WELCOME TO JOHAN CARINUS ART CENTRE
VISUAL ART DEPARTMENT
Our Visual Art department includes printmaking, sculpture, and painting and multimedia. The skilled, and passionate teachers of these subjects work to develop students' individuality, unique style, and artistic voice. When specializing in either of these areas, students will experiment with a broad range of techniques and mediums.
PAINTING
Growing one brushstroke at a time...
The Painting Department facilitates each learner’s individual expression rather than dictating a particular style or norm.
Students explore a variety of painting mediums, including acrylic and watercolour painting. Drawing is strongly encouraged as the visible structure whose ideas are explored further by means of the brush.
A multitude of aesthetic choices come into play in painting. Evaluating and making these choices in order to realise the original idea is a process that enhances the student’s self-confidence and self-understanding.
Meet the Teacher:
Philmarie Uys,
Painting Teacher and HOD
I was born and grew up in Johannesburg and studied at the University of Stellenbosch after which I travelled a lot (and still do whenever I can!); Then I taught for 25 years all over the country and in 2019 I started teaching at Carinus.
Why I love teaching painting:
a) I love colour and being surrounded by it (no fashionable bare-beige and minimalist colour for me!)
b) I love the feeling and texture of paint
The highest joy in life for me is losing myself when I paint, or seeing kids in that total state of flow with the medium of paint! That inner state of “silence” (Which is so energising!), when you lose yourself painting is just WONDERFUL!
PRINTMAKING/ MULTIMEDIA
The Graphic and Printing department offers learners the opportunity to experiment with, and obtain knowledge of, various printmaking techniques.
In Grade 10 the emphasis is on teaching all the basic Graphic print processes, ranging from monoprints, collographs, Perspex intaglio, woodcuts, linocuts through to etching. We encourage the learner to develop the mastery of technique further in Grade 11, where they focus only on selected printmaking media.
By Grade 12 a relative mastery of the basic print techniques should have been achieved and the learner is then encouraged to specialize in the print process he/she favours. A fairly advanced stage should be reached in this chosen technique.
Drawing is a very important component in graphics where academic as well as experimental drawings are encouraged.
Meet the Teacher:
Logan Human ,
Printmaking Teacher
I obtained my National Diploma in Fine Art, majoring in Glass Sculpture in 2017 and my Post Graduate Certificate in Education in 2018. I grew up in the City of Port Elizabeth where I completed school and completed my tertiary education at Nelson Mandela University. I moved to the town of Grahamstown to become part of the staff of Johan Carinus Art Centre family in 2019, where I started as a junior teacher and later was appointed in the position of being the Printmaking Educator.
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SCULPTURE/MULTIMEDIA
The practice of sculpture is at best, a holistic experiential process for self- expression, understanding and personal growth. The course is designed to cater for students' interests and needs, to further their development in spatial dynamics and covers the main principles of sculptural production; that is carving, modelling, construction and casting techniques.
The sculpture department is situated in Grant House at Carinus Art School and boasts a beautiful spacious studio in which learners undergo a three-year course aimed at unleashing their creativity. Adjacent to the drawing and modeling studio is an excellent casting studio, metal workshop and woodwork facility. Students are introduced to traditional materials such as clay, plaster of paris, cement, steel, wood, plastics, found objects and papier maché.
The course is comprehensive and learners engage with intellectually challenging projects designed to develop personal creative expression and practical skills. Drawing forms the basis of this creative discipline where emphasis on three-dimensional drawing skills is paramount.
The sculpture course can be seen as a creative journey whereby the student develops life-skills, knowledge and values essential to personal development. The process of creating a sculpture mirrors the process of creative growth. Through this process of self-discovery, the student achieves greater self-confidence and awareness.
Meet the Teacher:
Graeme Henri Germond,
Sculpture Teacher
I have taught sculpture at Carinus Art Centre since 2005. I teach Grade 10 to 12 visual in the medium of sculpture and Grade 12 visual cultural studies theory.
I am interested in the psychological and neurological processes involved in image making, the evocative resonance of mythologies and the magical power of art throughout the ages.
I graduated with an MFA in Sculpture at UCT, Michaelis School of Fine Art. I also have 15 years of experience working in the film industry as an art director and theatre set designer. I am also currently a provincial PAT Moderator for Grade 12 Visual Arts in the Eastern Cape
NTSIKA SECONDARY AND NOMBULELO HIGH
VISUAL ART GR10-GR12
Meet the Teacher:
Douglas Jules de Klerk,
I was born in Pietermaritzburg, but moved to Grahamstown/Makhanda in 2002, where I went to school at Hoërskool P.J Olivier. After school I went to Port-Elizabeth/Gqeberha to study for two year, acquiring a diploma in Graphics Design at CTU Training Solutions (2015-2016). I moved back to Grahamstown/Makhanda and worked as an assistant art teacher at Johan Carinus Art Centre for two years (2017-2018). I studied at Rhodes University, acquiring a Bachelor's in Fine Art in 2023.
Currently I'm doing my PGCE over two years, working part time at Carinus as an art teacher and studying part time at Rhodes to become an qualified art Teacher (2024-2025).
From a young age I had an affinity for art. During school it was my favourite subject, and I excelled at it. In High school I took art as a subject at Carinus, and I am happy to have the opportunity to be an art teacher at the school where I went to as a learner.
