Everyone Belongs

Artists: Damien Arena, Jack Denic, Nathan Hoy, Daniel Hoy and Danushka Gunasekara
Title: Everyone Belongs
Year: 2018
Location: 359 High Street, Melton

A once-drab walkway between High St and McKenzie St, has been transformed into a work of art by four emerging local artists. For some, like Jack Denic, this was his first public artwork, and for others, like Danushka Gunasekara, and brothers Daniel and Nathan Hoy, this mural was a chance to practice a larger scale mural with the support of an experienced artist mentor.

The theme of the mural is aligned to Melton City Council’s vision of a thriving community where everyone belongs. It features portraits of two very different faces, representing the diversity of the City of Melton community.

The artwork is part of a series of programs in Melton City Council’s Summer of Street Art, which is a program designed to prevent illegal graffiti and increase positive interactions between young people and our civic spaces.

The project was funded by the Victorian Government’s Community Crime Prevention Program.