A FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN is being launched to raise the monies necessary to establish a Gee Vaucher Art Foundation tasked to “preserve, protect and promote the artistic legacy of Gee Vaucher.”
The new Foundation that, will be guided by a “board of curators, designers and cultural producers”, will have three key aims: to ensure continuity of safeguarded access to Vaucher’s artistry; to establish a permanent London archive and gallery for Vaucher’s work; and to “continue the legacy of radical creativity” established at Dial House by eventually “taking ownership and stewardship” of the premises and “ensuring its future as a living centre for creativity, collaboration and social change.”
While many people first encounter Vaucher through her iconic visual work with Crass, her significance extends far beyond that. The mission of the Gee Vaucher Foundation is to preserve, protect and promote the artistic legacy of Gee Vaucher, one of the most important British artists of the last fifty years.
The Gee Vaucher Foundation has three key strands to its mission:
1. To ensure that Vaucher’s body of work remains whole, accessible and safeguarded for future generations and available for public engagement, education, and inspiration.
2. To find a permanent home for the foundation in London to house and display Vaucher’s body of work.
3. For these premises to continue the legacy of radical creativity encouraged at Dial House, the historic home of Crass and open-house founded by Vaucher and Penny Rimbaud in 1967.
The Foundation’s mission is to help advance public education, appreciation and understanding of the arts through exhibitions, learning programmes and community engagement. As it develops, the Foundation will not only honour Gee Vaucher’s extraordinary contribution to art and activism, but also to supporting the next generation of radical creatives committed to pushing boundaries, asking difficult questions and challenging the status quo.Meanwhile, Vaucher and Rimbaud will continue to run Dial House as they always have: welcoming visitors, hosting creative events, and offering residencies where artists and collaborators can experiment, share skills and develop independent projects rooted in progressive, radical values.
Eventually, with the demise of Vaucher and Rimbaud, Dial House will transfer into the ownership and stewardship of the Foundation, ensuring its future as a living centre for creativity, collaboration and social change.
We are now seeking donors to help make this ambition a reality. Your support will enable us to acquire and establish this permanent home, secure these irreplaceable collections for future generations, and create an enduring public resource where art, activism continue to shape one another for decades to come.
— Gee Vaucher Art Foundation
To support the fundraising and publicity efforts, the Gee Vaucher Art Foundation has set up a new web site (currently a work in progress).
The Gee Vaucher Art Foundation
https://geevaucherartfoundation.org/