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Cape Town’s nonprofit Orange Art Project draws foster children into world of creativity

Daily Maverick · 🇿🇦 public South Africa · · 1031 words · By Tamsin Metelerkamp
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What to know about Cape Town’s nonprofit Orange Art Project draws foster children into world of creativity

A blue-eyed figurine with a necklace of black beads; a landscape at sunrise; an owl painstakingly painted on cardboard cutouts.

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What happened

A blue-eyed figurine with a necklace of black beads; a landscape at sunrise; an owl painstakingly painted on cardboard cutouts.

Why it matters

These are just some of the creations of the beneficiaries of the Orange Art Project, a nonprofit company in Cape Town that facilitates art sessions for children living with foster families.

Common ground

The founder and chairperson of the project, Jill Trappler, believes that creativity is an essential part of learning – a philosophy that has driven her organisation’s interventions since it was founded during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “The Orange Art Project has also facilitated outings to art and culture spaces for the children, including the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, the South African Jewish Museum, Kirstenbosch and the Irma Stern Museum.”
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Claim 2: “Over the years the Orange Art Project has received support from the National Lotteries Commission and the Western Cape government, as well as a few private donors.”
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Claim 3: “The Orange Art Project is a nonprofit company in Cape Town that facilitates art sessions for children living with foster families.”
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Wikipedia sources provide general information about Cape Town and South Africa but contain no mention of the Orange Art Project or its activities.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cape Town CBD (sometimes referred to as Cape Town Central City or City Centre) is the central business district of Cape Town, and the economic centre of the city. The CBD sits beneath Table Mountain,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town_CBD
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The first modern humans are believed to have inhabited South Africa more than 100,000 years ago. South Africa's first known inhabitants have been collectively referred to as the Khoisan, the Khoekhoe …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_South_Africa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kimberley (Khoekhoe: ǃ’Ās; Tswana: Kimbali) is the capital and largest city of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is located approximately 110 km (68 mi) east of the confluence of the Vaa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimberley,_South_Africa
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Claim 4: “The Orange Art Project has partnered Home from Home, a cluster foster care scheme, to run weekly, mentored art lessons in 22 homes across areas including Observatory, Masiphumelele, Fish Hoek and Ocean View, reaching about 120 children.”
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Claim 5: “The Orange Art Project will hold an exhibition of about 90 works by renowned Cape Town artist Judy Conway at the Spin Street Gallery in the city’s CBD between 2 and 29 April.”
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Claim 6: “A blue-eyed figurine with a necklace of black beads; a landscape at sunrise; an owl painstakingly painted on cardboard cutouts are some of the creations of the beneficiaries of the Orange Art Project.”
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All Wikipedia sources are unrelated to the Orange Art Project. No evidence confirms the specific artworks mentioned in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae. Botanically, this is the hybrid Citrus × sinensis, be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(fruit)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art is a modern and contemporary art museum located on the campus of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. The museum's collection…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County_Museum_of_Art
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Orange Crate Art is the first collaborative studio album by American musicians Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, released in 1995 on Warner Bros. Records. The album consists mostly of songs written and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Crate_Art
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Claim 7: “The children can choose to give the artworks they create to the Orange Art Project to be included in its online catalogue. When a person donates funds in exchange for a particular piece, 60% of the money goes to the young artist who created it, and 40% goes to sustaining the nonprofit’s interventions.”
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Claim 8: “The proceeds of the sale of Conway’s work will go towards supporting the nonprofit organisation.”
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Claim 9: “Indiego Botha started working with the organisation in late 2025, and currently runs sessions in two foster homes, in Zonnebloem and Observatory.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm Indiego Botha's involvement or session locations.
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Claim 10: “The organisation works with 13 practising artists who act as mentors for the children during sessions.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm the number of artists involved.
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Claim 11: “The Orange Art Project was founded during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020.”
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Wikipedia entries about oranges and art museums do not reference the Orange Art Project or its founding date.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The orange, also called sweet orange to distinguish it from the bitter orange (Citrus × aurantium), is the fruit of a tree in the family Rutaceae. Botanically, this is the hybrid Citrus × sinensis, be…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_(fruit)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art is a modern and contemporary art museum located on the campus of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. The museum's collection…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_County_Museum_of_Art
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Orange Crate Art is the first collaborative studio album by American musicians Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, released in 1995 on Warner Bros. Records. The album consists mostly of songs written and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Crate_Art
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