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Help Ukraine: Without Reserve

Buy this artwork and help raise money for humanitarian relief in Ukraine!

Go Where The Love Is (2021), acrylic on canvas, 3 pieces, each: 50.8 x40.8cm

Go Where The Love Is (2021) by Joy C Martindale

🇺🇦Go Where The Love Is is my entry to Help Ukraine: Without Reserve. Proceeds go to Disasters Emergency Committee.

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Bid at https://theauctioncollective.com/auctions/help-ukraine-without-reserve/ and scroll down to Go Where The Love Is (2021) by Joy C Martindale

Thank you and Good Luck!

About the Artwork

The title of this work is a quote from the writer Salena Godden whose mother always told her to go where the love is. By this she meant surround yourself with positivity and spend time with people who believe in you and what you are trying to do.

When I heard these words I took them into my heart – I thought these words can help me as I try to find my way as an artist and a painter.

I think the advice is particularly good because it is also saying in life there will be many moments when you might not be understood or valued and when this happens don’t waste time, move on and seek others who will help you to be your best self.

Instagram links:

@disastersemergencycommittee
@rabotarussianart
@theauctioncollective

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Open Call for Aprons

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APRON APPEAL!! I’m launching the first workshop for Anti-Slavery Refugee Art Project tomorrow and I’m a bit short on aprons. If anyone local has a spare apron lying around that you don’t need, would you like to donate it for the workshops? I can return them at the end but they may get paint on them! Thanks!!

I’m still crowdfunding and I’m just £150 short of my goal, so it’s not too late to donate at http://www.gofundme.com/antislaveryrefugeeartproject (or in person if you want to avoid the online hassle) if you would like to back this community project.

Follow the story on Instagram: @joycmartindale

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/antislaveryrefugeeartproject 

 

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Anti-Slavery Refugee Art Project Fundraising Appeal 2018

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Can you help me launch a community art project by making a small donation at https://www.gofundme.com/antislaveryrefugeeartproject?

I am crowdfunding to run a collaborative art project for refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants supported by Migrant Help in Kent.

The project will be a celebration of the uniqueness of self-identity. It will provide participants the opportunity to move beyond the labels of ‘asylum seeker, refugee and migrant’ to express who they are as individuals. I hope the process of making an artwork together will generate a sense of belonging and make a positive difference to participants’ experience of life in the UK.

I need your help to make this project a success. Every penny donated will help me get this project off the ground. Thank you so much for making a donation. Please spread the word!

Follow the story on Instagram: @joycmartindale

GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/antislaveryrefugeeartproject 

Migrant Help:  https://www.migranthelpuk.org

Read more: https://joycmartindale.com/fundraising-appeal/

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