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    The Art Lover

    Show your support with a small, simple donation and we will thank you on our dedicated patrons page.

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    Have a drink with us!

    Keep our gallery thriving and reward yourself with a tea or coffee in your very own VanGoYourself mug, beautifully printed with our logo.

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    Sponsor a painting

    Help us to add another fabulous painting to VanGoYourself so that more people can discover the amazing collections inside museums and galleries.
    We will contact you to let you know which painting you have sponsored and you will see your name credited on the paintings page of our site. You can then check back regularly, at any time, to see how your painting is doing and look at any recreations made.

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    The VanGoYourself SuperFan

    Get everything in one beautiful package for a special price.

    THE ART LOVER + HAVE A DRINK WITH US! + ADOPT A PAINTING = SuperFan.

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    The Cosmopolitain

    Support us to release paintings from more countries. Your donation will allow us to build an exciting set of images from a range of countries and collections across Europe. Tell us which countries you would like to see represented on VanGoYourself and we will focus our efforts in that direction. We will contact you to let you know which set of paintings we have added and your name will be credited alongside ALL the paintings added as a result of your donation.

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    Your very own Pop-Up VanGoYourself event

    Have your own exclusive pop-up VanGoYourself event, designed to take place for you and your friends or colleagues in Brighton, Barcelona or Berlin.

    On an afternoon of your choice, members of the VanGoYourself team will arrange everything for you to recreate a famous painting in a fabulous historic location in one of the three cities. We will bring all the props and costumes, take all the pictures, do all the organising and bring the drinks and snacks! All you need to do is turn up with your group, have fun and create your own art.

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    Putting your company in the picture

    VanGoYourself and your team at your next staff meeting, conference or party. We will help you by providing top tips and ideas on how to make your recreation fun for everyone and get the best result for your team. We will feature your re-enactment in our VanGo’d gallery and credit your company with a logo and link to your website so everyone knows how much you love the arts.

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    Sponsor VanGoYourself

    Is your business looking to support the arts? Do you believe in the power of art to transform lives? Do you want to be associated with a fun, friendly, creative art project that is transforming the way people connect to culture? This is a unique, one-off opportunity to become the VanGoYourself headline sponsor and get your company logo on our site and all our associated communications with both the public and our community of hundreds of museums and galleries across Europe.

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August
04

You did it!

A huge thank you to all our supporters and the International University of Andalucia whose kind pledges made sure we raised a total of €5,365. 

We will now be able to extend the reach and build upon the success of VanGoYourself. Because...

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July
16

Four Days to Go

In the words of Barack: four more years. No, hang on, four more days. It is with a tinge of sadness that I'm preparing for our highly emotional crowdfunder to make its final calls. Like an on-form episode of Bob the Builder, it's been good...

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July
13

Making VanGoYourself work for your event

It’s still Monday. Never mind. Fun might seem as distant a memory as a Greek getting a ten-pint round in at the moment, but I thought I’d write about something most people might not know about for today’s blog: namely...

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July
12

Everything in Moderation

As anyone who’s never eaten pizza or double chocolate chip ice cream knows, moderation is key to most things. With VanGoYourself, we get a daily stream of recreations from people all over the world. Moderating them could, strictly speaking...

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July
10

That Friday feeling

Getting into the Friday spirit with all the jollity of Dracula on a Bloody Mary hangover, today I’ve decided to compile some of the splendid recreations of Lady in Mourning we've had in. Martin Mendgen – a later disciple of German...

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July
09

We're Jammin'

Our CEO Jane Finnis is in Vienna today for the Europeana Creative Culture Jam - the final showcase event of Europeana Creative, a groundbreaking project that explores ways for creative industries to connect with cultural heritage...

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Introducing the Pre Raphaelite ladies

We have just welcomed these beautiful sirens, Madeleine and Isabella and the Pot of Basil, onto VanGoYourself. Don't leave them looking so forlorn and lonely...show them some love and sponsor them on their VanGoYourself journey for...

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Larks and recreation - inside the VanGoYourself epicentre

We’ve been busier than a traffic warden on double commission over the past 29 days of fundraising – except it’s been a lot more fun than handing out tickets, and all the money we’re raising should create widespread...

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July
02

Check us out on BuzzFeed

VanGoYourself has been featured on Buzzfeed  with this story pulling together some of the team's favourite recreations of paintings.

On our Pinterest page we’ve pulled together a board of people’s best impressions of Van...
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June
18

Sponsor a painting?

VanGoForIt  #Waterloo200

Today is the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo and what better time to show your support for our crowdfunding campaign by sponsoring one of these totally amazing paintings from the National...
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June
16

#VanGoForIt Feeling very good at 20%

A huge thanks to all the friends, family and colleagues who have stepped up and were the very first people to donate, without you, we couldn't have got started. We are now starting to reach out first new fans, so a big welcome to you. We totally...

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