Maboneng Township Arts Experience

Maboneng Township Arts Experience The Maboneng Township Arts Experience is a destination development initiative that, together with families, converts homes into lively tourism destinations.

To book experiences go to https://www.maboneng.com/

Two days. Two connected themes. One conference programme. Day One — The Soul of the City — explores art, storytelling, i...
13/08/2026

Two days. Two connected themes. One conference programme. Day One — The Soul of the City — explores art, storytelling, identity and place. Day Two — Building Destinations — focuses on tourism, entrepreneurship and investment. Together they examine how cultural identity can create destination value and how creative ideas can become sustainable enterprises. Maboneng Township Arts Experience is a nonprofit arts hospitality platform where living gallery practice meets structured community education. This programme surfaces how homes-as-cultural-infrastructure and paid community value chains turn cultural knowledge into sustainable enterprise. Our Community Education programs and workshops on arts and hospitality prepare residents to host, guide, curate and trade—so every conference seat supports ongoing skills transfer and local incomes. 📅 2–3 October 2026 📍 Alexandra Altrec Sports Complex, Johannesburg Explore the programme and book your seat: https://artventuroustravelconference.maboneng.com/

What happens when art, storytelling, tourism and investment meet in one conference programme?ArtVenturous 2026 brings to...
11/08/2026

What happens when art, storytelling, tourism and investment meet in one conference programme?
ArtVenturous 2026 brings together creative practitioners, tourism professionals, entrepreneurs, policymakers and investors for two days of keynotes, panels, exhibitions and networking.
Join the conversation shaping stronger destinations, sustainable creative businesses and practical collaboration.
📅 2–3 October 2026
📍 Alexandra Altrec Sports Complex, Johannesburg
Book your seat, exhibition stand or conference tour:
https://artventuroustravelconference.maboneng.com/

Who should attend the ArtVenturous Travel Conference 2026?Tourism professionals, artists, storytellers, creative entrepr...
06/08/2026

Who should attend the ArtVenturous Travel Conference 2026?

Tourism professionals, artists, storytellers, creative entrepreneurs, community leaders, government representatives, academics, investors and funders who believe in the potential of township destinations.

Join us to exchange ideas, build partnerships and explore opportunities across tourism and the creative economy.

Your perspective belongs in the room. Secure your place.

📍 Altrec Stadium, Alexandra
📅 2–3 October 2026

🌐 Book your seat or reserve an exhibition stand:
https://artventuroustravelconference.maboneng.com/

📧 Partnerships and enquiries: [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Why The ArtVenturous Travel Conference?Townships are not waiting to become destinations. They already are.The opportunit...
04/08/2026

Why The ArtVenturous Travel Conference?

Townships are not waiting to become destinations. They already are.

The opportunity now is to invest in their stories, creative talent, tourism experiences and local businesses so that communities benefit meaningfully.

The ArtVenturous Travel Conference 2026 will explore how arts, culture and tourism can create sustainable opportunities for township communities.

Making Townships the Centre of African Destinations.

📍 Altrec Stadium, Alexandra
📅 2–3 October 2026

🌐 Learn more and book your place:
https://artventuroustravelconference.maboneng.com/

📧 Partnerships and enquiries: [email protected]

Save the date: 2–3 October 2026 — ArtVenturous Travel Conference in Alexandra, Johannesburg. Maboneng Township Arts Expe...
31/07/2026

Save the date: 2–3 October 2026 — ArtVenturous Travel Conference in Alexandra, Johannesburg. Maboneng Township Arts Experience invites artists, travellers, funders and government partners to two days where art and travel meet as engines of local economies. At the Wits Art Theatre, Siphiwe Ngwenya led a panel on art, travel and community — a scene that captures the conference’s focus: practical cultural education, paid community value chains, and living galleries that operate every day. This is not a pop-up; it’s part of ongoing work to professionalise cultural hospitality, circulate income locally and reinvest returns into community training programmes. Mark 2–3 October 2026 in your calendars now — registration opens later. Save the date and join a movement where homes become cultural infrastructure and creativity is paid with dignity.

Movement & Memory: “Grayscale Pulse” Lightweight Warmup Hoodie — step into motion with Siphiwe Ngwenya’s quiet statement...
28/07/2026

Movement & Memory: “Grayscale Pulse” Lightweight Warmup Hoodie — step into motion with Siphiwe Ngwenya’s quiet statement in motion. The all-over grayscale portrait motif reads like a small museum installation across a lightweight, moisture-wicking polyester hooded layer. Designed for warmups, sunlit practice, or everyday layering, it offers UPF +50 protection, matched seams and a white hood lining that keeps the artwork front and centre. Purchases support Maboneng Township Arts Experience’s community-paid value chain and ongoing Community Education programs in arts and hospitality — premium with purpose, reinvested into long-term creative infrastructure. To buy: https://shop.maboneng.com/product/mens-warmup-hoodie-with-vintage-african-portrait-aop/

Wrap yourself in Siphiwe Ngwenya’s “Turquoise Whisper.” This three-panel fleece hoodie pairs moody, monochrome portraitu...
23/07/2026

Wrap yourself in Siphiwe Ngwenya’s “Turquoise Whisper.” This three-panel fleece hoodie pairs moody, monochrome portraiture with a subtle turquoise accent — a quiet fashion statement that says you move between city streets and gallery homes with intention. The roomy kangaroo pocket, medium-heavy fleece and durable construction make it comfortable for gallery visits, morning walks, and moments of reflection. When you wear it, you carry a piece of the Townships Into Towns philosophy: art that empowers, pays the full community value chain, and reinvests returns into ongoing Community Education programs and workshops on arts and hospitality. Buy the Artistic Wolf Portrait Hoodie — Three-Panel Fleece Graphic Hoodie and support living galleries and paid local creatives: https://shop.maboneng.com/product/artistic-wolf-portrait-hoodie-three-panel-fleece-graphic-hoodie/

In Santo Domingo, Ecuador, the room was filled with colour, conversation, and purpose. Mayor Wilson Erazo Argoti sat bes...
20/05/2026

In Santo Domingo, Ecuador, the room was filled with colour, conversation, and purpose. Mayor Wilson Erazo Argoti sat beside Siphiwe Ngwenya, Founder of the Maboneng Township Arts Experience, as a new Cultural Exchange Agreement was signed — connecting communities of South Africa and Ecuador through art, hospitality, and education. This partnership forms part of the South Africa and Nations Arts and Travel Initiative — an ongoing collaboration that turns township homes and community spaces into living classrooms and cultural infrastructure. It’s about building professional, locally paid systems that circulate income and knowledge across the Global South. This is not a one-time visit. It’s daily work — connecting artists, educators, and cultural entrepreneurs across continents. To read more about how this collaboration is shaping community-based cultural economies, visit: https://www.maboneng.com/community-and-cultural-exchange/building-bridges-through-culture-south-africa-and-ecuador-unite-in-a-global-south-exchange/

Under the soft lighting of Danie Van Zyl Hall in Newlands-Randburg, drums echoed against painted walls and dancers met a...
20/05/2026

Under the soft lighting of Danie Van Zyl Hall in Newlands-Randburg, drums echoed against painted walls and dancers met athletes in rhythm. The Maboneng Township Arts Experience gala wasn’t a show — it was a live conversation between art and sport. Every performance was powered by our community education programs in arts and hospitality. Every participant — from the guides to caterers and artists — earned through the community-paid model that keeps our local economy moving. For us, this isn’t an occasional event; it’s a daily practice of turning familiar spaces into cultural infrastructure where dignity circulates with each visit. Explore how we’re turning townships into towns through cultural infrastructure and creative economy building: https://www.maboneng.com/arts-tourism-events-program/making-art-a-sport-and-sport-an-art-maboneng-township-arts-experience-gala-and-the-rise-of-cultural-infrastructure-in-township-tourism/ Tourism

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Maboneng Township Arts Experience, 4th Avenue, Alexandra, 2014
Johannesburg
2090

Opening Hours

Monday 11:00 - 17:00
Tuesday 11:00 - 17:00
Wednesday 11:00 - 17:00
Thursday 11:00 - 17:00
Friday 11:00 - 17:00
Saturday 11:00 - 17:00
Sunday 11:00 - 17:00

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+27680235048

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