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Wander the World: Riebeeck Kasteel – Solo Studios · Wander the World with Pippa Hudson

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  Speaker 1: You're with Cape Talk.
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  Speaker 2: This is Papa Hudson on Lunch.
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  Speaker 3: Time to do some armchair travel in Wonder the World.
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  Speaker 3: And once again this week, we are heading to a
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  Speaker 3: destination not terribly far from Cape Town, only about 80 kilometers,
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  Speaker 3: I think, to the Rebeck Valley. Many of you know
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  Speaker 3: it as a wine and olive destination. You might even
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  Speaker 3: have visited last weekend, I think it was, for the
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  Speaker 3: Swartland Olive Festival. But if you didn't make it to
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  Speaker 3: that event, perhaps we can convince you to visit next
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  Speaker 3: month instead. because the area we're leaning into is going
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  Speaker 3: to be exploring the other part of its identity as
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  Speaker 3: a place that nurtures and inspires artistic creativity. The annual
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  Speaker 3: Solo Studios event is happening in the Rebeck Valley next month,
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  Speaker 3: the 10th time this event is taking place. So it's
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  Speaker 3: being dubbed Solo Studios X. And to tell us more,
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  Speaker 3: it's a pleasure to welcome the founder, Ashley Stone, who
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  Speaker 3: is with us via Zoom this afternoon. Good to have
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  Speaker 3: you on the show, Ashley.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome. Thank you, Pippa. I really appreciate it. It's so
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  Speaker 2: nice to spend lunch with you.
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  Speaker 1: You too.
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  Speaker 3: Actually, when you launched this event 10 years ago, what
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  Speaker 3: was the sort of founding concept or the particular challenge
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  Speaker 3: you wanted to solve?
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  Speaker 1: Or was it simply saying, hey, I want people to
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  Speaker 1: know what's happening in this town?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think it's a combination of both. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we're blessed to have so many wonderful resident artists, over
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  Speaker 2: 60 artists that live in the valley. And we said
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  Speaker 2: to ourselves, There's such a great level of artistic talent.
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  Speaker 2: Let's set up a festival and let's get people to
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  Speaker 2: come in and have a look at all these artists.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm also part of– I'm chairman of Swatland Tourism.
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  Speaker 2: So it was also part of let's get tourists down
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  Speaker 2: the road from Cape Town. Let's get them in and
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  Speaker 2: let's show them the art aside from the olives and
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  Speaker 2: the wine and everything. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Actually, I'm happy to say that this time I can
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  Speaker 3: say I have stayed.
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  Speaker 1: In the Ribbeck Valley.
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  Speaker 3: I've been that visitor who came for a weekend and
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  Speaker 3: stayed in a little self-catering cottage and walked the streets
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  Speaker 3: and popped into the galleries and ate the food and
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  Speaker 3: met the people.
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  Speaker 1: And it was everything you.
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  Speaker 3: Want from small town hospitality and spectacular views everywhere you looked.
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  Speaker 3: But the art caught me by surprise. I was not
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  Speaker 3: aware of the fact that it was beautiful. such a
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  Speaker 3: well-established artistic community. I mean, obviously the views provide lots
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  Speaker 3: of inspiration, but what do you attribute it to, the
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  Speaker 3: fact that you do have 60 resident artists and counting?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, absolutely. I think a lot of people
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  Speaker 2: don't realize we're actually the art town of Swatland. And
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  Speaker 2: I think when you were walking around, the one thing
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  Speaker 2: you probably missed is that you've got 60 artists who
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  Speaker 2: open up their homes, open up their galleries. They show
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  Speaker 2: you how they work. They show you the type of
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  Speaker 2: techniques they're using. And you get to experience the whole
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  Speaker 2: thing that's happening behind the canvas, if I can put
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  Speaker 2: it that way. And we've also included quite a few
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  Speaker 2: items that we've got the art of sound. We've got
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  Speaker 2: the art of food. So we have long tables in
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  Speaker 2: the evening. So when you're bored with looking at canvases
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  Speaker 2: and ceramics, you can go out in the evening and
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  Speaker 2: have a real drawl just 80 kilometers from Cape Town.
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  Speaker 2: That's where you're coming from.
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  Speaker 3: Let's talk a little bit about some of the artists
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  Speaker 3: participating and the visiting artists, because Ashley, for your 10th edition,
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  Speaker 3: you've got artists who are coming from further afield to
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  Speaker 3: be part of this event on top of the existing
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  Speaker 3: community within the town. So maybe, okay, to be fair,
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  Speaker 3: let's start with the locals and then we'll go to
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  Speaker 3: the visitors. You mentioned 60 different artists who live and
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  Speaker 3: exhibit in Rebeck Valley, five different galleries. And what sort
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  Speaker 3: of art will they be showing? What can visitors who've
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  Speaker 3: never been to Solo Studios before expect?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I mean, it is really a broad spectrum of art.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you've got the guys that work with oil
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  Speaker 2: and canvas and that sort of thing. And then you've
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of people who work with ceramics and
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  Speaker 2: other installations, different types of weaving. different types of art.
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  Speaker 2: So you can definitely get the full gamut of different
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  Speaker 2: art making. I think what's very important is that this
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  Speaker 2: year being the 10th anniversary, 10 of the artists, of
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  Speaker 2: the original artists that were part of the first solo studios,
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  Speaker 2: they're putting together this wonderful body of work. It's going
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  Speaker 2: to be 10 in a box. There's only going to
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  Speaker 2: be 10 boxes. And then two boxes are going to
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  Speaker 2: be auctioned for the benefit of the local economy in
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  Speaker 2: terms of kids, et cetera, that are showing appreciation for art,
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  Speaker 2: showing an understanding of art. So we want to try
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  Speaker 2: and give back, create some sort of foundation that really
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  Speaker 2: helps kids through these auctions that we can buy paintbrushes
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  Speaker 2: and art and encourage, maybe send for classes and that
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  Speaker 2: sort of thing. So very important for us that we
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  Speaker 2: keep that going because in 20 years time, there's going
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  Speaker 2: to be new artists and hopefully they're going to be local.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: So 10 in a box are the collector's items, the
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  Speaker 3: specially created prints for this limited edition part of the festival.
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  Speaker 3: Now let's talk about the visitors who have heard about
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  Speaker 3: you and want in on the action in the Rebeck Valley.
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  Speaker 3: Let's start with my former hometown of P.E. or Kabecha
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  Speaker 3: as it's now known. I believe you've got a group
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  Speaker 3: of artists who are bringing a very, very special exhibition
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  Speaker 3: of their own work to Solo Studios.
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  Speaker 1: Tell us more.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, so these are artists that got together and sort
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  Speaker 2: of collaborated during the COVID days. And so they're going
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  Speaker 2: to be coming down from PE. We've got a group
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  Speaker 2: coming from Komiki that come in. They were here last year.
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  Speaker 2: Last year, we had a group of 13 women from
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  Speaker 2: Komiki and their work was just unbelievable. I mean, so
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  Speaker 2: many visitors said what an incredible work. exhibition and this
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  Speaker 2: year again we're going to have artists from Komiki we've
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  Speaker 2: tried to broaden where people come from because we don't
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  Speaker 2: want to just have local artists every year we don't
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  Speaker 2: want to bore the people that keep coming to solo
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  Speaker 2: every year so every year we want to make it
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  Speaker 2: more exciting than the last year and we want you
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  Speaker 2: to keep coming back so a broad spectrum of artists
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  Speaker 2: different areas no international artists yet but we're working.
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  Speaker 3: On that watch this space For those who are joining
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  Speaker 3: us halfway through this conversation, my guest on the line
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  Speaker 3: via Zoom this afternoon is Ashley Stone, who 10 years
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  Speaker 3: ago founded and set up the first Solo Studios event
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  Speaker 3: in Ribbet Castile. They mark their 10th anniversary at the
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  Speaker 3: end of October. The dates for those who are asking,
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  Speaker 3: Friday the 23rd to Sunday the 25th of October is
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  Speaker 3: when it's happening. And of course, Ribbet Castile is close
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  Speaker 3: enough that you can just drive there and make a
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  Speaker 3: day trip of it. But I would encourage you, if possible,
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  Speaker 3: to make a weekend of it and go and really
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  Speaker 3: immerse yourself in the town. Because as Ashley's mentioned, there's
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  Speaker 3: more to it than just the artistic experience. I hate
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  Speaker 3: to say the word just because the art alone is
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  Speaker 3: worth visiting for. But Ashley, seeing as you are wearing
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  Speaker 3: the other hat of Swatland tourism, let's talk a little
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  Speaker 3: bit about the other aspects of the town that deserve
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  Speaker 3: a visit. There's lots of places to stay. There are
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  Speaker 3: lots of wonderful restaurants. quirky spots to eat in. They're
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  Speaker 3: great wine estates around there. They're wonderful olive estates with
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  Speaker 3: all the associated products that come with them. Do you
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  Speaker 3: want to tell us a little bit more about the
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  Speaker 3: food and beverage side of the weekend?
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  Speaker 2: So when you're exhausted from running around to all the
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  Speaker 2: studios and looking at the art, you've definitely got the
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  Speaker 2: ability to go to some of the long tables, which
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  Speaker 2: are going to be kind of boutique type tables, being
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  Speaker 2: set up by different people. We've got an Italian evening.
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  Speaker 2: We've got a modern Japanese evening. There's a restaurant that's
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  Speaker 2: just opened up recently called Sanse with a chef, Shane.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to be doing quite a lot of stuff.
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  Speaker 2: So it's going to be amazing from that point of view.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of the Kluvenberg winery is just up
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  Speaker 2: the road. We've got Eight Feet Village, which is an
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  Speaker 2: amazing vista point before you come into Rebeck Valley. And
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  Speaker 2: you can sit there and drink Kluvenberg wines.
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  Speaker 3: I drove past it a couple of weekends ago and
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  Speaker 3: I wasn't familiar. I just saw the sign for the
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  Speaker 3: Eight Feet Village and I said to my husband, I
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  Speaker 3: wonder what that is. I'm so glad I now know
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  Speaker 3: it's a venue that I must stop at next time
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  Speaker 3: and enjoy the view because, as you say, it's at
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  Speaker 3: that absolute perfect spot right at the top of the
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  Speaker 3: pass looking down towards the valley. On the note of
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  Speaker 3: talking about the Ribbeck Valley, Caro asking for clarity, are
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  Speaker 3: both towns in the valley involved in this event or
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  Speaker 3: is it just Ribbeck-Casteel? Not to forget Ribbeck-West. Are they
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  Speaker 3: also in on the action?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's a very good question. And absolutely. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: some of our artists are in Rebeck West. We have
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  Speaker 2: a number. We've got four loops. So three of the
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  Speaker 2: loops are in Rebeck Castile itself. And then the fourth
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  Speaker 2: loop is in Rebeck Valley or Rebeck West. You definitely
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  Speaker 2: want to go out there. And it is part of
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  Speaker 2: the whole scene and the whole art scene, of course.
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  Speaker 2: Lots of talented artists in Rebeck West as well, which
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  Speaker 2: is literally fantastic. I wouldn't say walking distance, but a
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  Speaker 2: stone's throw.
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  Speaker 1: Just about.
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  Speaker 3: It's just up the road, really, really within spinning distance.
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  Speaker 3: So don't let that put you off. Okay. I have
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  Speaker 3: a note from my producer that I must ask you
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  Speaker 3: about the Valley Potager when it comes to Rebeck Valley.
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  Speaker 1: And that is a term that I have no context for. Ashley,
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  Speaker 1: so over to you. Tell us about the Valley Potager.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the only way I can explain it is it's
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  Speaker 2: someone who took a dream and We call it the
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  Speaker 2: sort of mini Babylonian story of the valley. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's a guy who's put together an amazing fresh cut
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  Speaker 2: flower garden, vegetables, and it's all his own ideas. It's
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  Speaker 2: this very manicured, beautifully set out right below the mountains.
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  Speaker 2: So you look up watching the sunset, seeing the beautiful
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  Speaker 2: vista of the Kastilburg mountain, And it is truly a spectacle,
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  Speaker 2: really a wonderful spectacle. Valley Partageur, an amazing, amazing place.
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  Speaker 3: And I gather that you are sort of winding up
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  Speaker 3: the weekend's activities there on the Sunday afternoon.
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  Speaker 1: Is that correct?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. So Sunday afternoon, we're going to have a really
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  Speaker 2: sort of chill environment. But I think more importantly, Saturday evening,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to have a art of music dance event
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  Speaker 2: at the Valley Partageur as well. So that's something else
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  Speaker 2: for people to do. I always call it the art
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  Speaker 2: of music or the art of sound. It's just a
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  Speaker 2: little bit different. And as I said, when you've finished
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  Speaker 2: walking around seeing normal type of art during the day,
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  Speaker 2: I hate using the word normal, but then you can
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  Speaker 2: relax and dance and enjoy the art of music.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, so once again, we're in conversation about an event
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  Speaker 3: that is only happening next month, the 23rd to the
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  Speaker 3: 25th of October. in the rebeck valley it is the
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  Speaker 3: 10th edition of solo studios so it's dubbed solo studios
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  Speaker 3: x in honor of that anniversary let's talk about accessing
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  Speaker 3: it does one need to book tickets uh for individual
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  Speaker 3: events or or how does it work is there a
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  Speaker 3: cost involved per gallery or none at all or how
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  Speaker 3: does it all work ashley So.
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  Speaker 2: You buy, for example, you can buy Premier Weekend Pass,
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  Speaker 2: which gives you access all three days. You can buy
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  Speaker 2: for the individual days if you want to come on
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  Speaker 2: the Saturday or the Sunday or the Friday. You can
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  Speaker 2: buy a two-day pass. It's really up to you on
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  Speaker 2: how much time you want to spend. And I'm glad
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  Speaker 2: that you said we're encouraging people to spend the night
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  Speaker 2: because we've got lots of guest houses, we've got lots
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  Speaker 2: of businesses, and we would love you to stay overnight.
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  Speaker 2: And you arrive on the square, what we call the hub,
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  Speaker 2: You present your tickets electronically. We give you your tickets
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  Speaker 2: that you then carry around your neck. And then off
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  Speaker 2: you go to all the different studios. We give you
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  Speaker 2: a map. We show you exactly where all the different
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  Speaker 2: studios are. They're all listed on the map, who the
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  Speaker 2: artists are, how far the distance is. You could walk,
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  Speaker 2: you could drive. And then you just go and visit
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  Speaker 2: all the different artists. They're going to look for a
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  Speaker 2: lanyard around your neck to see that you've got tickets.
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  Speaker 2: And you just move around. You can purchase the art.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of extremely well-valued fine art available directly from
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  Speaker 2: the artists. And these guys, you know, a lot of
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  Speaker 2: them depend on Solo Studios for that one event during
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  Speaker 2: the year where they actually sell their art. And these
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  Speaker 2: are really upmarket artists. And I would encourage people, come
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  Speaker 2: and support these local artists because they really rely on it.
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  Speaker 2: And these are the artists of tomorrow, the famous names
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  Speaker 2: that we know today. These are going to be the
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  Speaker 2: people tomorrow. So it's really a great quality of fine art.
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  Speaker 2: In many forms. Okay.
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  Speaker 3: So obviously a wonderful sort of tourist experience, a wonderful
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  Speaker 3: opportunity to see beautiful art and to engage with the
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  Speaker 3: people who are making it about their process and watch
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  Speaker 3: them at work in their studios, but also an opportunity
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  Speaker 3: to invest in a piece for the future.
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  Speaker 1: What about this one?
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  Speaker 3: An email from Tina who describes herself as a wannabe artist.
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  Speaker 3: She would like to know if any of the artists
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  Speaker 3: are going to be running practical workshops, teaching their craft
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  Speaker 3: to the public.
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  Speaker 1: Is that part of the event, Ashley?
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  Speaker 2: So if you go online and you go and book tickets,
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  Speaker 2: you'll see that there are various talks and workshops available.
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  Speaker 2: So absolutely. And we also encourage you to chat to
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  Speaker 2: the artists because you are going to be in their studios.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to see how they work. You're going to
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  Speaker 2: understand the experience and particularly how they were mentored. So
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  Speaker 2: if you're a wannabe artist or up and coming artist,
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  Speaker 2: we really encourage you to get sort of belly button
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  Speaker 2: to belly button with the artist.
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  Speaker 3: And the website you want to be starting on, Tina,
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  Speaker 3: and any others who are interested in booking or finding
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  Speaker 3: out more about the event, the website is solostudios.co.za.
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  Speaker 1: You land on that page.
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  Speaker 3: There is an immediate center of the page, buy tickets link,
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  Speaker 3: that'll take you through to the option. to book either
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  Speaker 3: that full premier weekend pass or the basic weekend pass
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  Speaker 3: or a single day pass and take you through the
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  Speaker 3: process there.
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  Speaker 1: And a reminder, again, it's not only about the art.
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  Speaker 3: It is also about the food, the wine, the hospitality,
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  Speaker 3: the beautiful, beautiful scenery of this.
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  Speaker 1: Part of the world.
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  Speaker 3: So solostudios.co.za is the website to visit and just click
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  Speaker 3: through to book tickets if you would like to book. Otherwise,
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  Speaker 3: stay on that landing page for more information on who
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  Speaker 3: the participating artists are, how to book your tickets, as
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  Speaker 3: well as I see there's a tab for accommodation. So, Ashley,
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  Speaker 3: if somebody doesn't know where to start finding a good
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  Speaker 3: spot to stay, you're going to give them some advice there.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. And they can call the local tourism office as well.
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  Speaker 2: Rebeck Valley Tourism, they're very, very welcome. Got lots of
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  Speaker 2: wonderful guest houses and experiences there.
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  Speaker 3: Including the Royal Hotel with that fabulous shady stoop. So
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  Speaker 3: if it's hot weather at the end of October, it's
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  Speaker 3: a very nice place to sit and have a gin
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  Speaker 3: and tonic, I have to say.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. Ashley, anything else you'd like our audience to know
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  Speaker 3: about supporting solo studios this year, whether it is a
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  Speaker 3: shout out for individual artists or an aspect of the
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  Speaker 3: experience that we haven't mentioned yet?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's important, especially if you're sort of Cape
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  Speaker 2: Town based or sort of within 50, 80 kilometres of
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  Speaker 2: Come in for the day, come in for the weekend.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to be supporting local tourism. You're going to
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  Speaker 2: be supporting local artists. And you're really going to sort
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  Speaker 2: of help us to raise Rebecca Steele and the Swat
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  Speaker 2: Lut in general to the value that it should have
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  Speaker 2: in terms of credibility and exposure. So I would encourage people,
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  Speaker 2: get out of your houses, as you said earlier, put
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  Speaker 2: down the phones and all that sort of thing. Get
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  Speaker 2: on the website, buy a ticket and come down. You
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  Speaker 2: can also buy a ticket at the Square. And we really,
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  Speaker 2: really look forward to hosting you and making sure you
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  Speaker 2: have a wonderful time, a wonderful experience.
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  Speaker 1: Quick question from Keith.
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  Speaker 3: He wants to know, is there anything specifically for children
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  Speaker 3: as part of this event? Are there any sort of
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  Speaker 3: kids-focused events or talks?
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  Speaker 2: So a few artists have sort of experiences for kids
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  Speaker 2: where the kids can come along and paint while the
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  Speaker 2: adults possibly are looking around the studio. One of the artists,
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  Speaker 2: Bjorn de Jager, is doing that with his kids. He's
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  Speaker 2: had a wonderful experience sort of raising his kids on art,
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  Speaker 2: and they're going to be doing some sort of exhibition
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  Speaker 2: with other little kids that come into his studio at
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  Speaker 2: his home. So that type of thing, kids under 12
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  Speaker 2: are free, so there's no issues with that. And I think...
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  Speaker 2: It's not too early to teach kids about art, so
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  Speaker 2: it'll be a great experience for them.
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  Speaker 3: Last thing I want to mention, for those of you
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  Speaker 3: who are coming with a view to buy and invest
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  Speaker 3: in art, I do want to flag the fact that
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  Speaker 3: Strauss & Co. are actually giving a talk on the
• 15:44
  Speaker 3: Saturday evening around the value of art and specifics around collecting.
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: So if that is something that is of interest to you,
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: make sure that you direct yourself to that particular talk
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: to inform your purchases over the weekend and no doubt
• 15:57
  Speaker 3: beyond that.
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: All of this.
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: Available in the program, which is on solostudios.co.za. The event
• 16:04
  Speaker 3: is happening Friday the 23rd to Sunday the 25th of
• 16:07
  Speaker 3: October in Ribbeck Valley, both towns of Ribbeck, Castile and
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: Ribbeck West. And Ashley, who's been chatting to us, is
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: Ashley Stone, the founder of Solo Studios 10 years ago.
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  Speaker 3: Congratulations on what it's grown into, Ashley. And we hope
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: the 10th year is going to be an absolutely spectacular iteration.
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  Speaker 2: Thanks for saying that. And thank you very much for
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: having me on your show. I really appreciate it.
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: A huge pleasure.
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: Ashley Stone, the founder of Solo Studios, happening in the
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  Speaker 3: Rebeck Valley at the end of October.