NOMAD
Community Arts and Crafts Project Swakopmund
About NOMAD
NOMAD Community Arts Project is dedicated to empowering people through creativity, skills development and meaningful community connection.
Based in Swakopmund, NOMAD offers free and affordable art and craft lessons, educational workshops, and practical skills training, making creative education accessible to everyone.
At the heart of NOMAD lies a strong commitment to environmental awareness through education. Participants learn how to recycle and repurpose everyday discarded materials into creative, usable items, promoting sustainability while encouraging innovation and responsible living.
Small Business Management Workshop
26 August – 29 August 2025
Karin Retief, founder of NOMAD Community Arts Project, led a Business Management Workshop created especially for creatives. The workshop focused on empowering women entrepreneurs with the confidence, knowledge and tools needed to turn creative dreams into sustainable businesses.
Rooted in community and creativity, the programme encouraged artists and makers to see their work not only as expression, but as opportunity. The workshop was proudly sponsored by Emssence and OBECO.
Southern Namibia Hake Fishing Industries Visit Inspires Women at NOMAD.
On this sunny Swakopmund afternoon, Gigi Mathias, Director of Southern Namibia Hake Fishing Industries (Pty) Ltd, sponsor of the Waste to Wonder project at NOMAD, joins the group. But she isn’t here to cut a ribbon or pose for photos. Instead, she moves quietly from table to table, sitting beside each woman — listening, really listening — as they share who they are and what brought them here.
My hope is to inspire everyone to reconnect with creativity, the environment, and each other, as NOMAD nurtures both talent and emotional wellbeing.
Here, creativity becomes a form of healing — for individuals and for the planet.