Season 4, Episode 1: Kay Adekunle Rufai

Kay Rufai is a Photographer, Poet, Filmmaker, Author, Mental Health researcher and founder of the internationally acclaimed S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys projects. He is currently the first Artist in residence for West Midlands Police Artist as part of Coventry City of Culture, using creative arts to improve relationships between police and marginalised young people.  His work  spans the past 8 years in a handful of countries including the UK, USA, Ethiopia, Bhutan, Germany, Scandinavia, Mexico, Nigeria and Colombia.  He explores themes of masculinity, identity, mental health, serious youth violence andcommunity cohesion through art, photography, educational workshops, residencies, training and public events.   A great deal of his work has directly engaged diverse communities, young people in custody, at-risk youth, refugee and displaced groups of people as well as collaboratively creating bodies of work with them.www.universoulartist.comwww.smilingboys.comwww.instagram.com/universoulartistwww.instagram.com/smilingboysprojectSend us a textExplore more Breaks & Joins podcasts, on the repair of our stuff, ourselves and our communities. Subscribe to make sure you dont miss any!

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