Creative Arts Skilling & Refugees
Creativity as a tool for justice and healing.
Art can be a form of protest, storytelling, or therapy. We provide refugee girls and women with mentorship, platforms to express, earn, and advocate—combining digital art, spoken word, and crafts with social change.
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Refugee Women’s Digital Art Residency + Outreaches
Overview:
This unique digital art residency gives young refugee women space, tools, and mentorship to tell their stories and express their voices using digital illustration, photography, and graphic design.
Objectives:
To empower refugee women to express themselves through art
To amplify refugee-led narratives on gender and identity
To build artistic and digital skills for future employment
Activities:
1–10 week creative residencies with expert mentors
Public showcases and gallery exhibitions
Outreach art workshops in refugee settlements
Target Audience:
Young refugee women, host community creatives
CTA:
Support art that tells a story—and changes lives.
2. Artivism for Change
Overview:
We train girls to use creative mediums—like murals, graffiti, spoken word, and poetry—to raise awareness and spark conversations on social issues like gender-based violence, period poverty, and climate justice.
Objectives:
To empower girls to use art for activism
To raise awareness on social justice issues in public spaces
To give girls platforms for creative expression
Activities:
Street art workshops with local artists
Artivism campaigns on specific social themes
Community mural days and exhibitions
Target Audience:
Teen girls, creative youth, local artists
CTA:
Paint, speak, and write your way to justice.
3. Crafts for Economic Justice
Overview:
We equip women and girls with skills in traditional and modern crafts—and link them to online markets, helping turn creativity into sustainable livelihoods.
Objectives:
To promote women’s economic empowerment through crafts
To revive local traditions and skills
To link handmade products with digital markets
Activities:
Skills training in reusable pad making, jewelry, textiles, and basket weaving
Branding and packaging support
Online market integration and cooperative formation
Target Audience:
Women and girls from low-income and rural communities
CTA:
Empower her hands—and her household.
4. Revive Indigenous Art for Girls
Overview:
This intergenerational program connects girls with older women artisans to learn endangered traditional crafts—preserving culture and building pride through mentorship.
Objectives:
To preserve indigenous arts and crafts
To foster intergenerational mentorship
To build girls’ cultural identity and creativity
Activities:
Hands-on training in bark cloth making, beadwork, weaving
Oral storytelling and cultural knowledge transfer
Public showcases of revived art forms
Target Audience:
Girls aged 10–18, older women artisans, cultural leaders
CTA:
Preserve the past. Inspire the future.
5. Eco-Arts Workshops
Overview:
We blend climate education with creativity by teaching girls how to turn waste—like plastic and scrap fabric—into jewelry, home décor, and visual art.
Objectives:
To promote eco-conscious creativity
To reduce plastic waste through recycling
To inspire girls to become environmental artists
Activities:
Upcycling and craft workshops
Climate awareness sessions through art
Showcase and sell eco-friendly creations
Target Audience:
Girls aged 12–20, school art clubs, green innovators
CTA:
Turn trash into art—and action.