DEREK JOUBERT

Gold Medal RECIPIENT 2021

DEREK JOUBERT

Arts educator and community activist, Derek Joubert, taught at the Community Arts Project (CAP) for many years and now oversees the fi nancial management of Net Vir Pret.

Joubert develops and manages relationships for Net Vir Pret across the funding sector, the performance arena and education. He oversees the demands of the annual puppetry parade and production and is as equally at ease with patrons of the programme as he is with educators, artists and young children. He provides educational support to matriculating scholars, assisting them with applications for study at university and career choices. These endeavours make a meaningful contribution to new models of thinking about the arts in teaching and learning in rural settings.

MOTIVATION BY THE CENTRE FOR HUMANITIES RESEARCH (CHR)

We are fortunate to have so dedicated and resourceful a partner as the arts education NPO, Net Vir Pret. Over the past ten years, the CHR has worked with Net Vir Pret in Barrydale to induct children into the world of learning through arts education. From the initial programme that ran for two months before the December 16th puppetry parade and performance, the partnership has become a substantial multipronged and cutting-edge arts programme.

Image credit: Net Vir Pret