Montebello Design Centre

The Montebello Design Centre is a non-profit art and craft space established in 1993 and located in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa. The centre hosts over twenty craft workshops, shops, restaurants, and artist studios.[1][2][3]

Montebello Design Centre
Location31 Newlands Ave, Newlands, Cape Town, 7700
Coordinates33°58′13″S 18°27′26″E
TypeArt, craft and business space
Genre(s)Art exhibitions, craft centre, community events
Opened1993 (1993)
Website
www.montebello.co.za
Artist Right Mukore of Zimbabwe located at the Montebello Design Centre sculpting a tree trunk using an electric saw.

History

Originally part of the Papenboom Estate owned by the brewer Anders Ohlsson, who established Ohlsson's Brewery on the site,[4] it was sold to the randlord Max Michaelis in 1919. Following the expropriation of the main house and estate from the Michaelis family to house South African College Schools the remaining stables were donated to University of Cape Town by Max's only son, Cecil Michaelis, in 1988 on condition that a craft and design centre would be established on it.[5][6] A further financial bequest by Cecil Michaelis allowed for the establishment of the Montebello Design Centre in 1993.[7]

Notable residencies

References
  1. "Montebello Design Centre". www.iamcapetown.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  2. News, Design. "The novelty of Newlands | Design News". Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  3. "Newlands | South African History Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  4. "Shopping up a storm with mom and pop". The Mail & Guardian. 1999-12-17. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  5. "Register of Building Names: Montebello Stables" (PDF). University of Cape Town.
  6. "Interview with the Heads of the Montebello Design Centre". x-working Comunidade e Revista de Arte (in Portuguese). 22 February 2018. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  7. "About Montebello Design Centre | Newlands, Cape Town". www.montebello.co.za. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  8. "2017 Ceramic Classes with John Bauer at Montebello Design Centre Newlands". www.capetownmagazine.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  9. "David Krut". Art on the hill. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
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