We believe that ART IS THERAPY so we make our mural painting process healthy & accessible for diverse communities:

1.We CO-DESIGN our Murals with the communities where we paint.

2. We TEACH the community how to paint our murals with us through a colouring-book style, colour-by-numbers system.

3. We use ECO-FRIENDLY paint and supplies.

EYE HEALTH: While white walls cause anxiety and make focusing difficult, colourful murals improve vision and concentration because they mimic nature, where our eyes originally evolved to see.

MENTAL HEALTH: Our Murals provide eco-therapy and Colour-therapy, bringing colours from nature.

Furthermore, the process of Painting is a mindfulness practice proven to reduce stress, expand creativity, boost memory and confidence, enhance motor skills and creative problem solving, and gently release trauma through self-expression.

SOCIAL HEALTH: Group Art Therapy like Participatory Muralism provides a platform for collaborative self-expression, comradery and accountability, building bridges amongst diverse communities, while taking part in the designing and painting of a large-scale mural project is empowering and revitalising to the community as well as their physical space.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH: Did you know that acrylic and latex paints are the leading cause of micro-plastics in our water? While Spray paint releases toxic VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds) into our atmosphere and is harmful to painters respiratory health.

Our Murals are hand-painted with Lakeland Paints, a non-toxic, plastic free local paint that has been around for 30 years and is so safe you can eat it!

Learn more here: Lakeland Paints

When we cannot use Lakeland, we utilise recycled traditional paint and responsible paint water disposal methods to insure that micro-plastics do not pollute local water systems.