Penguin Room to be unveiled in grand van Gogh style
Plans are in place to reinstate all the wonders of the arts for the community now that they once again have full use of the Penguin Room.
The Boksburg Creative Art Centre’s Penguin Room is going to re-open with Vincent van Gogh as the guest of honour.
Since the Penguin Room recently received a tip-to-toe clean up, thanks to local cleaning company AMPM Cleaning, the custodian of the art centre, Barry de Villiers, and his art students have been excitedly planning the room’s re-opening.
In its heyday, the Penguin Room hosted a variety of cultural and artistic activities for the community free of charge, as well as prize givings, exhibitions and themed events.
The room stood unused for three years, occupied only by pigeons and heaps of pigeon poop thanks to broken windows.
The art centre is in a council building in Market Street, in the CBD, but, unfortunately, no offers of help to get the windows fixed and the room cleaned up ever materialised – at least not until the Advertiser recently highlighted the plight of the Penguin Room.
“We are re-energised and excited about our art centre,” de Villiers said.
Van Gogh
The opening, he said, will take place sometime in May and will be van Gogh inspired.
Local artists who too are inspired by van Gogh are welcome to be part of the grand opening exhibition and activities.
“Our students are hard at work recreating their Van Gogh-inspired works for the opening day. We envision a delightful morning tea occasion with someone once again behind the piano in the Penguin Room, wonderful artworks on display, a beautiful mix of local folk and delicious tea-time treats,” de Villiers said.
To find out more about the grand opening or to enquire about exhibiting, contact de Villiers on 011 917 7085.
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