A Devon-based street artist has created two unique pieces of art for youth homelessness charity, The Amber Foundation.
Nigel Extance, better known as NME, donated the two pieces – ‘Create Your Own Tomorrow’ and ‘The Future Starts Here’ – to the charity, which helps homeless and marginalised young people through its three residential centres.
The gesture was sparked by a visit to one of the foundation’s centres. Both pieces represent a key moment in the young resident’s journeys as they begin to take back control of their life through the programme, which builds on their skills, and self-confidence through training and support, enabling them to move on to further education, employment and ultimately, independence.
Behind the scenes look at 'CREATE YOUR OWN TOMORROW'.
Nme – CREATE YOUR OWN TOMORROW.https://wordpress.bigissue.com/news/create-tomorrow-street-artist-nme-helps-young-homeless-teens/Every year around 83,000 young people experience homelessness and more than 150,000 seek help. Young people become homeless for many reasons – family breakdown, drug and alcohol problems, leaving care, losing a job – and once homeless, it can be very difficult to find work, secure accommodation and get back on your feet.Create your own tomorrow is being donated along with another painting, to the Amber Foundation charity, helping the young homeless. There will be a small, signed, limited edition print run of 10 ‘Create Your Own Tomorrow’ which will be released by The Amber Foundation. All proceeds will go towards supporting the work of the charity.Both original artworks are being donated to Amber and there will be a small, signed, limited edition print run of ‘Create Your Own Tomorrow’ which will be released by The Amber Foundation. All proceeds will go towards supporting the work of the charity.https://amberweb.org/https://www.facebook.com/AmberFoundation/Video credit to Duff Standard. #nme #artist #art #streetart #charity #painting
Posted by Nme on Thursday, August 3, 2017
The completed works were created in NME’s studio in Teignmouth, and were presented to the residents this week during an interactive workshop, which saw residents and the artist himself produce a collaborative piece of art for the residential centre’s dining room.
The residents worked alongside NME and learned how to make, cut and use stencils. They all helped in the creation of the mural on the wall but also worked on individual projects using a range of NME’s original, pre-cut stencils and spray paint.
