I received the following email this morning from someone else in the fine-arts field, regarding a “Kenya Wildlife Art Field Study & Retreat” for June 2009 that Christopher Gervais is listing on his website:
“I contacted Kuki Gallmann to let them know about his [Gervais’] collecting $400 for the retreat he is sponsoring. This is the email I received back:
Thank you for this info:Wow!!
He is actually doing no Artist Retreat with us at all, although he attempted to!!Thank you again for warning us!
warm regards
Kuki Gallmann
From Kenya.”
So - as with prior posts on this topic, forewarned is forearmed.
To learn more about the Gallman Memorial Foundation and its conservation work in Kenya - as well as the fires set by poachers on the reserve two months ago - please visit www.gallmannkenya.org. (The arson story is under their “News & Events” link).
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May 28th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Just posted this on my Facebook page.
May 29th, 2009 at 6:28 am
I wonder if Western and Wildlife Art Magazine will do a story on this (entitled “Gall of the Wild”, of course)
It would probably be a big hit and generate a lot of new subscriptions.
May 30th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
He [Gervais] certainly has a lot of gall ;o)
June 26th, 2009 at 8:48 am
A fellow artist alerted me to a major event regarding this crook. I don’t know why this happened, but I tend to believe it had something to do with all the complaints filed against him - in any event - I’m glad he’s out of business (for now). If he starts up again next year - I’ll be one of the FIRST to see to it that others are informed of his business practices.
http://www.wildlifeartshows.com/Home_Page.php
June 29th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I also received an email today from an artist who has had (unfortunate) dealings with Mr. Gervais:
July 21st, 2009 at 2:10 pm
This jacka!! has the gall to post his new issue of Western & Wildlife Art Magazine - like he did nothing wrong in duping all those artists out of their hard earned money and its business as usual!
http://www.westernwildlifemag.com/
celebrating an important “milestone” - the “magazine” is one year old. The only milestone I want to see is this jerk in JAIL!
July 22nd, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Yeah, I got that email too, Marti……I tend to believe kharma has a way of sorting these things out.