Updated On: 18 October, 2019 07:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Karishma Kuenzang
For World Mental Health Day, a social initiative has brought together a group of artists for a mural festival that will perk up cancer spaces

Mumbai and Bengaluru-based NGO dedicated to holistic cancer care, OncoHappy, is hosting a mural art festival across cancer spaces in both cities till October 18. It kicked off on World Mental Health Day (October 10), and has witnessed various artists and art communities come together to uplift spaces such as HCG, SRCC, Asian Cancer Institute, Access Life, Mumbai OncoCare Center, Indian Cancer Society and Mangalam Foundation.
Each venue will dedicate a wall in their cancer wards, and it will receive maximum footfalls, for artists such as Avantika Mathur, Ava Nagporewalla, Kiran Waingankar, Sagarika Ganguly, Harihara Singh, Rajendra Potadar, Sunil CM, Shanaya Tata along with artist collectives, Baaya and Let's Bee Canvas, to bring the murals to life. This also includes cancer survivor and graffiti artist, Kartikey Sharma.