Portal Project.
Portal Project is a collaborative art initiative working with people affected by homelessness.
Through weekly workshops, we co-create public artworks, exhibitions and events that share their stories and perspectives.
“I was excited to start making artworks that were important to me. I felt a sense of achievement, even with materials I wasn’t familiar with.”
We run weekly open art studio & mentorship sessions @ Swiss Church London & Actors’ Church.
Swiss Church
Tuesdays 9:30-11:30am (FREE)
An artist-led session with the opportunity to discuss your artwork. Materials are provided and we welcome all artistic abilities. In partnership with the London Graphic Centre
Actors’ Church
Mondays 10am - 12pm (FREE)
Materials are provided and we welcome all artistic abilities.
PORTALS Exhibition 2024 Swiss Church
PORTALS was our first co-created exhibition presenting 50+ artworks that represented a passages to new spaces. Be it through doorways, over thresholds and into memories, hallucinations, fantasy, mythology and science fiction, the motivation was simple: art can transport and transform.
The themes of PORTALS emerged from the ideas and artworks discussed and made during weekly art sessions at the Swiss Church London.
This exhibition was supported by CHiKA, KK9 churches and in partnership with Ole & Steen UK.
“Art is essential to me and has been deeply healing. It’s comforting and consoling, often helping me more than I even realise.
To me, portals represent opening doors and entering new spaces, discovering places and soundtracks. Love is also a portal, it unlocks all doors and heals all diseases.”
Alice in Wonderland by Debbie (2024) Ink and digital collage on paper
'Hackney Gucci' by Peter (2025) Acrylic on found seat cushion
'The Mountain Hare' by John J Sheehy (2024) Acrylic on canvas
'Sequins' by Lewis-MRP (2024) Digital print on paper
