Blooming Breath - mural for Be Hers Dream Free Sewing Centre
Blooming Breath is a floral mural created by Anna Mykhalchuk for the Be Hers Dream Free Sewing Centre, a space dedicated to dignity, restoration, and new beginnings.
The mural brings warmth into the space, support emotional wellbeing, and honour the courage of women stepping into freedom, skill, and possibility.
The Heart Behind Be Hers
Project Overview
Project type: Community mural, 2026
Location: Be Hers Hub, Hobart, Tasmania
Surface: Painted white wall
Size: 18 m²
Medium: Hand-painted mural
Be Hers’ care has also reached beyond Tasmania.
When the war in Ukraine first began, the organisation responded with compassion by financially supporting a charity working on the ground in Ukraine.
This act of solidarity reflected the heart of Be Hers — standing with women, children, and communities facing crisis, and offering practical support where it was urgently needed.
For me personally, as an Ukrainian artist living in Tasmania, this connection added a deeply personal layer to the mural, linking the Dream Free Sewing Centre with a wider story of care, resilience, and hope across borders.
Be Hers is a Hobart-based not-for-profit organisation with a heart for freedom, dignity, and restoration. Their work is centred on supporting women and children who have experienced, or are vulnerable to, slavery, violence, and exploitation — offering practical pathways toward safety, confidence, and hope.
In Hobart, the Dream Free Sewing Centre is one of Be Hers’ beautiful local initiatives. It provides a safe, welcoming space where refugee and migrant women can gather, sew, learn, work, and be supported. Through dignified employment, mentorship, emergency assistance, and community connection, the centre helps women grow in confidence and independence.
At its heart, Be Hers is about more than services or programs. It is about reminding women that they are seen, valued, and worthy of a future where they can dream freely again..
Mural concept & Focus
Inspired by the Ukrainian tradition of Samchykivka art, the mural brings together flowing flowers, rhythmic ornament, and vibrant colour to create a sense of gentleness, hope, and renewal.
Each floral form feels like a breath opening — a reminder that healing can begin quietly, through beauty, creativity, and safe connection.
Created for a sewing centre where women can learn, make, gather, and rebuild confidence, Blooming Breath celebrates the power of hands, stories, and community. The flowers symbolise growth after hardship, while the movement of the composition suggests life returning, expanding, and blooming again.
About the Artist
Anna Mykhalchuk is a Ukrainian-Australian artist and muralist based in Australia. Her practice includes floral murals that respond to place, wellbeing, and community through thoughtful visual language.
Reflection
Creating Blooming Breath for the Be Hers Dream Free Sewing Centre felt deeply meaningful.
As a Ukrainian artist living in Tasmania, I felt a personal tenderness in painting a work for a space that supports women rebuilding their confidence, skills, and sense of possibility.
The flowers in the mural speak of renewal, but also of breath — the small, gentle moment when life begins to open again after difficulty.
Through Samchykivka-inspired colour, rhythm, and ornament, I wanted the wall to feel warm, welcoming, and alive: a reminder that beauty can hold strength, and that even after hardship, hope can bloom.