Young people’s hopes and fears for the future showcased in online exhibition
A new exhibition of young people’s artwork depicting their hopes and fears for the future is being launched this week at sites around the world and online.
The Visions of the Future Global Exhibition shows shared experiences like climate change, mental health, race and gender, and peace and harmony, and aims to be powerful testimony to how the next generation feels about the world today – and how they want it to be in the future.
The exhibition is the brainchild of Omara EllingHwang, the UK-based founder of WriteUnite CIC, a non-profit organisation she created at just 16.
WriteUnite wants to ensure young people across the globe have a platform to express themselves, feel empowered and be heard, and provides a creative outlet for them to voice their opinions and ‘be part of something bigger’. It received 1,000 submissions of which 125 drawings, poems, stories, and images from children as young as seven made it into the exhibition.
Their work will be showcased on street corners, bus stops and billboards to coincide with World Children’s Day on Sunday, November 20, as well as in a virtual gallery space.
Omara says: “It’s really eye opening to see young people from different countries drawing similar pictures such as Earth destroyed by climate change or the oppression of young girls and women. But they also draw images of hope and positivity with rainbows, sunshine, and a world where there is peace, kindness, and equal rights.”
The online gallery exhibition is live on the WriteUnite website at writeunite.org