Arts&Minds

Arts&Minds strives to inspire, lead and give hope to our youth, capturing their success in learning new skills and empowering them to build the life they want to live.

Backing Queensland youth

The journey from childhood to adulthood can often be tumultuous, full of changes and uncertainty. Young people may experience mental illness, family breakdown, social inequity and youth unemployment, on top of the everyday challenges of growing up and finding themselves. Without savings to draw on and often with limited work experience or education, many end up in a housing crisis. Anglicare Southern Queensland supports a variety of initiatives to combat youth homelessness and help people to build happier and healthier lives off the streets.

Good Grub Club

The Good Grub Hub webseries follows a project to paint and graffiti a food van in collaboration with young people Anita, Cherice, Lilli, Ethan, Raymond and Sara under the guidance of Graffiti Artist Davey Mac aka ‘Teazer’. Youth worker Lauren Tucker takes them through simple and safe ways to prepare, cook and serve nutritious meals. Each of the young people talk about their personal journey of homelessness – the good, the bad and the ugly. What they hope to learn from their experience and what they hope to achieve.

Watch their story

Talking about mental health through art

This webseries pairs experienced and emerging artists together to create a work of art in eight hours – with only a one-word brief around themes of mental health. As each artist had experience with mental health challenges, powerful conversations emerged from their creations.

You don’t want to miss the magic they created in our eight-hour challenge for Arts&Minds by Anglicare.

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The six-week auction

Over six weeks, six people living with mental health challenges created uniquely personal artworks. Bidders competed for each piece in a live auction as it ‘hung’ across Brisbane on the GOA Digital Billboard Network. Proceeds from the sales were donated to Anglicare’s mental health and wellbeing initiatives. This world-first initiative culminated with a black-tie charity event showcasing the artists and their works of art.

Watch the wrap-up