WELCOME HOME ARTISTS PLATFORM is an international arts initiative founded by Chris Agnese and Özlem Yeni in collaboration with The Main Gallery (Australia). The platform brings together artists from diverse cultural backgrounds to create, share, and exchange stories through contemporary art. Rooted in experiences of migration, displacement, belonging, and transformation, Welcome Home provides an interdisciplinary space where emerging and established artists collaborate, experiment, and develop new work through dialogue, collective reflection, and co-creation. Working across multiple artistic practices, participants contribute to a living archive of shared experiences that evolves through artist residencies, exhibitions, workshops, public conversations, and online programming.

By connecting artists with local communities, Welcome Home fosters meaningful intercultural exchange while supporting long-term artistic collaboration. The platform extends beyond exhibitions through educational initiatives, digital projects, and community partnerships that encourage dialogue and strengthen relationships between artists and the communities they engage. The inaugural Welcome Home event took place on June 12, 2026, with the support of Felice Agency, The Funding Studio, and Meg Jones Media, marking the beginning of an ongoing international platform dedicated to collaboration, cultural exchange, and socially engaged contemporary art.

In development - Through five decades of escalating climate chaos, an interwoven saga of ordinary families and extraordinary heroes chronicles the struggle for survival, redemption, and hope in a world on the brink of disaster.

TV Series Written and Created by Gil Chagas
Award: Best Series Screenplay – Grande Prêmio de Roteiro - Brazil

Residency: Participated in the Rota Festival - A Barreira

When a Brazilian-Venezuelan playwright and performer living in the U.S. struggles to find her voice, a series of encounters with immigrant women sparks a poetic journey through memory, language, and collective healing.
This short poetic documentary, created in collaboration with Luciana Fins (https://lucianafins.com) , received support from a grant by Phoenix Art and Culture

In development — When a filmmaker revisits forgotten footage from a documentary abandoned over a decade ago, a new journey begins—one that blurs the lines between memory, loss, and the stories left unfinished.

This documentary feature film is supported by a grant from The Puffin Foundation and is a co-production between Brazil, United States, Angola, and Portugal.

Fiscal Sponsor - The Funding Studio https://thefundingstudio.org

Writer Leticia Simões https://www.imdb.com/pt/name/nm4293700/

Producer Chaiana Furtado https://www.chaianafurtado.com

A TV music program by Canal Bis — Experimente offers a deep dive into Brazil’s emerging music scene, spotlighting breakthrough artists who are shaping the country’s sound before they hit the mainstream.

Donkeys— In Brazil’s Northeast, the donkey was once the loyal companion of the Sertão man—gentle, tireless, and inseparable in their labor. Today, replaced by motorcycles and left to roam abandoned, donkeys now pose a major risk on roads, becoming one of the leading causes of traffic accidents in the region.
This short documentary won Best Cinematography at the Amazon Film Festival.

An initiative that promotes sustainable development through authentic voices, innovative ideas, and simple everyday actions. By highlighting small but meaningful projects, it aims to inform, inspire, and encourage people to reflect on their impact and become agents of change.

This short documentary series was created in partnership with Canal OFF and Grupo Sal

Living Play, a short documentary series for television, reveals childhood unfolding through branches, stones, leaves, and dreams. Children reinvent the world with what nature offers and the magic of imagination. Across seven playful encounters, the series celebrates play as an ancestral, living, and essential language—a gentle invitation to rediscover the beauty of simplicity and the wisdom of youth.