Cecily Sash

[4] After graduation she briefly taught at Jeppe Girls’ High School in Johannesburg.

[4] In 1965, she was awarded an Oppenheimer grant in order to further study arts education in Britain and the United States.

[3] She was part of the Amadlozi Group founded in 1961, which included Cecil Skotnes, Edoardo Villa, Guiseppe Cattaneo, and Sydney Kumalo.

[6] The name “Amadlozi” (Zulu: ancestors) was used for a conscious appropriation of African sculptural traditions.

In 1965, Sash was included in the seminal South Africa artists’ exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery in London.