Australian artists staging exhibition
Category: Tacugama | Date: Jul 25 2008 | By: tacugama
We were recently contacted by two Australian artists who learned about Tacugama through a documentary called “Chimps under Fire” from Animal Planet. They’ve been moved to create a series of works that will be exhibited in October at Monarto Zoo in South Australia.
Leigh Rust and Patrick Hedges are not only helping to raise the profile of Tacugama, they’re also donating a large portion of the profits from their works to Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary and the Monarto Zoo to help conservation efforts for our amazing chimpanzees. Their exhibition will coincide with the official opening of Monarto Zoo’s new chimp habitat.
We’re extremely grateful to Leigh and Patrick and we’ll let you all know how the exhibition goes. In the meantime we’re providing photos of the Tacugama families for the guys to use as source materials for their work. Here’s a couple of tasters for you…
…. from Leigh
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Bala Amarasekaran abandoned his original career as an accountant to establish Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary in 1995. Together with the Government of Sierra Leone, he is working to secure the welfare and future of chimpanzees in Sierra Leone.
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Donations Received
- Nov 4th Yvonne M. USD55.00
- Nov 1st Amy M. USD10.00
- Nov 1st Yang H. USD20.00
- Oct 24th Raúl C. USD79.00
- Oct 18th Simone S. USD86.90
- Oct 17th Christine C. USD20.00
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- Sep 9th Lucia C. USD100.00
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