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"Women & Water - Water is Life" - "Every 15 seconds a child dies because of drinking dirty water". In developing nations women and young girls on average have to walk over 3 miles in order to fetch water for their families! Africa Gives Back International (AGBI) has teamed up with entrepreneur, television personality, star and AGBI's 2019 honoree Gizelle Bryant to end the global water crisis - for the 4th Annual AGBI "Water is Life" Gala and Campaign 2019. (Shout out to @jrobvisuals for shooting this with us.)

"Summer Memories: Going through some files and ran across some BTS shots from this summer working with @lesjoueurs. Great project and amazing talent, in front of & behind the scenes. Made a few videos that day and forgot these stills existed. -- for full videos check out." -- David Wardrick, BTS Video for “Water Is Life” Campaign 2018

#Repost @sankaraxt ・・・ Still in disbelief that I added a Supermodel to my portfolio.. I met this Queen a few months ago when @britttireland told me to stop whatever I was doing and meet her so that I could give @noellerobinson her first college tour at THE MECCA 🗣 @howard1867. Of course I listened, especially after learning that we were pumping through my old stomping grounds, Fashion Dept 2nd Flr in FINE ARTS! At the time, I would’ve never thought life would come full circle by having an opportunity to style @cynthiabailey10 for a beneficial cause to end the global water crises when creating a fashion infused campaign for the @agbigala 😱🤭. When @troy.massa presented the opportunity I automatically accepted, especially for an amazing chance to raise funds and awareness for Africa’s clean water supply!! Please come and support!!! (View previous posts) Moral: God is super amazing... and watches the work we put in day and night for our passions! Keep working HARD and watch the journey unfold.✨ Details lister below.. Dress: @shop.troymassa x @troy.massa Shoes: vintage @gucci Crown: actually a necklaces but I made it into a crown! #agbi #agbigala #cleanwater #SXTstyles #troymassa #cynthiabailey

A most unusual mark... 👍 Poet Roger McGough leaving his DNA signature on our painting 'Said the Skeleton' in the form of a thumbprint in the still wet resin. It may seem strange but it is in a time honoured tradition... if you ever visit one of my favourite rooms in the world 'The Great Gallery' In the Wallace Collection in Manchester Square in London, there is a painting by Poussin "A Dance to the Music of Time". 🎨 It was painted between about 1634 and 1636 as a commission for Giulio Rospigliosi (later Pope Clement IX), who according to Gian Pietro Bellori dictated its detailed iconography. If you look a little more closely at it in the flesh you will see that it's surface is entirely covered in thumb prints! It is the one element in Poussin's painting that has left art historians particularly baffled. Early on, it was noted that there were some curious fingerprints covering the surface of the painting. It was assumed that these thumbprints were in the thick layer of varnish that covered the painting, and that once the picture was cleaned they would go away. After the painting's cleaning in the 1980s, however, the thumbprints were even clearer than before: it was finally determined that the thumbprints were pressed into the ground of the painting while it was still wet, creating a strange texture all over the painting surface. Because Poussin was notorious for desiring total artistic control and hardly required the help of assistants, it is generally assumed that the print was Poussin's own. Hope you enjoyed this story and don't forget to leave a bid on Roger and I's painting for 2 great causes. The Artists General Benevolent Institution (#AGBI) that was founded by JMW Turner to help artists in need and the Chelsea arts club trust for young artists starting out. Call Sarah and ref 'Totem and Taboo auction' at the Chelsea Arts Club on 0207 376 3311 #furrfact #rogermcgough #poet #poetry #christianfurr #art #artist #artists #artistatwork #painting #studio #interior #nicolaspoussin #uselessinfo PHOTO by Donald Smith (at Chelsea Arts Club)

The new artpiece I have created with Roger McGough 'Said the Skeleton 2018' #AirInk , oil pastel and collage on canvas and resin 14 x 10 Furr/McGough" It is to be auctioned at the Chelsea Arts Club on the 25th April for #AGBI & The Chelsea Arts Club Trust which supports young artists starting out Do you want to bid in the silent auction? Contact: Sarah Delafield Cook Events Manager Chelsea Arts Club 0207 376 3311 Said the Skeleton (Based on Allan Ginsberg’s 1995 poem The Ballad of the Skeletons) Said the FIFA skeleton Hide the whistle and line our pockets Said the arms dealer skeleton Sell them mortars, tanks and rockets Said the dope dealer skeleton I can’t cope with the demand Said the false prophet skeleton It is written in the sand Said the tobacco skeleton There’s a billion lungs to fill Said the isis skeleton That’s what we do, we kill Said the whip cracking skeleton Love that lip smacking blood Said the beheading skeleton It’s just like chopping wood Said the Far Right skeleton We must keep them at the borders Said the tear gas skeleton I’m just obeying orders Said the people smuggler skeleton I put freedom within reach Said the washed-up skeleton They found me on the beach Said the ebola skeleton Sorry, I’m not finished yet Said the World Bank skeleton You can breathe when you’ve paid your debt Said the Gun Federation skeleton It’s a basic human right Said the bullet-riddled skeleton Yup, damn right. Said the schoolgirl skeleton I wish we’d never met Said the grooming skeleton What you see ain’t what you get Said the self-harming skeleton The blade cuts out the ache in me Said the Jesus skeleton Why hast thou forsaken me? Said the Wonga skeleton Keep on taking out the loans Said the skeleton of colour Am I the token bones? Said the Harley Street skeleton You could never afford my fee Said the lying-in-state skeleton What you see is what you’ll be. Said the skeleton in the cupboard Who locked me up in here? Said the Brexit skeleton ‘It seemed a good idea.’ Said the plagiarised skeleton I’ll call the poetry police Said the Ginsberg skeleton Now let me rest in peace Said the Ginsberg skeleton Now let me rest in peace By Roger McGough

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