Artist Proof Studio uses art and craft to promote social change. Developed by Kim Berman, Professor in Fine Art at University of Johannesburg (UJ), it has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to engaging with the issue of HIV/AIDS using the visual arts, since the launch of the Paper Prayers Awareness Campaign in 1997. The Paper Prayers Campaign creates a supportive environment in which people gain awareness of the disease, produce an artistic gesture of compassion and healing in each paper prayer and learn useful skills towards financial empowerment. The concept of paper prayers originates from an ancient Japanese custom of offering painted strips of paper as prayers for healing the sick. Furthermore, it recognizes that art and craft skills transferred to women, in poor communities affected by HIV/AIDS, can provide a vital source of income generation.
Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng
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