Coming Home

In 2021 I volunteered at Perth Inner City Youth Services, est.1986 based in West Leederville in Western Australia. During my time at PICYS, I ran a series of arts and crafts workshops for young people whilst they attended drop-in hours. Here, I consulted young people on design ideas for the collaborative community painting Coming Home.

The painting’s theme Coming Home was chosen by PICYS as a way to acknowledge the resilience, strength and young people’s rights to independence, a safe home environment and nurturing community. PICYS is committed to working with young people in a non-judgmental and holistic way that fosters a belief in empowerment, integrity and collaboration, and which provides a safe and secure environment.

The creation process of Coming Home is captured in the video featured above. The digital colour design of Coming Home also exists as a van wrap on the PICYS services van.

For privacy and confidentiality reasons I have omitted any documentation of individuals, other than myself from this video.