Our Staff

Eunice Geustyn

Executive Head

What do you love about your job?
I love sharing knowledge and skills with a new generation and then seeing them go on to successful careers.
Describe yourself
Organised Creative Dedicated

egeustyn@ruthprowse.co.za

helga pieterse

administration

What do you love about your job?
I love the diversity of staff and students
Describe yourself
Understanding, great with people

admin@ruthprowse.co.za

bellina mokoqama

librarian and outreach

What do you love about your job?
I love my books and interacting with people and growing academically
Describe yourself
Ambitious, humorous, hard-working

bmokoqama@ruthprowse.co.za

Stacy Beukes

CO-ORDINATOR OF JEWELLERY

What do you love about your job?
Education is key to creating equal opportunities- what a privilege it is to invest in people's education and impact the next generation of industry leaders.
Describe yourself?
Personable, professional & purpose-driven

sbeukes@ruthprowse.co.za

ELLYN PRETORIUS

Co-Ordinator of Fine Art and Graphic Design

What do you love about your job?
The creative exchange with students and seeing them exceed their expectations.
Describe yourself
Logical, patient, historophile

epretorius@ruthprowse.co.za

lynette bester

LECTURER

What do you love about your job?
The challenge that each individual student presents in terms of discovery and unlocking their potential.
Describe yourself
Thinking, caring, chameleon

lbester@ruthprowse.co.za

paul birchall

lecturer

What do you love about your job?
The satisfaction of seeing the moment when somebody gets the bigger picture and uses it
Describe yourself
Optimistic, creative, funny

INGE BRADLEY

LECTURER

What do you love about your job?
I love seeing students grow their passion for jewellery and design and achieve things they never imagined.
Describe Yourself
Passionate. Dedicated. Inquisitive

Marise George

Lecturer

What do you love about your job?
I love that I can walk a personal road with each student to help them reach their full potential and find their voice in design and in life. When they flourish I am successful.
Describe yourself
Creative, problem solver

FERDINAND KIDD

Lecturer

What do you love about your job?
I have found that my teaching and my own practice feed into each other wonderfully. Each enriching the other in unforeseen ways!
Describe yourself
Inquisitive, passionate, positive

BRETT LUCKS

Lecturer

What do you love about your job?
Teaching is the opportunity to impart knowledge as well as
gain knowledge of a subject simultaneously.
Describe yourself
Living the dream

Colijn strydom

lecturer

What do your love about your job?
I love teaching painting because the students are incredibly inspirational and I get to think about art all day long.
Describe yourself
Passionate, committed, kind

Cecilia Solis

LECTURER

What do you love about your job?
I love to see year after year that if one stays open and positive, miracles do happen in class. Doors open. It is never too late.
Describe yourself
Confident, open, believe in miracles!

Mernette Swartz

lecturer

What do you love about your job?
There's always room to be inquisitive, to create, to think further and wilder, to dream and be in awe.
Describe yourself
Live. Abundantly. Repeat