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Closing the generation gap with centenarians

Artist Tilda Byleveld sits with centenarian Velta Ozols, showing the unfinished portrait

Teenage artist Tilda Byleveld with her subject, Velta Ozols, and the unfinished portrait. Credit: SBS News / Scott Cardwell

The Centenarian Portrait Project by Teenagers is now connecting young artists and older Australians in Tasmania and South Australia.



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