First Kuyasa Photo Exhibition a Success

After six months of classes we have successfully graduated our first Kuyasa Level 1 photography class. The class was an initiative started by professional photographers Christine Meintjies and Lauren Kriedemann with the inspiration of The Viewfinder Project. Intern Ncumisa Siko, fresh off her time at the Media Village, was critical to the success of the project.

The students exhibited their work this past week, and the response was overwhelming. Many visitors that had never experienced Kuyasa came to participate in the day’s events. The demand was such that we actually began selling the photographs on behalf of the students, and it looks like a donor has stepped forward to create a book of their showcased photos. The theme for the exhibition was “Life In Kayamandi”.

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Photo on the right was taken by student Cwenga Gwadiso

Another student is heading to the Media Village!

It is both incredibly rewarding and scary at the same time, but another student from the 2008 class is soon to pass his matric (graduate from high school) and his sights are set on the Media Village.

The Media Village is a YWAM program in the Cape Town area that focuses on different areas of the media, one of which is video production. And while we believe that one day the Kuyasa Film School will be pumping out incredible film talent, we’re not yet staffed and equipped to offer that kind of in depth training for our students.

So our very own Ayanda Msebenzi will start with his 6 months of discipleship training in January and will then transition into the school of video production at the end of June.

Ayanda has been a Hats & Glasses leader for several years as well as participating in the Film School. We are happy to support him in this effort, as this has been his focus for completing high school.

It’s a big commitment for me since it costs about $6000 for this 9 months of training/room and board. But I believe that God will provide and so we step forward in faith.