Create, Share, Connect!

Appeeling Art is a hybrid competition that which allows anyone of any age or ability around the world to take part, in any form of art, from simple mobile phone snapshots to painting with fingers, collages made from newspapers, and sculptures created from recycled material.

We ask every participant to share a photo of their artwork, and a story about why they made it, in three sections: Sustenance, Community, and Me.

Going "Glocal":

This year we open the competition again to include communities in precarious situations, such as in war zones and refugee camps. In previous years, participants from these situations expressed appreciation that making art and writing their stories for Appeeling Art stopped them thinking of the bombing in their city.

More information https://www.karmabank.co/appeeling-art/.

Workshop: June 28 at Nourish Hub. Register community@karmabank.co. Online entries accepted from June 1

Prize giving supper August 31.

Our vision

We encourage all community members to connect and heal through art. Art enables those creating it to give voice to what matters to them, and through workshops we take time to connect, to have fun, and to share our stories with other humans. We learn from and about each other. Art provides an escape from our reality, and a canvas to give voice to the issues that matter.

Karmabank’s mission is to humanise marginalised communities and displaced people, to ensure each unique person is recognised and valued. Karmabank’s work includes outreach to local communities and to refugees, often deeply traumatised by gender-based violence and the effects of war and disasters. More information here www.karmabank.co

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