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COLDPLAY No.1 Album Painting for Sale in London for Kids Company

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COLDPLAY AND PARIS FOR KIDS COMPANY29th November – 2nd December 2012

 

COLDPLAY AND PARIS ARE TO HOST AN EXCLUSIVE EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL COLDPLAY ARTWORK AT PROUD GALLERIES, CAMDEN FROM 29 NOVEMBER – 2 DECEMBER. 100% OF PROCEEDS FROM ARTWORK SALES WILL GO TO KIDS COMPANY, A CHILDREN’S CHARITY WHICH PROVIDES EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

COLDPLAY posted this about it yesterday:  www.coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=1106

 

Coldplay have arranged an exclusive exhibition in conjunction with Kids Company, a charity that the group have supported for the last four years. The show, to open at Proud Galleries, Camden on 29 November, will feature three original paintings on canvas by Coldplay and their ‘Mylo Xyloto’ artwork collaborator Paris, as well as the original 7m X 2.5m graffiti wall that became the album artwork. A second wall painted by young children from Kids Company and Paris will be displayed alongside Coldplay’s larger wall.
Also available to purchase: three high-quality prints of the ‘Mylo Xyloto’ album artwork (each a limited edition of 8 and signed by the band); three high-quality album artwork prints (each a limited edition of 650 and signed by Paris); and unseen photographs from Coldplay’s ‘Mylo Xyloto’ world tour taken by Miller (aka Roadie #42), the band’s official tour photographer.

All work is for sale, with 100% of proceeds going to Kids Company, a children’s charity which reaches out to over 17,000 vulnerable young people in the most deprived areas of London. Coldplay’s last public benefit for the charity was in December 2011 when the group were joined by guest artists including Tinie Tempah and Emeli Sande in a benefit show at the 02 in London.


Chris Martin said; “Kids Company is a phenomenal organization that is very close to our hearts. While we were making the last album we did quite a lot of painting with our friend Paris. We built a special wall in our studio and sprayed it, wrote on it and threw things at it until it eventually became the artwork for ‘Mylo Xyloto’. This exhibition will be the first time that the wall has appeared in public”.

Will Champion added; “The big wall and the three paintings are all one-off Coldplay/Paris originals. The money raised will make a big difference to some of London’s most vulnerable children”.

Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder and Kids Company CEO, said; “The support Coldplay have given us over the years has been amazing. Art plays a major role in Kids Company’s work with vulnerable children: kids who have experienced trauma often find it easier to express themselves using art materials rather than words. Our recent award-winning exhibition in partnership with the Royal Academy demonstrated this very powerfully and poignantly”.

Alesha Dixon: Don't hit my mum. Alesha tackles domestic abuse.

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It’s a little known fact that 2 women a week die form domestic violence on the UK. At Frost we will be tuning into Alesha Dixon;s new show and urge you to as well.

At least 75,000 children per year witness domestic violence at home. ALESHA DIXON witnessed her mother suffer domestic violence between the ages of eight and ten. She has never spoken about the experience until now, twenty-one years later.

In an intimate and unsettling 60-minute documentary from the producers of Alesha Dixon: Who’s Your Daddy?, ALESHA finds her voice in the hope that, through hearing what she and others have experienced as children, others may be encouraged to speak out too. The Department of Health states that children who experience domestic violence at home are more likely to go on to suffer behavioural problems and mental health difficulties of their own. We know the impact of witnessing abuse as a child can be profound, so how do we go about dealing with this and getting children to a point where they can talk about what’s going on at home?

The singer and Strictly Coming Dancing judge goes in search of answers by talking to victims and experts, examining the emotional and physical implications of witnessing domestic violence, and investigating how it hinders their development and takes away their right to be a child. On her journey, ALESHA meets several brave young girls and boys who talk about their experiences and hears a heartbreaking story from a mother who has been abused. She joins a patrol team from Avon and Somerset Constabulary who deal with domestic violence on a daily basis – their region covering both rural and urban environments offering a snapshot of the rest of the country. ALESHA also meets CAMILLA BATMAN-GHELIDJ, chief executive of charity Kids Company, who is currently working alongside some of Britain’s top neuroscientists, to examine why some abused children go on to abuse, and others do not. Finally, ALESHA meets a dad who has abused, but has now acknowledged his mistakes by joining a perpetrator programme.

ALESHA’S aim, along with all the film’s contributors, is to portray why the support system could be even stronger for children affected by domestic violence. The government recently launched a 2 million pound ad campaign designed to help teenagers recognise abuse within their own relationships. This followed a study by the NSPCC and Bristol University which suggested a quarter of girls aged thirteen to seventeen had experienced physical violence from a boyfriend, and a third had been pressured into sexual acts they didn’t want. ALESHA goes to a sixth-form college to see how a group of teenagers react to the ad campaign and get them talking. Should the government now perhaps reach out to even younger children who are affected by domestic abuse? Should schools be taking more steps to raise awareness and offer more support to children affected by domestic violence? And should awareness around the issue become part of the National Curriculum?

Don’t Hit My Mum will transmit on BBC ONE, 15th November at 10.35pm