Ocean View artist Reagan Rubain is giving back to his community with a vision to open an art gallery where he can teach youth the craft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The artist, who grew up in Ocean View, says he was always artistic as a child, but never did mosaic art before he was older. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTeachers actually told me art is not very lucrative and that I will fail because it does not pay a lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But I pursued it anyway and I\u2019m here today doing art, doing mosaic and I would really like to put back into my community.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rubain\u2019s mosaic artwork is proudly displayed at the entrance to the Ocean View community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is a peace sign and has unfortunately due to certain circumstances been vandalised, so I had to fix it. I\u2019m going to do a mural at the Ocean View sports field at the multi-purpose centre now and that will be a stepping stone for many things as well as the gallery I am working on.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rubain, who is based at Ocean View Organic Farm, was one of the initial students who assisted in building the farm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter the one-year internship I told them that art is my first love, so I left to do my art. I did art all my life, but professionally studied at Spier Arts Academy in Cape Town in 2011. That\u2019s where the business studies and art history studies came in.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that while he had no initial direction he was drawn to do mosaic art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was in between jobs and did not get paid a lot. I grew up struggling and poor so someone in the community, a friend of mine, suggested someone who was doing mosaic in Cape Town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never seen mosaic before that, so I was actually disappointed because I was into drawing and painting. So I asked him what is this, he said to me give it a try for one or two days.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is during this time that Rubain fell in love with mosaic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYears later, I was searching for job opportunities and they were recruiting in Cape Town to study mosaic for a three year course, so that\u2019s where I got to the advanced stage of mosaic.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He says the form of mosaic he does is an advantage because he is able to use any stone or tile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe form of mosaic I do is where I have an advantage because I can use a hammer that\u2019s not found in South Africa, you find it in Italy, so it\u2019s imported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can actually bash any kind of stone with the hammer, if you\u2019re going to use the bathroom tiles you have to buy it. This is where the advantage is, I can get my tiles anywhere and I can pick up tiles anywhere. I can cut up bricks anywhere, so there\u2019 lots of situations where I can acquire my tiles.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rubain says his vision is to turn the shipping container he works from into a workshop and a gallery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard to require resources when you are on your own, but that is what I am envisioning. To teach people who want to learn and be employed. I want to teach people or the youth who want to learn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn that process I want people to become sustainable through art because this is lucrative, I want nothing from them. I want to teach and put them on a level where they can do their art, whatever they do and if they sell it, it belongs to them.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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