for Callum Robbins
96 Gillespie is pleased to announce our Summer Exhibition for 2007.
Our annual Summer Exhibition is intended to provide an informal introduction to
the gallery and our mission as well as our upcomin schedule.
This summer's exhibition is dedicated to & in benefit of 18 month old
Baltimore resident Cal Robbins.
All proceeds from the sale of artwork will be donated to Cal and includes work from Gee Vaucher, Glen E
Friedman, Cynthia Connolly, Jamie Reid, KT Tunstall, Rich Jacobs, Sexton
Ming, Tim Kerr, Harrison Haynes, Pat Graham, and many more.
Cal was born with a genetic motor neuron disease called Type 1 SMA, or
Spinal Muscular Atrophy. The facts are brutal: SMA kills kids.The
disease affects the brain's ability to communicate with the voluntary
muscles that are used for activities such as crawling, walking, head and
neck control, breathing, and swallowing. Type 1 SMA is usually fatal;
*most Type 1 babies will die before their second birthday*. Those
infants who survive into childhood are in for a long road of
occupational therapy, wheelchairs, and assistive devices. Despite years
of work on its treatment and 'ongoing promising research', it has no cure.
This exhibition is part of a wider range of fundraising activities to help provide Cal with
assistive devices & therapies that his parents could not otherwise afford. We hope to help
them give him every opportunity for comfort & development.
Private viewing to be held on Saturday July 14th, from 7-9 pm
Location: 96 Gillespie road, London N5 1LN
Opening hours: Th-Su 2-6pm. or by appointment
Phone: 0207 503 3496
Admission: Free
http: www.96gillespie.com
Tube: Arsenal (Piccadilly Line)
Bus Routes: 19, 4, 106, 236
www.96gillespie.com
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