Children’s Hospital benefits from Reparation Art Group mural
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A Reparation Art Group, comprising of young people engaging in the services of the Youth Justice Agency in the North Belfast area, has completed a mural which has been presented to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children for placement in their new, state of the art, MRI Unit.
The Art Group was set up by the Youth Justice Agency to provide a reparation opportunity for those children who may have difficulty fully engaging in community-based placements. This is sometimes due to their high risk and their challenging behaviour.
Over the course of the last 18 months, 19 young people have taken part, completing a range of crafts and art pieces. For the last six months some of the children have been involved in designing and creating our “Underwater Treasure” mural which is being gifted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children for placement in their new, state of the art, MRI Unit which has an overall “Fish” theme. The Underwater Mural is a 7x7 foot acrylic on canvas mounted on a wooden frame.
Patricia Muldoon, Assistant Director with the Youth Justice Agency, commented “We are very proud of all the hard work that each of the children have put into this project and they are absolutely delighted that it is being donated to such a worthy cause.”
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