#freyfoundation

Frey Elementary, we had a blast with you all today! Thank you, your amazing team, and the wonderful @freyfoundation for welcoming us back! 🐍🦎 @cobbschools @mommafourhearts @ginashumpert @mellydoodle2020 @librarianinlouboutins @robinkennedy_ @robynlyn78 #scalyadventures #freyelementary #freyfoundation #cobbschools #stemcobb #tanyacurren #rickcurren #steamtastic #steamtasticcampaign #steameducation #stemeducation #scalyfriends #socialemotionallearning #characterdevelopment (at Frey Elementary School) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpT8flouxgw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

At the request of a dear friend, here’s a stab at more thoughtful storytelling on the socials. In 2014, I received a post on my Facebook wall about a commission from @agent_glaser - I immediately thought that he wanted his dog or family painted. Much to my surprise, he was the founder and CEO of @laislanetwork - an NGO dedicated to research, support and advocacy for agricultural workers suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease of undetermined cause. This global disease has killed hundreds of thousands and left just as many sick and without work, treatment or support. @agent_glaser had seen #themontaukportraitproject via artist @dustinyellin and wanted something similar to be created in Nicaragua. This was the beginning of a long friendship and collaboration with @t_laffay & @edkashi - we have traveled this work from the fields to galleries to universities and back again. What makes this iteration so special @artprize w/ @the_westside_project is that #grandrapids is the home base of LIN & this is our truest collaboration to date. The amazing thing about projects like these is the amount of support through adversity that everyone has to give for it to succeed. This project was rife with incredible challenges and it makes me so proud to know that we hurdled them together. Thank you to everyone who helped churn #fragmentsfromforgottenfields out - @richardapp @thesovengard #rockfordconstruction & #freyfoundation - we are so grateful for your vision and support. Extra love to Linda Glaser for pushing and pinning till the end. Love this team and proud of our work together. Scroll through to see portraits of everyone (except @edkashi ) in the installation. . . . . . . #artprize #artprize10 #collaboration #installation #artinstallation #team #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #michigan #laislanetwork #laislafoundation #ckdu #grandrapids #nicaragua #agriculture #advocacy (at Grand Rapids, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKdD_9HrUn/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=49q32kc4g6r0

Here’s footage of @artprize #artprize10 project #fragmentsfromforgottenfields created in collaboration with @t_laffay @edkashi & @laislanetwork for @the_westside_project curated by @richardapp !! A huge thank you to everyone on the team, especially #rockfordconstruction & #freyfoundation for their support. . . . . . #artprize #grandrapids #artprize2018 #laislanetwork #collaboration #publicart #artinstallation #installationart #streetart #humanrights #ckdu #chronickidneydisease #advocacy #agriculture (at Grand Rapids, Michigan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoCoc1ynO8b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=h9rf4gctvc7i

Documentation of an epic install @artprize #artprize10 w/ project #fragmentsfromforgottenfields - a collaboration w/ @laislanetwork @t_laffay @edkashi ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽 We are thrilled to be showing w/ @richardapp #nomadgallerygr #westsideproject & @thesovengard !! Thank you to @rocklandconstruct & #freyfoundation for their support. We are so grateful to be here in #grandrapids 🌱🌾🌿 (at NOMAD Gallery by Richard App) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn4bASanfqG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x3g1xb2vv17b

The @laislanetwork communicator team @edkashi @t_laffay @aubreyroemer are honored to be participating in @artprize w/ #richardappgallery #nomadgallery #westsideproject as recipients of ArtPrize’s Artist Seed Grant this fall. Thank you for your generous support #freyfoundation 🙏🏻🙏🏼🙏🏽 You can read about our project below or see it here: http://www.artprize.org/lists/list/60442 -//- An ode to workers in agricultural fields around the world who have been affected by Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown origin (CKDu). ‘Fragments from Forgotten Fields’ is an installation created by a collection of photographs depicting those affected by CKDu printed onto used sugarcane sacks and rice bags, incorporating audio and sound from the regions where CKDu is prevalent. The work will be installed as a small sanctuary-sized room with walls created by clotheslines, which are covered in fragmented portraits of those diagnosed with CKDu and their affected family and communities. This collection of portraiture was captured by photojournalists Ed Kashi and Tom Laffay from their documentation of CKDu in the agro-industrial fields around the world. Artist Aubrey Roemer continues memorializing the overlooked and forgotten agricultural workers in collaboration with photographers Ed Kashi and Tom Laffay, who are communicators for NGO La Isla Network (LIN). LIN advocates for human rights and furthers research for workers suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown origins (CKDu) around the world. . . . . . @richardapp @agent_glaser @ilanaweiss #laislanetwork #lincommunicators #ckdu #chronickidneydisease #socialjustice #humanrights #advocacy #agriculture #artprize #artprize2018 #grandrapids #journalism (at Art Prize~ Downtown) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnKMvDGnnYj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d2n5nyis8jo8