Dedicated Artists Cultural Arts Organisation, under the auspices of Vusi Shashu, has established the Luvuyo Art Centre in Clermont at the Roman Catholic Church premises.

They run performing arts programmes in drama, indigenous music and dance; poetry; storytelling; visual arts, crafts and ceramics as well as scriptwriting of poems, radio and TV dramas as well as other art forms.

The Luvuyo Art Centre is a youth empowerment and job creation initiative in performing arts and the youth from Clermont and surrounding areas have access to its programmes.

Registration days: Mondays to Fridays from 10h00 to 17h00 (Saturdays and Sundays 10h00 to 16h00) Dedicated Artists have produced a comedy DVD titled Umbhedo which is sold at R60 per DVD. It relieves stress and is a funny and friendly DVD, with no strong language.

Dedicated Artists need funding for training and capacity building in multi-art forms. Keen sponsors should contact Vusi Shashu on 073 636 7651 or Thami Luthuli on 084 316 1226.