{"id":61091,"date":"2014-06-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/61091\/through-the-lens-2\/"},"modified":"2014-06-03T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T08:42:00","slug":"through-the-lens-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/06\/03\/through-the-lens-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Through the lens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ekurhuleni is home to an abundance of talented artists with no proper platforms or opportunities to expand their artistic knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>In celebration of Youth Month, the City of Ekurhuleni will host the Ekurhuleni Youth Photographic Exhibition (YEPE), which will open at the Springs Art Gallery on June 21.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The opening of the exhibition will run from 3pm to 10pm, the Ekurhuleni Musical School will provide entertainment, and pop-up craft and a design market will be among the things to be enjoyed on the day.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition features specially selected contemporary images by students from the city&#8217;s photography project.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Alongside other forms of artistic discipline, photography is a specialised field which requires specific equipment and technical knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the Ekurhuleni Department of Sport, Recreation, Arts and Culture introduced the photography project in Tembisa, where students are taught the basics of photography.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, the beginners&#8217; photography classes were rolled out to Duduza, where a group of 15 individual amateur and aspiring photographers, aged between 13 and 35 years learned to see the world through the lens.<\/p>\n<p>There are now a total of 30 students in the two areas.<\/p>\n<p>YEPE will feature the students&#8217; fresh, cutting-edge works, inspired by various spaces across Ekurhuleni.<\/p>\n<p>The 59 photographs have been curated in collaboration with the Vaal University of Technology&#8217;s Photography Department of Visual Arts and Design.<\/p>\n<p>They vary in subject and include various themes relating to our modern-day lives.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public are welcome to visit the Springs Art Gallery, where entrance to the exhibition, which will run until August 30, is free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery is open on weekdays, from 9am to 4.30pm, and on Saturdays, from 8am to midday.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibiting photographers are; Langa Mandla, Majola Phumla, Manxala Inno, Motaung Refiloe, Msibi Thabisile, Mtshali Vusi, Nkwanyana Themba, Rakgabyane Mirriam, Semake Tirrello, Short Moses, Sibeko Thabo and Sibisi Bafana.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='436605aeb5a3e5c44454320978f5b5bc'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ekurhuleni presents youth photographic exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":61093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[1606,2965,1584,1003,3620,3619,3618,3615,979,3622,2749,3621,1119,1724,3616,3617],"class_list":["post-61091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-art","tag-art-exhibition","tag-arts-and-culture","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-ekurhuleni-department-of-sport","tag-ekurhuleni-musical-school","tag-ekurhuleni-youth-photographic-exhibition","tag-exhibition","tag-germiston","tag-photographic-exhibition","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-recreation","tag-sport-2","tag-sports","tag-springs-art-gallery","tag-yepe"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["art","art exhibition","arts and culture","Ekurhuleni","Ekurhuleni Department of Sport","Ekurhuleni Musical School","Ekurhuleni Youth Photographic Exhibition","exhibition","germiston","Photographic Exhibition","Puleng Sekabate","recreation","sport","sports","springs art gallery","YEPE"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}