* 96 Gillespie presents it's annual summer exhibition - feat work from KT Tunstall * – 20.07.07

July 15 – August 5 2007

This year’s summer exhibition at the 96 Gillespie Gallery is to benefit 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, Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Jamie Reid,James Cauty, Sexton Ming(Aquarium

Gallery) Melanie Standage, Pandora Vaughan, Jodi Buonanno, Robin Footitt, KT Tunstall, David Shillinglaw, Rich Jacobs, Tim Kerr, Harrison Haynes, Pat Graham, Kristen Cutlip, Savage Pencil, Owen Richards, Day 19,Eve Libertine, and many more…

Cal was born with a genetic motor neuron disease called Type 1 SMA, or Spinal Muscular Atrophy. 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. And to help them give him every opportunity for comfort & development.

Location: 96 Gillespie Road, London N5 1LN

Opening hours: Thursday-Sunday; 2-6 pm, or by appointment

Admission: Free

Phone: +44 (0) 207 503 3496
Arsenal (Piccadilly Line); Bus Routes: 19, 4, 106, 236

http://www.96gillespie.com
http://callumrobbins.blogspot.com/

* 96 Gillespie presents it's annual summer exhibition - feat work from KT Tunstall * – 20.07.07

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