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| 1st floor, Tourist Junction, 160 Pine Street, Durban, South Africa | |
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PO Box 803, Durban, 4000, South Africa Phone +27 31 301 2717, +27 31 304 6369. Phone/Fax +27 31 304 7915 EMail afriart@iafrica.com |
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| The African Art Centre is a non-profit organisation |
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Welcome to The African Art Centre,
Durban, South Africa
About the African Art Centre
| The African Art Centre, Durban, is a vibrant gallery/shop that has the best of craft and fine art, concentrating on KwaZulu-Natal artists. |
| The AAC provides an outlet for promoting the work of individuals artists and projects to provide income for rural and urban artists: |
| Sculptures carved out of beautiful indigenous woods, range from the small insect to large portraits of Nelson Mandela, and crocodiles, snakes and violins and flutes that play. |
| Weaving - grass and telewire weaving are a Durban speciality. A myriad original designs are woven into bowls, flat plates and trays, available in sizes ranging from 15 to 50 cm diameter. Matching sets can be ordered. |
| Embroidery, Hand-painted Cloth in tablecloths, matching napkins, cushion covers, placemats, wallhangings. EmboCraft, Mapula, Kaross and Design for Africa projects are well represented. |
| Beadwork : traditional Zulu and Xhosa beadwork, antique and modern pieces. We have an exciting and original range, with new designs being continually made. |
| Ceramics - Zulu Beer Pots : antique and new, in traditional forms like the Ukhamba and Uphiso, made by the world-famous Nala family of potters. |