'If I was creating without my culture and those stories behind them, my work wouldn't be sincere.'
Dylan Mooney has partnered with Ben and Jerry's for their activism campaign Let's Make Some Motherchunkin' Change.
One issue that is particularly close to his heart is the preservation of the Torres Strait Islands and the seas of northern Australia. Dylan has strong ancestral ties to the islands, which are currently experiencing the worsening impacts of the climate crisis.
In 2022, Ben and Jerry's partnered with Our Islands, Our Home, an organisation dedicated to fighting for climate action for the Torres Straight Islands, showing support with ice cream! They created limited-edition flavour called This is Our Whirled and Dylan was an instrumental part of that project, creating the original artwork of the flavour packaging.
Beyond his climate activism work, Dylan is also using his art to reframe the conversation around queer love among people of colour, recentering marginalized voices that have been left out of the narrative.
'At the beginning it was daunting... I was uncertain about what the response would be. Now I just embrace it, it's great having that support around me and knowing the work is important, not just to myself, but to others as well.'
