Youth Art for the Earth (YAFE)

Youth Art for the Earth (YAFE) originated as an initiative of Paint the Change, which was created in 2015 to bring social action and street art together. We have produced more than 60 murals around the world, on every continent, and have engaged millions of people through digital and broadcast media with our unique mix of youth engagement, public art and public awareness campaigns. The murals are only a part of our story. Local educators and artists lead our workshops. Educators involve young people in meaningful conversations while artists help participants to express and visualise their ideas. The result is a giant work of art that becomes part of the fabric and history of the neighbourhoods where we work. Street art is an excellent tool for communication and debate, and for enhancing public spaces for the benefit of local communities. Our goal in this project is to improve capacity for the co-creation of engaging street art that promotes inclusion and environmental sustainability by:

• Involving educators and street artists in piloting an innovative programme.
• Engaging up to 120 young participants in highly interactive workshops that build creative and critical thinking skills.
• Delivering six pieces of public art through a co-creative process for the benefit of local communities.
• Amplifying workshop discussions through film and digital media. Our focus is on older teenagers from disadvantaged and marginalised communities (half of our target group).

Our objective is to help them find a voice and a sense of agency in tackling issues of environmental sustainability, by building their creative and critical thinking skills, and by engaging them with public art. Wherever possible, we will use new environmentally friendly technologies such as carbon-absorbing paint. Our activities will take place in France, Serbia and Slovenia through the partnership of the following organisations: Nobulo and Urban Art Paris, France, Fund B92, Serbia, IRDO, the Institute for the Development of Social Responsibility, Slovenia.

In Slovenia we will implement this project together with international partners in the period from March 2023 to February 2025 (24 months). Within the project we will involve young people through workshops on the topic of youth art and sustainability, paint two murals (each in Ljubljana and Maribor) and recorded videos that will eventually be combined into an international documentary film. We will support everything with promotion and other educational and awareness-raising activities. The Youth Art for the Earth (YAFE) project represents the collaboration of cultural organizations across Europe in a program to engage young people in articulating messages and co-creating artworks about social responsibility and environmental sustainability. These workshops and murals are made possible thanks to the generous support of the European Union’s Creative Europe Programme.

More information about the YAFE project: www.paintthechange.me/yafe

IRDO institute

(Partner) Ljubljana-Dobrunje

All projects of Slovenian producer

Foreign producers in the supported project

Nobulo and Urban Art Paris (partner)

France (EU)
Fund B92 (leader)

Republic of Serbia

Funded projects

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