Initiatives

How this project came about (story supplied by Jacob): I am Jake (Jacob) Daurham a 22 year old Artist from Arizona, US. I’ve been drawing my whole life, painting for the past 8 years and it’s my main source of income. My art career picked up after I lost my brother in May of 2015. …

Reacting to a formal request to support and/or to participate in the Peace My City initiative, Paintsmiths Head Office (Woodstock), immediately jumped in and got painting at the newly identified ‘Peace Zone’ NY116 Sports Field in Gugulethu. The International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) calls on youth around the globe to unite in an effort to …

PAINTSMITHS UPLIFTS LOCAL COMMUNITIES WITH THE ‘PAINT IT FORWARD’ CAMPAIGN Paintsmiths, as a group, kicked off a first of its kind community-upliftment campaign. The initiative is intended to run as a ”Mexican wave” from one Paintsmiths branch to the next. As suggested by the name, each store will donate paint/labour to help uplift a community …