Routes We Take marks milestone for SL’s creative economy

EUNIC Cluster Sri Lanka representatives

The Routes We Take (TRWT) concluded its EUNIC Sri Lanka partnership phase at the end of 2025, marking the close of a multi-year collaboration while the project continues under the stewardship of Good Life X. 

TRWT remains committed to advancing sustainability-led innovation and cross-regional collaboration within Sri Lanka’s creative sector.

Building on its 2024 launch — the digital Creative Green Map now holds 210+ listings, showcasing creatives working across visual arts, performance, design, homeware and interdisciplinary practices and the multi-regional TRWT programme adoption across Central (Kandy), Northern (Jaffna), Eastern (Batticaloa) and Southern (Ahangama) provinces has led to the subsequent set up pocket collectives.

Good Life X CEO and TRWT Project Director Emma De Silva stated, “TRWT was initiated in response to the growing role of creative industries in addressing environmental and social challenges, while recognising that sustainability-led creative practices in Sri Lanka often remain under-acknowledged despite deep roots in traditional craftsmanship and resource-conscious cultural heritage.”

Mahesha Kariyapperuma, a multidisciplinary artist from Kandy, who first exhibited at the Kandy engagement and then again at the Jaffna engagement, shared her experience, noting, “The stagnant cultural landscape was one of the reasons why I really hoped to exhibit in Kandy and through TRWT we were able to exhibit in our home city for the first time, leading to the set up of our own artist collective in Kandy. Having the opportunity to then be a part of the Jaffna engagement allowed me to see the cultural similarities and experience modern, cultural art and design - learning from the Jaffna artists.”