toronto for the the 2006 International Aids conference and in Durban for the Make Art/Stop AIDS exhibition co-curated by David Gere and Carol Brown.

We have developed five Art Studios specialising in Beading, Felt-making, embroideries, ceramics and printmaking. Today the Art Project is running successfully  under the leadership of twelve local managers and group leaders. Assisting and training them is Florence Danais, Art History Lecturer and graduate in Arts and Culture Management. Together they work with 130 artists and crafters to create quality art and craft works, generating much-needed income to improve the quality of life in Hamburg and surroundings.

The Keiskamma Art Project would like to thank the National Department of Arts and Culture, The National Arts Festival, The Eastern Cape Department of Arts and Culture, and all private donors and friends and family who have donated time and money to making the project the success that it is today. Special thanks to Carol Brown for her tireless support of our work and especially in co-curating the MAKE ART STOP AIDS exhibition which include our Keiskamma Altarpiece. Thanks as well to all the churches and cathedrals that hosted the Altarpiece on its tour of North America and England.

For more information please see: Art Project Achievements, Major Works, Catalogue and the Art Project Gallery.

To order Keiskamma Crafts, commission a tapestry or order personalised corporate gifts, contact Nomfusi: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or + 27 (0)40 678 1053 or +27 (0)73 127 9119.