A42 House's inaugural, co-created exhibition, inviting young people in Johannesburg to define, explore and reclaim what home and belonging mean in a place shaped by displacement, segregation, and layered histories.
15 January 2026 – 31 July 2026
Featured
wellness
izimpande open day
Sat, 25 Apr·12:00 pm·4h
R 0 / person
Free for members
✦ Earn 50 pts on attendance
wellness
Khoi Healing
Sun, 26 Apr·9:00 am·9h
R 750 / person
R 650 members
✦ Earn 275 pts on attendance
wellness
African Yoga
Sat, 25 Apr·9:15 am·1h
R 100 / person
R 50 members
✦ Earn 100 pts on attendance
wellness
AfroFlow
Sat, 25 Apr·10:30 am·1h
R 100 / person
R 50 members
✦ Earn 100 pts on attendance
wellness
izimpande open day
Sat, 25 Apr·12:00 pm·4h
R 0 / person
Free for members
✦ Earn 50 pts on attendance
workshop
What's On April/May
Sat, 25 Apr·12:00 am
R 0 / person
Free for members
wellness
Khoi Healing
Sun, 26 Apr·9:00 am·9h
R 750 / person
R 650 members
✦ Earn 275 pts on attendance
exhibition
Grounded — Exhibition Tour
Tue, 21 Apr·2:10 pm·1.5h
R 100 / person
Free for members
✦ Earn 20 pts on attendance
co-working
Day Office — Co-working at A42
Tue, 21 Apr·2:10 pm·7h
R 250 / person
R 200 members
✦ Earn 400 pts on attendance
Past Experiences
TEST
April 2026
Art Staycation: Easter Edition
April 2026
Sleep.Eat.Art. Join us for a relaxed, creative weekend in your home away from home—block printing with Dr. Farieda Nazier, an intimate dinner with Alpheus Ngoepe, an overnight stay in one of our bedroom installations, and a homemade breakfast.
Re/Dressing Fauna with Farieda Nazier, Workshop 2
April 2026
A collective block-printing experience that transforms the hidden stories of our heritage into a shared, living tapestry.
Alpheus Ngoepe: Dinner as Canvas
April 2026
The Anagora Art Exchange presents an evening with Alpheus Ngoepe. Set within a creative space rooted in African heritage, the evening unfolds across the house – bringing together a shared dinner, wine, and conversation around the artist’s work. Option to Stay the Night and take part in the Re/Dressing Fauna workshop with Dr. Farieda Nazier.
Dipapadi Night: Common Ground
Every second Friday
A facilitated game, inspired by the Grounded exhibition, that is designed to dig deep, spark better conversation and know yourself better. It's a yoga session for the soul. You can play on your own, or in teams of 2 or 5. Light refreshments and drinks will be available.
Isithebe Sethu with Lady Day Food
Bottomless option for R150 pp
A communal non-sectarian brunch celebrating gratitude, connection, and the joy of breaking bread together.
Offcuts: A Fashion and Craft Archiving Workshop
14 March 2026
Learn fashion archiving techniques using offcuts, scraps, and discarded textiles.
Make and Mend with Fibre Made
21 February 2026
A hands-on fibre workshop focused on repair, transformation, and collective making. Participants bring a torn or worn textile that holds meaning and give it new life by turning it into yarn to crochet into something new. No prior crochet experience is needed.
Closer, For Real
14 February 2026
Trade small talk for shared stories over a picnic breakfast. A relaxed morning of art, stories and the Common Ground game, designed to discover what grounds you — to another, or to yourself. Come solo, with a friend, or that special someone.
Game Jam
November 2025
An exciting cross-disciplinary creative jam that brought together students, independent creators, and individuals from design, storytelling, architecture, cultural heritage, and technology. Over three days, they collaborated to create innovative, playful projects exploring the intersections of culture, storytelling, and interactive media.
Mava Field School: Pretoria
August 2025
The knowledge documented by the Venda participant-researchers was shared with a group of 16 predominantly artists and designers, who drew from this and the collection of Venda craft at the Ditsong museum to inspire their own creative projects.
Mava Field School
July–August 2025
The Mava Field School takes its name from the Xhosa word Mava, meaning experience. The school is dedicated to preserving and passing on indigenous knowledge — especially traditional craft skills through participant research and creative conservation.
Mava Field School: Venda
July 2025
28 indigenous knowledge researchers, artists and crafters in and around Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province, documenting and learning from 4 Venda Crafts Masters: Pottery Master Rebecca Matibe, Wood Sculptor Hendrik Nekhofhe, Bracelet-making Master Tshavhungwe Mbovane and Drum-making Master Ennos Phalanndwa.
Experience Creative Repair
Workshops, conversations, talks, gatherings and more that repair our connections with the past, the future, the land and one another.