People. Project Cornwall: Indoor Exhibition

Giving a voice to people in Cornwall who have struggled with housing insecurity or homelessness.

A moving and insightful exhibition giving voice to people in Cornwall who have struggled with housing insecurity or homelessness since the start of the pandemic opens this month – led by St Petrocs, a charity supporting adults in Cornwall struggling with housing, facing or experiencing homelessness.

People. Project Cornwall shares the experiences of 70 people interviewed living in Cornwall through indoor and outdoor photographic portrait exhibitions, a website and book, and challenges negative societal stigma and stereotypes by stating that all people deserve homes.

The indoor exhibition opens at the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro on 8 November where 27 portraits are on display alongside excerpts from accounts of the housing struggles of individuals, couples, parents and families. It runs until 23 December.

Workshops exploring portraiture, power and identity will run at Royal Cornwall Museum in December for project participants and interested members of the public.

This innovative and ambitious St Petrocs project is a collaboration with social documentary photographer Gavan Goulder and community arts organisation StreetDraw24 – who are all working together to shine a light on an issue that increasingly affects the whole of the UK.