Just recieved this message from my pal in Brighton…

“On the side of The Duke of York’s Cinema in Brighton, saw them last night, very cool! ”

What a great show! Met loads of great people and learnt loads about my own art by seeing the amazing talent all around me.

Under the title of ‘HAZARDOUS WASTE’ the Grafik Warfare artists transformed the gallery space into a toxic waste dump incorporating artwork from all artists in the crew including original canvas pieces, limited edition prints, black book sketches as well as boundary pushing mediums and installations typically associated with this unique crew. 

Name of Artists’ Collective: Grafik Warfare

Name of exhibition: “Hazardous Waste”

Venue: Graffik London Gallery, 284 Portobello Rd, London

Date & Time: 4 consecutive days Thurs 25^th- Sun 28^th February

Thursday 25^th February

• 7pm-11pm: buyers’ preview night (by invitation only)

Friday 26^th February

• 10:30am-5:30pm: open to the public
• 7pm-11pm: special party night with DJ’s followed by after-party in secret location (by invitation only)

Saturday 27^th February

• 10:30 am-8pm: Outdoor live-painting session, including wall graffiti and collective work on moulded statue to be auctioned to our guests. All proceeds to Haiti charity. Celebration of Sinna’s birthday.

Sunday 28^th February

• 10:30 am-6:30pm: open to the public.

Please email names for the guest list to art@graffiklondon.co.uk

Grafik Warfare is an international collective of street artists and illustrators. To celebrate the launch of their new website www.grafikwarfare.co.uk the whole collective are exhibiting for the first time at the Graffik London Gallery, 284 Portobello Rd, London (www.graffiklondon.co.uk).

Under the theme of ‘HAZARDOUS WASTE’ the artists will transform the gallery space into a “toxic waste dump” incorporating artwork including original canvas pieces, limited edition prints, black book sketches as well as boundary-pushing-mediums and installations typically associated with this unique graffiti crew. The colour palette for this show will be yellow, black, and white (including greyscales).

Come and meet the Grafik Warfare artists:

Snub23 – Defacto – Hutch – Isthisyou? – FarkFK –Mishfit – Foundry – DeLarge – Sinna – Germ – The Lover – OrticaNoodles – LukeDaDuke – Orco – Farm – Asboluv – Leeks – Stickee – Eyesaw – Dan K – M Squires – Limbo – Avian Security – Mono – 14BOLT – 333
Expect the gallery to be looking very morphed!

Drinks sponsored by Cutty Sark and Fever Tree.

Email: art@graffiklondon.co.uk

Telephone: 020 318 10000

Website: www.graffiklondon.co.uk

Hey guys,

Raffle tickets are now on sale, a list of prizes shown on the Facebook Group Page linked below…

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=237347146620

If you want a ticket send me a message or Jo a message.

Anyway have a look at what your money does below:

Downright Excellent Case Study

“To break it down, Help a London Child awarded Downright Excellent with a £2,100.00 grant in order to provide Ocupational Therapy for Children with Down’s Syndrome who have Sensory Processing Difficulties. The grant paid for an Occupational therapist for 3 hours/Week for 10 weeks between April and July 2009.

Here’s what the Downright Excellent had to say about the grant…

“95.8 Capital FM’s Help a London Child (HALC) has kindly enabled Downright Excellent to employ an Occupational Therapist too help children in London age 0-4 with Down’s Syndrome with their sensory processing issues. This means any difficulties with using the information that they from hearing, touch, taste, sight and smell, as well as movement. For example a child who cannot tollerate certain textures may have difficulties feeding. A child who seeks constant sensory input may find it hard to sit still and learn from out speech and language programme.

Last year HALC brought us a photocopier and laminator so we can create homework packs for our students and outreach packs for those unable to attend regularly.” Lucy Newham, Chair

REMEMBER YOUR MONEY MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE

Much Love
FETCH
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As I keep harping on about fundraising on Facebook and now here, thought it would be worth me explaining where some of the money goes. So here is a good case study and some words from the people themselves for you guys to read.

White Hart Lane Tennis Club, Haringey

Thanks to help from people like yourselves, Help a London Child have been able to support children’s clubs such as the White Hart Lane Tennis Club.

Here’s what they  had to say about their grant…

“we are most grateful that 95.8 Capital FM’s Help a London Child provided financial support to run an Easter and May Half-Term Holiday Tennis Camp 2009 at White Hart Lane Tennis Club. The club is situated in a highly deprived and disadvantaged area of London and runs low cost tennis classes and gained new skills, friends and valuable experiences.

Your money does help make a difference. Thank you.”

I hope that makes you realise how your money really does help these grass root projects kick start a differnce in young peoples lives.

Below is one of the most recent portraits I have done to help raise money for Help a London Child.

A reminder where your money goes…

Whitgift SNAP is a registered charity that provides annual two-week summer schemes for up to 220 disabled children and yound people from the London Borough of Croyden. The schemes are supported by over 260 volunteers and 24 staff, using facilities provided by Whitgift School.

The Crodile Scheme, for children and young people aged between 5 and 18 years, provides a wide range of sporting and leisure activities during the school holidays, in a safe and stimulating environment. With help from donations to 95.8 Capital FM’s Help a London Child have funded many outings and activities for the enjoyment of the young people attending schemes, providing opportunities for leaning and enhancing their confidence and self-esteem.

A trial run for a new canvas series. Just a little gift to Martin. Will develop this a little bit over the coming months and try get a some Free Art in Action and maybe some for sale to Help a London Child.

P.S. The mood seal translates to” Constant Hope”

Please take a lookat my online art auction.

ALL MONEY RAISED GOES DIRECT TO HELP A LONDON CHILD

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Within London you are never more than a mile away from a project that has been funded by 95.8 Capital FM’s ‘Help a London Child’. It has provided opportunities to more than 120,000 less advantaged and vulnerable children and young people in London.

Help a London Child specializes in funding grass roots projects and supporting their work to improve lives of these children. The charity relies solely on fundraising and donations to continue supporting hundreds of project’s across the Capital.

Feel free to let other people know about my event and encourage them to donate, the more money I raise the better it will be for the charity and helping those children suffering from abuse, poverty, homelessness, disability and illness.

Please sponsor and Help a London Child.

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www.doitforcharity.com/johntrekschina
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