Gracious Art 2018
The Children’s Trust and Brainwave
The charity auction took place in Christie’s on 21st of March 2018
The foundation provides the families that do not have the financial means the opportunity to undergo these treatments without the long waiting list, as well as additional equipment that the child may need to have a better quality of life.
Aside from financial help, Gracious Heart is working on raising awareness about Cerebral Palsy and organizing projects that involve the child’s artistic and creative side, therefore providing them with a medium to express themselves and socialize with other people.
Gracious Heart Foundation
and young masters who worked for several days with children
artists and children create something
together, even the colors of artworks
were picked with the involvement
of both the artist and the child.
could use their creativity and the artist
gained a lifetime experience making
a difference in the child’s life.
Artists & paintings
Askeri Gallery introduced the Gracious Heart Foundation to an international team of artists for this project. Among them is an artist from New York, CHRIS RIGGS, whose paintings can be found in private collections owned by famous people such as Glenn Metlock, Jennifer Lopez, Steve Madden. For Chris, this is not the first charity event. He supports similar organizations around the world
Askeri Gallery
CONOR MCCREEDY is a very famous young artist inspired by nature and bright colors. In order to convey the magnificence of the ocean in his paintings, Conor came up with and patented his own rich blue color, called Mccreedyblue. This color, a unique combination of five pigments, the artist actively uses in many of his works. Connor has in his portfolio projects with brands such as Bvlgari and Rolex
Askeri Gallery
ANTON TOTIBADZE became one of the youngest artists who took part in the project, and despite his rather young age, is already exhibiting in the State Russian Museum, is popular with private collectors in Russia, the United States, France, and Germany
Askeri Gallery
DARIA KOTLYAROVA, an artist from Moscow, conducts a creative workshop of painting in the State Tretyakov Gallery. In her portfolio, she has such projects as the painting of interiors of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Zagreb and Church of Righteous John the Russian in Moscow and numerous exhibitions in Moscow.
Askeri Gallery
ROMAIN FROQUET is a French artist, having exhibitions in such cities as London, Paris, Geneva and many more. A self-taught artist, his career began in 2000. He is inspired by ethnic and urban art. There are many references in his work, such as Arshile Gorky, Pollock, De Kooning etc. Romain Froquet has a rich style, filled with references. Through a repeated process and precise strokes, he is able to put together a unique pictorial language, reflecting his subconscious
PETER OPHEIM is an artist from New York and is known for creating miniature sculptures of clay first, after which he paints their portrait. His exhibitions in the USA, Korea, Germany, etc. were covered by the publications such as The New York Times, New York Magazine, Huffington Post and The Boston Globe.
Askeri Gallery
London based Opera Gallery invited NICK GENTRY to take part in the Gracious Art project. Much of his artistic output has been generated with the use of contributed artefacts and materials. His art is influenced by the development of consumerism, technology, identity and cyberculture in society, with a distinctive focus on obsolete media
Opera Gallery
Gallery ContiniArtUK invited to participate and contemporary artist OMAR HASSAN who lives and works in Milan, Miami and London. Omar held his first solo exhibition in Japan in 2009, before graduating from Brera Academy of Arts in 2010. The creation of his “Breaking Trough” paintings involves Hassan dipping his boxing gloves into array of colorful paint pots before punching onto large white canvases. Amongst many personal exhibitions, he has also taken part in the Venice Biennale of 2011
Gallery ContiniArtUK
RICH SIMMONS is a Contemporary Urban Pop Artist from London who exhibited all over the world. Rising fame with an iconic piece of street art of Prince William and Kate Middleton before royal wedding
Independent artists
ALEXEY FIRSOV is an artist from Russia and has selectively exhibited his paintings over the past 25 years. Over the past two decades Firsov pioneered his own artistic style “Lavism” derived from volcanic and passionate brush strokes, explosive colors, and bold thick texture
Independent artists
Artist LUCY MCADAM FREUD – the great daughter of Sigmund Freud the Psychoanalyst. Lucy has studied at Wimbledon School of Arts and also at the Royal Academy Schools. She has exhibited work at the Mayfair Arts Club, Mall Galleries, Originals Contemporary Printmaking Show And the Royal Academy Schools. Her works have been auctioned in Christie’s, Bonham’s and Sotheby’s.
Independent artists
Charity auction’s numbers
£ 330 000
Total raised on the night
Brainwave
Brainwave believes that there is no such thing as a typical child; children can have a range of disabilities and/or developmental delay, these include cerebral palsy, autism and genetic disorders such as Down's syndrome.
Our specialist therapists, who are drawn from the mainstream fields of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and educational therapy, work with the family to devise a unique programme, specifically designed to suit their child’s needs, which will help and encourage them to unlock their child’s potential.
Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
SDR is a surgical procedure that helps them to manage their condition. Children who have undergone the surgery will require significant physiotherapy input to help them on their journey to rehabilitation.
Please find below a breakdown of how your donation will support Brainwave
£ 119,000
Guardian Sponsorship - £21,000
It costs Brainwave £3,500 per child, per year, to provide them with a year of therapy and support.
This is heavily subsidised by Brainwave but we do ask families to make a small contribution towards their assessments.
We are proud to never turn a family away, therefore if the family cannot contribute financially towards their assessments then we fundraise on their behalf through sponsorship
Please find below a breakdown of how your donation will support Brainwave
6 children with cerebral palsy from across the UK took part in the Gracious Arts Project with Brainwave
Each of these families will have a grant of £3,500 restricted for them to be able to use for their child’s therapy at Brainwave.
Should the families choose it, then we will also offer to reimburse any assessment costs that have taken place since 20th March 2017 (the date of the first child/artist meeting) out of their £3,500 grant.
Any remaining funds will then be held by the Charity ‘in trust’ to cover any future contributions towards therapy at Brainwave until all funds are utilised and/or the child goes off programme. If the child goes off programme whilst there are funds still available then these will be deferred to another child with cerebral palsy in need of financial support.
Cerys mainly spends her time in a wheelchair as she cannot walk.
Therefore it is particularly important that Cerys be helped into positions to stretch her muscles. Cerys can manage to stand and transfer with the assistance of two people but, when her muscles get tighter, she needs to be hoisted.
Her therapists worked with Cerys to complete exercises to help mobilise her arms and legs, they found that by the afternoon her muscles were much looser.
Cerys’ therapy programme now aims to encourage weight-bearing, pushing through her arms and improve her limb and core strength.
Quote by Samuel’s parents: ‘We have gained so much knowledge from Brainwave’s therapists, who were friendly, dedicated and everything came from their hearts. We are so grateful to them and we will be strongly recommending Brainwave to other families.’
Samuel’s therapists have provided his parents with a programme to help encourage him to communicate through either vocalisations or Makaton signing, and to improve his balance and coordination.
Jude has decreased muscle tone and weakness in his right hand, which remains open with excessive movement at his thumb joint. He is developing his tripod grip (between his thumb and first two fingers) for his writing skills but his grasp fluctuates from a loose grip to a tight grip.
This is thought to be his way of compensating for his weak fingers by holding the pencil too tightly and then, when they fatigue, the grasp becomes loose. However, since his last assessment Jude has greatly improved his handwriting skills and was awarded a ‘Brainwave Certificate of Achievement’ for this!
Jude’s therapy programme now aims to assist with improving his hand strength and pencil grasp which should further develop his hand writing skills and ability to participate within school activities.
Charlotte has had SDR to help permanently remove the spasticity (abnormal movements) from her legs and attends Brainwave to help with her rehabilitation.
Charlotte is now walking with someone supporting her at her hips and she can stand independently for up to 25 seconds. Her biggest achievement is that she can now sit independently just like her twin brother!
Her therapy programme now aims to maximise the strength in her knees to help keep her in a standing position for up to 5 minutes, without support.
The long term goal is for Charlotte to walk independently in a less supportive walker.
Elliot requires support when sitting, standing and moving between various positions. He is now able to sit cross legged whilst unsupported for short periods of time by only using his hands to prop himself up.
He has also continued to make good progress with his fine motor skills and can pass objects from hand to hand. He recently demonstrated that he can also complete a jigsaw and when dropping the jigsaw pieces, he was able to use his body to readjust his hands and pick them back up.
His physiotherapist and occupational therapist have updated his therapy programme which now aims to further develop his fine motor skills, such as mark making and his ability to reposition objects within his hands.
Grayson has low muscle tone throughout his body and therefore he needs to strengthen his core, hips and shoulders to help him weight bear through his arms and legs for activities such as standing, and in the future, walking. Within the 2 days that we saw Grayson, he showed good progress and was able take steps whilst holding on to furniture for support.
Grayson is non-verbal but is learning to communicate through basic signing and pictures. He was able to use Picture Exchange Communication (PECS) to ask for ‘more’ and, with help from his physiotherapists, he started to move towards the cards, both were really great improvements.
Brainwave Programme
£ 98,000
This year it will cost the Charity £2.9 million to support 640 children and their families on the Brainwave Programme.
The remaining portion of your donation will go towards supporting the cost of funding our three centresand therapists to support children to achieve life changing goals.
The fantastic sum of £98,000 would Make a significant difference in helping us cover the core costs of delivering our therapy programmes.
These costs include:
£ 609,000 The cost of supporting the 174 children with cerebral palsy each year
£ 344,000 The average cost of running one of our three Brainwave Centres each year
£ 37,000 The cost of funding each Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist and Speech and Language Therapist each year
Donation of £ 100 000 will support The Children’s Trust in a such a significant way by helping to fund four key areas of work:
This donation will support 200 children at The Children’s Trust, helping each of them to live the best life possible
To help expert clinicians to build a full picture of a child’s abilities and level of awareness
To develop child’s communication skills through vocalisations or concepts such as turn-taking and choice-making
To allow children to explore how they can have an impact on their surroundings
To develop physical skills, supporting physiotherapy and speech and language therapy
To provide children with an opportunity to express their emotions
£27 361 would fund a full time Music Therapist for a year, supporting over 200 children with brain injury
With so much time dedicated each child’s care and medical needs, fun and laughter is an essential part of the rehabilitation process. For a child with a brain injury or cerebral palsy, having fun is a means of exploring the world around them. It is a way of developing new physical, cognitive, social and emotional skills to overcome the many disadvantages they now face.
With so much time dedicated each child’s care and medical needs, fun and laughter is an essential part of the rehabilitation process. For a child with a brain injury or cerebral palsy, having fun is a means of exploring the world around them. It is a way of developing new physical, cognitive, social and emotional skills to overcome the many disadvantages they now face.
Specialist play equipment (incl. sensory toys, arts & crafts kits, LED lighting, switch controlled toys for children with limited movement) £2107.
Brand new multisensory room for children to re-engage with their senses £5000 (est.).
Items of Medical Equipment (incl. nebulisers, sats monitors, PLS 5 (speech and language therapy tool) Aqua therapy chairs, physiotherapy balance training equipment.
Whilst all the staff in The Children’s Trust continue deliver the high level of care and support required by the young people, the houses are now becoming tired and are in need of urgent refurbishment.
The bathrooms and kitchen need refitting, the living area and bedrooms need updating the building requires redecorating throughout. It is essential that for Gracious Heart Foundation to help carrying out this refurbishment to help to the school continue being compliant with current standards whilst their team is ensuring that they are creating the best environment possible for the children to live in.
The refurbishment will give the houses more longevity, making them more attractive and durable for their current residents, as well as those staying there in the future
To provide even more effective care, education and therapy for all the children, whilst fulfilling The Children’s Trust vision that children with brain injury have the opportunity to live the best life possible
Donation of £ 52 000 to CPotential
CPotential is commited to provide children with cerebral palsy and other movement disorders life-changing learning, both at the school and through Early Intervention and Sessional Services. CPotential offers a range of specialist therapies and support, to offer each child the best possible education, tailored to meet their unique needs.
CPotential have integrated onsite team of teachers , Conductors, music therapists, an occupational therapist and a speech and language therapist. This September CPotential also will be introducing sensory integration therapy and rebound therapy.
The money raised from Gracious Art 2018 will support both of the school children and the sessional children, and help CPotential to reach the waiting list of children who need to access the services, which totals nearly 70 children.
Simon de Pury
is one of the leading figures in the art market. He is renowned for his deep and longstanding knowledge of the global marketplace and for his legendary performance on the auction podium.
Simon has been instrumental in championing the careers of many contemporary artists, photographers and designers. He has auctioned and secured a substantial number of the most legendary art collections for auctions and private treaty In 2010, he was the subject of an hourlong documentary on the BBC, titled ‘The Man with the Golden Gavel’. In 2010 and 2011 he was the mentor in Bravo's reality TV show 'Work of Art: The Next Great Artist’
He is an active charity auctioneer, and over the years has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for a number of charities and cultural institutions. Examples include amfAR, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, Guggenheim Museum, New Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Los Angeles, Fondation Beyeler, Human Rights Watch, Elton John Aids Foundation and many others
Askeri Gallery is a young rapidly developing gallery. The gallery opened its doors in 2015 in a cozy space on the Povarskaya street in the heart of Moscow, Russia. Askeri Gallery works with both young and established artists, representing main trends of Western and Eastern contemporary art. The gallery regularly opens new exhibitions, actively implementing projects on partners’ sites (including the state museums and private companies), and also represents artists on the international fairs of contemporary art.
Gallery founder – Polina Askeri
www.askerigallery.com
Askeri Gallery is a young rapidly developing gallery. The gallery opened its doors in 2015 in a cozy space on the Povarskaya street in the heart of Moscow, Russia. Askeri Gallery works with both young and established artists, representing main trends of Western and Eastern contemporary art. The gallery regularly opens new exhibitions, actively implementing projects on partners’ sites (including the state museums and private companies), and also represents artists on the international fairs of contemporary art
Gallery founder - Cristian Contini
www.continiartuk.com
Askeri Gallery is a young rapidly developing gallery. The gallery opened its doors in 2015 in a cozy space on the Povarskaya street in the heart of Moscow, Russia. Askeri Gallery works with both young and established artists, representing main trends of Western and Eastern contemporary art. The gallery regularly opens new exhibitions, actively implementing projects on partners’ sites (including the state museums and private companies), and also represents artists on the international fairs of contemporary art
Gallery founder – Gilles Dyan
www.operagallery.com
