Prince William’s Homewards programme has today opened a ground-breaking exhibition which utilises the power of art to help improve the nation’s understanding of homelessness and inspire optimism that it can be ended.
Saatchi Gallery in collaboration with the Homewards programme and Eleven Eleven Foundation are delighted to host ‘Homelessness: Reframed’, an art exhibition bringing to life the breadth and complexities of homelessness across the country and giving the public an opportunity to engage with, and better understand, the stories of those with experience of homelessness.
Featuring works from renowned artists such as Marc Quinn, Rankin, Philip Colbert, and Simone Brewster, alongside graffiti artist Opake, spoken word poet Surfing Sofas, mixed media artist Robi Walters, and more, this exhibition offers a powerful platform for those directly affected by homelessness to share their stories through art.
The exhibition brings to life the breadth and complexities of homelessness across the country and gives the public an opportunity to engage with, and better understand, the stories of those with experience of homelessness. The exhibition also includes pieces created by children and young people at a series of creative workshops held across the six flagship Homewards locations: Aberdeen, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Lambeth in London, Newport, Northern Irelands, Sheffield.
Artists involved include:
- Dave Martin
- David Tovey
- Marc Davenant
- Opake
- Rankin
- Robi Walters
- Sam D’Cruze
- Simone Brewster
- Surfing Sofas
- as well as artists from the six Homewards locations.
This special exhibition has been created through a partnership between Homewards, Eleven Eleven Foundation and Saatchi Gallery, under the guidance of creative experts with lived experience of homelessness: writer/director Lorna Tucker and award-winning social justice artist and educator David Tovey.
Launched by Prince William last year, Homewards is a five-year programme with the aim of delivering and demonstrating innovative solutions that prevent and end homelessness, creating tried and tested models that can be scaled. Alongside delivering tangible impact in each of its locations, another central aim of Homewards is to improve understanding of and boost optimism around the issue of homelessness.
‘Homelessness: Reframed’ opened at Saatchi Gallery on Wednesday 7th August and will run for six weeks until Friday 20th September.
