Street Art For Peace

Street Art for Peace, a Youth Power Small Grants project, launches in Nicosia (27 October 2012), Limassol (3 November 2012) and Famagusta (10 November 2012) with three Actions constituted by free workshops in graffiti, stencil, yard bombing, wheat pasting, plus a skating competition. Street Art for Peace is a bicommunal project initiated by Petros Heracleous whose aim is to provide Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot youths with an alternative means of expression and to raise public discussions on chronic social and political issues that have not been discussed for many years.

Nicosia – Action I of Street Art for Peace takes place on Saturday 27 October 2012, 12:00 - 18:00, at the Ayios Andreas Park in Nicosia (Ayios Pavlos). Action II will takes place on Saturday 3 November 2012, 12:00 – 18:00, at the Gymnasium of Linopetra in Limassol while Action III takes place on Saturday 10 November 2012, 12:00 – 18:00, in Famagusta, exact location to be announced shortly. Experienced street artists will guide the participants in using graffiti, stencil, yard bombing, wheat pasting to express their views and vision regarding peace in Cyprus.

Street Art for Peace Project Manager, Petros Heracleous states:
“Street Art for Peace is an innovative effort, aiming to bring together as many youths coming from both communities as possible. We consider the direct contact between Greek and Turkish Cypriots to be of great importance since it contributes to the collapse of current negative perceptions about the members of the “other side”. We aim to offer an alternative way of expression to the youth. We believe that through Street Art, young people will express their daily views and concerns in a creative way that speaks to them directly. Through their input, we aim to influence the larger community since the artworks of the participants will be displayed in public spaces, and evidence of our activities will be posted on social media in order to reach as wide a public as possible.”

For more information please visit www.youthpowercyprus.org and www.facebook.com/groups/streetartforpeace or contact:

Katerina Antoniou,
Youth Power Associate Project Manager
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: (+357) 22 66 22 69

Petros Herakleous
Project Manager
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: (+357) 99875558

This initiative is made possible through the Youth Power Small Grants and is funded by UNDP-ACT. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent those of Youth Power, the United Nations, UNDP or USAID.