Day 4

Les Coleman

Day 3

Patrick Hughes 

Day 2

Natasha Morland 

27 Artists, 27 days to go...

We have reached the 27 day mark, an unusual mile stone for most events, but with 27 artists we thought it apt to start the count down by posting one of the works here every day, taking us to the 4th December.

I'm afraid you will have to wait until the event to see the accompanying texts, we wouldn't want to give it all away!

Day 1: Holly Frean

Full House

With only a month to go until the event, things are moving fast. Since the last post we have received the final painting from artist number 27 and have signed off The Georgie Project book. With the preface written by the wonderful artist and curator Stuart Semple, it will have images of all of the artworks and artists as well as the answers to a set of questions that the artists have contributed, exploring creative minds and mental health.

It will be on sale on the 4th December.

The line up for the night is hotting up: We are very excited to announce that artist and poet extraordinaire Richard Dyer will be performing for us at the Gallery. We will also welcome singer songwriter Hoon Young Kim with his guitar and beautiful vocals. This will be followed by renowned DJ, Rusty Egan to send you home with your toes tapping.

We will start to post images of some of the art works here soon so keep an eye out to catch the first glimpse!

Update

Artist number twenty five

Thrilling news.  We have a date and a place for the Georgie Project show.  The Griffin Gallery will be hosting the it on 4th December and we have an auctioneer from Sotheby's willing to come on board.  The space is part of Winsor and Newton HQ, next to the Louise T Blouin institute and Mario Testino's office, in a tucked away section of Notting Hill.  They champion emerging artists and will also be hosting Matt Roberts Arts' 2012 Salon Art Prize in December so we are in good company.

meeting of the MINDs

Artist number three

I am happy to report that MIND charity will be the recipients of funds raised through sales of the works from the show.  Having discussed options with them, they have agreed to allocate 50% of proceeds to their Creative Therapies Fund which feels relevant to the inspiration for this project; Georgie found herself more than once in psychiatric wards and would turn to art to help her through those times.  Her endeavors were self initiated.  Had she been offered the chance to work through her struggles in a guided therapeutic environment using art, she may well have benefited further.

The venue has still to be decided but now that the charity is confirmed,  the rest should fall into place more quickly.  There is  a new person on board to help with the project.  George Little has recently graduated from the RCA and aside from making strange (in a good way) paintings, he is about to cycle to Denmark and back for the hell of it.  A touch of insanity is all that is required for the job so he's hired.