Maggie's Art Sale Celebrates The Joy Of Living

29 March 2011

Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres are hoping that some simple sheets of graph paper will raise £50,000 for their work

Joy Of Living #64 (Untitled by WOKmedia)

The Joy of Living exhibition brings together over 100 top design gurus in support of our charity partner.

Each was sent a piece of A4 graph paper and asked to create an original piece of art which celebrates the joy of living.

The work was exhibited at Somerset House in London from 15-21 March. It's now gone on sale to raise funds for Maggie's.

The pictures can be seen on the Joy of Living website.

Each artwork – whether from a famous designer or a rising star – comes with a £250 price tag.

Journalist and design author, Max Fraser set the design challenge. He said: “After a very personal, emotional journey as I supported my mother through her 6-year battle with cancer, I vowed to contribute in some way to mankind’s fight against this disease.

“Maggie's recognises that building an atmosphere of calm and celebrating a good quality of life are immensely beneficial to patients, and I know that my mother would have benefited so positively from its services.

“Charity founder Maggie Keswick Jencks once said, ‘Above all what matters is not to lose the joy of living in the fear of dying’ and this statement has inspired the design challenge and Joy of Living project.”

Our players have raised over £1.65 million for Maggie’s. That’s enough to fund four Cancer Caring Centres, helping 29,000 people to cope with cancer.