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Discover something unique and interesting
Local Artists, potters and crafters offer a range of works created in McGregor. McGregor has an Art Route of venues permanently open. Permanent Art-Route members are indicated by the Art-Route Logo.
There are many theories about the concentration of artistic talents in McGregor. Some say its geological magnetism, ley lines, high energy vortexes maybe even extra-terrestrial forces. The simpler explanation is that it's a beautiful setting in the middle of nowhere where creative people have found space to explore their art. Come and experience the 'energy' yourself.
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Art Galleries and Artists are listed below in random order.
Art Route McGregor
10 venues, 10 experiences
- Local artists, potters and crafters offer a range of works created in McGregor. Ten venues offer the visitor as many experiences. A brochure with a map, open times and contact details is available at the Tourism Office.
Millstone Pottery
Hand Crafted Bespoke Wood-fired Pottery
- Paul de Jongh and Nina Shand produce high temperature, wood-fired and salt-glazed stoneware and porcelain at their showroom and studio in Bree Street. They also make wood-fired terracotta, electric-fired domestic ware as well as sculptural and decorative raku pieces.
Edna Fourie Gallery
Art Gallery
- Edna is a full time artist living and working on her farm in McGregor, in the heart of the breede River Home is a converted barn set in an endless "empty" space of Renosterveld and It is in this silence and nothingness that she creates her art.
Villagers Farm Stall
Your one stop olive shop for tasting and buying
- Come for a meal and go for a tasting at Rhebokskraal Olyf Kombuis in the Villagers Farm Stall where you can delight in all our olive products used in food. Delicacies like olive quiche, olives soup and our most popular ' Van der Colff Boys Carnivore Burger' is worth visiting for.
The place where vegans and carnivores meet. Open Monday to Saturday 8-5.
From R 60 per head
Mulberry Studio Art Gallery
Art Studio - Gallery and Internet Cafe
- Realizing just how many talented artists there were in McGregor, with no proper facilities to exhibit their work, James & Anne Binos built an art gallery, alongside their beautiful old house, in July 2003. Mulberry Studio Art Gallery was officially opened on Saturday 25th October, 2003 with an exhibition of paintings by Anne Binos & other artists.
Millstone Pottery
Hand Crafted Bespoke Wood-fired Pottery
- Paul de Jongh and Nina Shand produce high temperature, wood-fired and salt-glazed stoneware and porcelain at their showroom and studio in Bree Street. They also make wood-fired terracotta, electric-fired domestic ware as well as sculptural and decorative raku pieces.
Waldorf School McGregor
Waldorf School for Rudolf Steiner education
- I feel my fate, my fate finds me
I feel my star, my star finds me
I feel my goals in life, my goals in life are finding me
African Queen
Bespoke Clothing Items
- The African Queen Studio is a small, very creative business, based in McGregor, a rural village in the Western Cape of South Africa.
The African Queen Studio specializes in creating unique high-end quality handmade products, in particular chandeliers, using natural materials, and embellished with beads, crystals and other interesting pieces.
Roy Reycraft
Unique Timepieces And Handmade Craft
- Vrolijkheid Nature Reserve was once the home of a dozen zebras with unusual stripe patterns. They'd been chosen in the hope of breeding quaggas. The project failed and the stables and staff buildings now serve new purposes. In one of them, at the end of a circuitous bumpy track you will find Roy Reycraft and Pam. Don't be deceived by the Pwd (Public Works Department) look of the place. Inside is a stage setting for Hansel and Gretel - doll's house miniatures and Pam's hand-crafted objects are all over the place.
Montagu Makiti
Family Heritage Festival
- 20 - 22 September 2013. Don't miss the Montagu Makiti! The festival will offer Live Music, Shows, Golf, Carnival, Food, Wine, History, Arts and Culture
20th to 22nd Sep
The Breede Centre
Skills Training Centre with shop
- The Breede Centre is a practical skills training centre for local unemployed youngsters of 16 years of age and over who are yearning for a better life.
Art Route McGregor
10 venues, 10 experiences
- Local artists, potters and crafters offer a range of works created in McGregor. Ten venues offer the visitor as many experiences. A brochure with a map, open times and contact details is available at the Tourism Office.
MAT
Example of Sustainable Living, Cob Houses, off the grid
- Mat McGregor Alternative Technology Centre, is an example of sustainable living, with cob houses, compost toilets, off the grid and permaculture gardens, along with its own selfcatering unit Little Cottage.
Saturday morning market
Home made bread, organic veggies, goodies
- Blink and you will miss it! Every Saturday a small market appears just near the Tourism Office corner. Visitors and locals delight in the choice of fresh organic produce, preserves, baked items and crusty sourdough bread!
1st Jan to 1st Dec
Wahnfried
A home for music in McGregor
- 27 Bree Street, Corner of Bree and Buitekant
A home where film, live and recorded music is presented in comfortable and elegant surroundings. Feature Films on Fridays at 5.40pm for 6.00pm. Musical Soirees on Sundays at 4.40pm for 5pm.
McGregor Artists
McGregor Artists Studio
- "An exciting village gallery, serving Western Cape Artists and visitors along Route 62, in McGregor. Mulberry Studio, on the corner of Voortrekker & Tindall Streets, is run by well-known oil & water colourist, Anne Binos and her husband Jimmy. Local artists and photographers exhibit here. Reasonably priced work from traditional watercolours to avant garde abstracts, framed and mounted".
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