As every year, Israel’s biggest financial institution, „Bank Hapoalim“, transforms it’s headquarter into an art gallery. The social purpose of this year’s exhibition was the support of the local AIDS task force. The exhibition featured artworks of hundreds of artist who contributed to the raising of money. Among the participating artists were also 15 mouth-
The self-made video by foot painter Tom Yendell from the UK has been viewed an incredible 98 million times! on the Facebook channel of “„People are Awesome“. During a one-minute time-lapse, the artist shows one of his motives from creation to completion. Take a look at the fascinating work of Tom Yendell!
On May 5th and 15th ,2018, the Danish publishing house held two open days in Copenhagen. The Danish artists Ruth Christensen, Ann Lund Wahlberg and Yvonne Vendel painted numerous artworks and spoke to the interested visitors with great joy and pride. They answered questions about the association and the art of mouth painting. The artists
On March 8, 2018, the Indonesian member Sabar Subadri was invited by the local TV channel TRANS TV to the popular midday show “Brownis”. He was warmly welcomed by the audience and interviewed by the moderation team. With great pleasure and a little pride, he told about the daily life from the perspective of a
On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2018, mouth painter Rosie Moriarty-Simmonds has been included in the Walesonline list of ‘100 Women a celebration of Wales Brilliant Women’. The writers of Wales Arts Review have nominated 100 women of Wales who they think you should be following on Twitter. Rosie Moriarty-Simmonds was Cardiff University’s
Jesfer Pulikkathody, mouthpainter from India, was able to accomplish one of his long cherished dreams. He travelled to Dubai in response to an invitation from Dubai’s Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Muhammad bin Raschid Al Maktum, where he had the opportunity to meet him and present to him the portrait of Dubai ruler, His Highness
The Slovenian mouth painter Silvo Mehle died a year ago. The versatile artist was very popular among friends, mouth- foot painters and art critics from Slovenia and neighboring Croatia. In cooperation with the company Salus, an exhibition was opened in their gallery in Ljubljana on January 12, 2018, in his honor. Numerous friends, acquaintances, mouth
Sunitha THRIPPANIKKARA, a scholarship holder from India, was awarded with the “Award for Outstanding Creative Adult Persons with Disabilities” on 3rd December 2017 in New Delhi. The award was presented to her personally by the President of India Ram Nath Kovind which triggered strong emotions among the guests and the artist herself. VDMFK sincerely congratulates
On December 1st, the International Day of People with Disabilitiesan, an international exhibition of mouth and foot painters was opened at the Cultural Center of the Embassy of Hungary, at the Balassi Institute in Ljubljana. The exhibition was organized by the publishing house in Slovenia, Zalozba UNSU d.o.o. The Director of the Cultural Center of
The mouth and foot painting artists, represented by their president Serge Maudet, invited from the 20st to 22nd of October 2017 in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris. Every year, this event gives artists from all over the world the opportunity to draw attention to themselves and their art by presenting their works together in
From November 24th to December 10th, 2017, Marc Brichot, an exceptional as well as talented and generous artist, shares the walls of Action-Sud with various local artists. Marc has managed to overcome the limitations imposed by his disability by expressing his artistic skills in various fields, such as writing, poetry, painting, etching and watercolor painting.
On the occasion of its 60-year history, AbilityArt is presenting a great event: “AbilityArt The Power of Difference”, an exciting and interactive exhibition dedicated to the works of artists with physical difficulties. The protagonists are: painters, but above all people who cannot be stopped by a physical disability and without having chosen the path of
With festivities in the air, India gears up for a season full of celebrations and exuberance. To make these celebrations even more memorable and purposeful, Nestlé India has partnered with Indian Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (IMFPA) association to create unique gift packs that promise to make our gifting more purposeful. This collaboration celebrates the
The German publishing house of mouth- and foot painters (MFK Verlag) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and so the annual workshop was dedicated to this special anniversary. From 21 to 27 August 2017, Lars Höllerer, Thomas Kahlau, Antje Kratz, Selma Aman, Markus Kostka, Reinhard Melzer and Waldemar Merz met in Potsdam for a common
The mouth and foot painters meet in the “Carrousel du Louvre” and show their artwork. Serge Maudet, mouth painter and president of the Association of Mouth and Foot painting Artists will be present. Between Friday, October 20th and Sunday, October 22nd 2017, he will be giving painting demonstrations and be happy to answer your questions.
On Tuesday 26th September 2017 the Duke of Cambridge was the very special guest unveiling a commemorative pillar at the cenotaph known as the Milton Keynes Rose. The pillars at the Rose feature days of importance to local people and the event was to mark the 50th anniversary of the inauguration of the new town
The book was published on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of VDMFK. Among other things the book focuses on the artists, who are presented in word and picture as well as with their artistic work. In addition, it gives a brief, pictorial sketch of the history of the VDMFK as well as an insight
The Taiwanese publishing house organized a special exhibition at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei from the 5th to the 20st of August 2017. A total of 23 foot and mouth painters participated in the exhibition. The exhibition was opened under the heading “when God has closed a door, he might open a window
Le Croisic (Pays de la Loire) hosted for the fifth time the course of French mouth and foot painting artists. It is always a pleasant place to join and work but also an occasion to share some precious time together. 15 French artists participated on this event. The aim of the course was to improve
A new edition of Openarts took place at the Norcenter Lifestyle Mall in Buenos Aires (Argentina) from 9 to 11 June 2017. More than 100 artists showed their painting skills, among them the mouth-painter Cesar Andreas BARCIA, who was in no way inferior to his competitors. He enjoyed the lively admiration of the interested people
