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Lindsay Anne Black's Transition Fund

Due to a Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, designer Lindsay Anne Black is facing early retirement - let's help her get back on her feet as she changes her life!

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Lindsay Anne Black's Transition Fund

Lindsay Anne Black's Transition Fund

Lindsay Anne Black's Transition Fund

Lindsay Anne Black's Transition Fund

Lindsay Anne Black's Transition Fund

Due to a Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, designer Lindsay Anne Black is facing early retirement - let's help her get back on her feet as she changes her life!

Due to a Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, designer Lindsay Anne Black is facing early retirement - let's help her get back on her feet as she changes her life!

Due to a Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, designer Lindsay Anne Black is facing early retirement - let's help her get back on her feet as she changes her life!

Due to a Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, designer Lindsay Anne Black is facing early retirement - let's help her get back on her feet as she changes her life!

Gideon Arthurs
Gideon Arthurs
Gideon Arthurs
Gideon Arthurs
1 Campaign |
Toronto, Canada
$5,551 USD 86 backers
222% of $2,500 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

There isn't an actor she hasn't made look good or a director she hasn't helped bring a show to life - designer extraordinaire Lindsay Anne Black is now facing an unexpected early retirement from the work she is so very good at.  Lindsay has always been inventive, generous, adventurous and kind in her work.  It's time we helped her as she moves on to her next life adventure. 

Noticing increasingly severe health issues over the past few years, Lindsay has made the brave choice to move on from the theatre world she loves as she deals with a severe Multiple Chemical Sensitivity. 

In Lindsay's own words:

"By 2010, chronic exposure to paint/adhesives/solvents was giving me abdominal pain, asthma, and blurred vision on top of the occasional attacks of heart palpitations. I abandoned painting and props, and switched to designing full-time. In 2011, my new toxicologist finally linked what we thought had been separate health problems together under Chemical Sensitivity, but did not know a lot about it. I did not know until later that it is considered a permanent disability."

Her health concerns are so acute, that Lindsay even has trouble with non-theatre workplaces:

"It now takes very little to trigger an attack of heart palpitations (which can sometimes lead to loss of consciousness) and I am constantly suffering from itchy eyes, asthma, tingling in my hands, and burning rashes. Transit is difficult for me at any time of day, but actually dangerous during rush hour. Same goes for any crowds; I have been very sick during and after previews and openings. I cannot go to malls."

Lindsay can no longer work with the tools of her trade.  Those of us who have had the honour of working with her know what a loss this is.

HELP US HELP LINDSAY AS SHE MAKES THIS TRANSITION.

We all know how hard it is to be a freelance artist - imagine having that worked pulled right out from under you.  Lindsay needs our support in this difficult moment.  Any funds raised go straight to LAB to help her on her way - simple as that. 

Lindsay has worked across the theatre scene in Canada, including at:

Tarragon Theatre, Theatre Passe Muraille, Factory Theatre, Buddies In Bad Times, Stratford Festival, Theatre Aquarius, Blyth Festival, George Brown Theatre School and for about 11 million independent production companies.  

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THANKS!

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Lindsay agrees to thank you out loud to the air when she hears about your donation!
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THANKS SOME MORE

$25 USD
Campaign organizer Gideon Arthurs will send you a personal note of thanks (via email) for your generosity!
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SHOUT OUT

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Gideon and Lindsay will yell your name as loud as they can as soon as they hear you have donated!
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You're amazing.

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That's all - you get everything below, and the comforting knowledge that you have done something really, really good.
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