A Smart graffiti project (From South Wales Guardian)

A Smart graffiti project

12:00pm Sunday 27th March 2011 in News

SMART participants were recently given a chance to take part in a graffiti workshop in Ammanford.

The workshop saw a group of 10 young people design and paint boards to brighten up Ammanford's SMART building.

With the help of Lloyd Roberts, a Cardiff- based artist with extensive experience delivering graffiti workshops, the group produced two large boards and 12 smaller boards individually.

The aim of the workshop was to change the perception of the activity and help people see it as more of an educational art form than anti-social behaviour.

_The workshop was funded through Engage, a regional project part-funded by the EU's Convergence European Social Fund through the Welsh Assembly Government that has been allocated £32.5 million to re-engage with NEET young people.

Lloyd Roberts said: "I worked with the guys from the Smart Project to design and paint some boards to brighten up their building."

"We all got so involved in it the day just flew by. The boards look fantastic!"