The Meaning of Home

A collaborative project with art therapist Kate Shand and the Three2Six educational project for refugee and migrant children in Johannesburg. It explores the multifaceted meanings of ‘home’ for children experiencing displacement.

  • 2023: A six-week arts-based workshop, ‘The Meaning of Home’, was facilitated at the Dominican School in Johannesburg.
  • 2024: The open-access ebook, The Meaning of Home. A toolkit for storytelling interventions with migrant children, was published to share these replicable activities.
  • 2025: The project evolved into a collaborative exhibition featuring objects and cardboard houses by the children, raku vessels by artist Kate Shand and potter Nina Shand, and photographs. It has been exhibited at the University of Johannesburg and the Origins Centre at the University of the Witwatersrand.
  • Download the exhibition catalogue here