African Bazaar
Still thinking about that colorful kikoy from Kenya? Or the beautiful handmade leather and bone necklaces from Mali? How about the gorgeous malachite dishes from the DR Congo? You can still get them! Visit our online African Bazaar to purchase the gifts you missed out on at the Women Helping Women New York Luncheon! The [...]
Just Around the Corner Art Auction Raises $750,000
We are thrilled to announce that our May 22nd art auction with Sotheby’s at the Kistefos Museum outside Oslo, Norway raised NOK 4.2 million (£ 467,000) to improve the lives of people in Africa with access to clean water! The Just Around the Corner Art Auction shattered an outrageous number of records. It was the [...]
Just Around the Corner Art Auction
Please join us for the Just Around the Corner Art Auction at The Kistefos Museum outside Oslo on Sunday, May 22nd! The art auction will be conducted by Sotheby’s, who will waive commissions in the name of charity. Lord Poltimore, Deputy Chairman, Sotheby’s Europe will be the auctioneer. Just Around the Corner will be Sotheby’s first charity [...]
Old Salem Farms Spring Horse Show May 10-22
The Dogon will be on display at the Old Salem Farms Spring Horse Show in North Salem, New York thanks to our friends at VOSS water! The photographs, a limited-edition series taken by world-renowned photographer Stuart Franklin, will be featured in a gallery space in the Main Barn from May 10-22. The photographs will be [...]
Just Around the Corner Art Auction: You’re Invited!
On the same day, the Kistefos Museet is inviting you to an Artist Talk with the world-renowned British artist, Marc Quinn. Check out the invitation!
The Dogon at Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
On Thursday, November 4th, the Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia hosted the opening of The Dogon: Work, Women, and Water. The show will be on display at the Ivy League university through January 9th. In the photo above, Dejay Duckett and Lynn Marsden-Atlass of Arthur Ross Gallery, Danielle Jackson [...]
The Dogon in the Hamptons
Mark Borghi Fine Art 2426 Main Street Bridgehampton, NY Saturday, August 28th 6 – 9 pm Please join the Voss Foundation to celebrate the opening night of The Dogon exhibit at the Bridgehampton, NY location of renowned Mark Borghi Fine Art. 100% of proceeds of sales of The Dogon photographs go directly to the Voss [...]
Nantucket Fundraiser at CERI: A Celebration of The Dogon
CERI 25 Centre Street Nantucket, MA July 31st 10 am – 8 pm Please join the Voss Foundation for a celebration of The Dogon in Nantucket at CERI, the women’s designer boutique. CERI will generously donate 10% of sales throughout the day to the Voss Foundation and its work building and rehabilitating wells in Africa. [...]
Jewel charity concerts to benefit Give A Drop and the Voss Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MULTI-PLATINUM SINGER /SONGWRITER JEWEL TO PERFORM TWO CHARITABLE CONCERTS AT NASHVILLE’S LEGENDARY BLUEBIRD CAFÉ ON APRIL 28TH All Proceeds From the Concert Benefit “Project Clean Water” A Charity Founded and Supported by Jewel Recording artist and philanthropist, Jewel, will perform two shows at the legendary Bluebird Café in Nashville, TN, to benefit [...]
Limited Edition Pennyroyal JEWELry
Singer/songwriter Jewel, Voss Foundation’s Give A Drop partner, has collaborated with jeweler to the [rock]stars, Pennyroyal, to design a limited-edition silver necklace benefiting Give A Drop projects (currently funding Voss Foundation work in Mali). The Give A Drop pendant is the newest piece in the Pennyroyal Signature Collection. Pennyroyal Silver is a jewelry design company, [...]
Photos and Recap: The Dogon Opening in New York
The Dogon opening party at Heiberg Cummings Gallery in New York last week was a huge success! The room was packed full of art collectors, philanthropists, and other fans of the Voss Foundation and Stuart Franklin. The party raised both awareness of the global water crisis and vital funds to combat it, as a good [...]
Recap: The Dogon Opening at Galleri Bouhlou in Bergen
The Voss Foundation’s opening of The Dogon at Bergen’s Gallerie Bouhlou was quite a success! The gallery was packed, despite the cold, and Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Grethe Strøm-Eriksen officially opened the show, speaking about the importance of water in health and praising the Voss Foundation’s work. The photo above shows Voss [...]
January 9: The Dogon Opening at Galleri Bouhlou in Bergen
Please join us for Norway’s newest opening of Stuart Franklin’s “The Dogon” to benefit the Voss Foundation on Saturday, January 9, 2PM at Gallery Bouhlou, Allégaten 22. The exhibition will be opened by Health and Human Services Minister Anne-Grethe Strøm-Eriksen. Revenues from sales of pictures will help the Voss Foundation provide sub-Saharan African villages clean [...]
January 14: New York Opening of The Dogon
Stuart Franklin/Magnum Photos Photography january 14 – january 31 please join us! for the opening evening party january 14, 2010 6:00-8:00 PM Heiberg Cummings 420 west 25th street 1c new york, ny between 9th and 10th avenues All proceeds from sales will go to the Voss Foundation and their efforts to provide clean drinking water [...]
The Dogon at Heiberg Cummings Gallery in New York
Norwegian/American design firm and fine art gallery Heiberg Cummings will display Stuart Franklin’s The Dogon at their New York gallery in Chelsea to benefit the Voss Foundation. The exhibit will open January 14th with an evening reception; the photographs will remain up through January 31st. For more information, please contact info@thevossfoundation.org. The Voss Foundation is [...]
Voss Foundation on the Norwegian National Fundraising Telethon
Stuart Franklin‘s “Girl wearing Norwegian jewellery” from The Dogon will be featured in this Sunday’s annual Norwegian telethon! NRK’s TV Aksjonen is one of the largest televised fundraising events in the world. The 2009 goal this October 18th is to raise over €20 million. The Voss Foundation is honored to align with CARE Norway, the beneficiary of this year’s telethon, [...]
Blomqvist Opening: Recap and Photos
Over 150 people came to the opening of Stuart Franklin’s The Dogon photo series to benefit the Voss Foundation, at Blomqvist Kunsthandel in Oslo Saturday afternoon. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre kicked off the festivities: Voss Foundation European Representative Cecilie Malm Brundtland introduced photographer Stuart Franklin: Stuart addressed the crowd: Stuart and the Foreign [...]
The Dogon Opening at Blomqvist Kunsthandel
OSLO / NEW YORK / LONDON: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Voss Foundation to exhibit Magnum Photographer Stuart Franklin’s photos of Mali at Oslo’s Blomqvist Kunsthandel from October 24 to November 1 2009 Sales of the limited edition photo series The Dogon to provide up to 10 African villages with access to clean water Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas [...]
First exhibit of The Dogon: Tjuvholmen
Beginning Friday, September 18 “The Dogon” photo series will be on display in the Tjuvholmen neighborhood of Oslo. The photographs will be on display in a storefront on the Tjuvholmen Alle, most recently the host of a private Damien Hirst collection. The store is closed to the general public but personal tours may be arranged by calling +47 [...]
Interview with Stuart Franklin
On the Voss Foundation/Magnum Photos trip to Mali in May, VF European Representative Cecilie Malm Brundtland had a chance to sit down with former Magnum President Stuart Franklin for a brief interview. His responses are below; A limited edition of Stuart’s photographs will be sold later this year to benefit the Voss Foundation. Stay tuned [...]
Dogon dispatches
We’ve been getting great reports of the trip to Mali with photographer Stuart Franklin. Today, Sebastien Amodeo, our friend with the local AED office in Bandiagara, sent us some photos from Dogon country. You can see Voss Foundation European Representatives Cecilie Brundtland and Anette Krosby making friends and learning about water delivery issues in Pel [...]
