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$5,000 Donated to The Mockingbird Foundation from PhanArt thanks to artists and fans!

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I would like to thank all the artists who have displayed their Phish-inspired creations here on PhanArt over the last two years. Starting in the fall of 2009, PhanArt evolved from the original 400+ page coffee table book into an online site for fans to sell their Phish-inspired art, at no cost to them. The site has grown and become the main place for Phanart off the lot. The artists who have taken part in the site contributed art or made donations direct to The Mockingbird Foundation based on sales from fans like you. Without the fans and the artists, the $5,000 raised as of this past weekend would not have been attainable.

On to the next $5,000!

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PhanArt: The Art of the Fans of Phish, the coffee table book turned website featuring art inspired by the legendary band Phish has donated more than $5,000 to The Mockingbird Foundation. In just two years as a website, Phanart.net has been the #1 website for Phish fan-made merchandise and a marketplace for Phish artists and fans to buy and sell their Phanart, free of charge.

Starting in February of 2009 with the publication of PhanArt, the not-for-profit effort donated money to Mockingbird and sought to generate greater awareness of Mockingbird over the following summer. Pete Mason, a special education teacher living in Albany,NY developed Phanart.net, a website where Phish fans and artists can sell their Phish inspired art free of charge, with a simple request to donate some of their phanart or a percentage of sales directly to Mockingbird.

“PhanArt has been a labor of love for many years now and I am incredibly grateful that artists and fans in the Phish community have come together and have supported this book and website over the past 3 years and raising money for music education in the process.” Mason noted that both the book and the website are both an impressive collaborative effort that led to an expansion of the Phish art community and returned money back to that community. “My thanks go out to the artists who donated a portion of their sales and the fans for driving the sales through the site. This would not be possible without their efforts.”

While artists can make money on the website by selling their art, Mason continues to decline compensation for running the website and providing an outlet for Phish fans to reach other fans. “I find no reason to make profit off the art of others and keep the website open to all so that Phish fans can share their unique Phish inspired creations with others, make a little money to help them to get to the next show and donate to Mockingbird Foundation in the process.” Mason added, “Both PhanArt the book and the website were designed to showcase a slice of musicalAmericanathat would otherwise have faded into obscurity and give back into the community from which it came, through funding music education throughout the country”

Through the project website www.phanart.net, fans submitted art they had created in honor of the band. Original posters, bumper stickers, shirts, tattoos and even painted cars and license plates are some of the items Mason and his team has collected since starting the initiative in 2004. Only original items, not licensed by the band, are accepted for inclusion in PhanArt.

The 400+ page book feature more than 1600 pieces of art and over 40 essays, all created by fans of Phish, as well as numerous fan memories and stories collected over the bands 21-year existence. A version of PhanArt will be available for iPad, Kindle and other e-readers in early December.

The $5,000 amount is notable as it is the full grant amount that Mockingbird Foundation provides in their competitive grant process.

Jack Lebowitz, a founder and director of The Mockingbird Foundation said, “Of all our partners and supporters, PhanArt shares a special relationship with the Mockingbird Foundation by both of us having published books obsessively documenting grass roots Phish fan culture, and donating the proceeds for charity.”

“The Mockingbird Foundation recognizes Pete Mason and PhanArt’s contribution in cataloging the visual arts spun off by Phish fandom in poster art and lot merch in the PhanArt book. We salute’s Pete’s significant accomplishment in raising over $5,000 through sales of his book, merchandise and events.”

Grantees of Mockingbird have included schools, community centers, hospitals, shelters, workshops, camps, and scholarship programs fromMainetoCalifornia, from Appalachia to the Southwest, and fromKentuckyto Kosovo. The Mockingbird Foundation differs from other funders in the music in important ways, focusing on small grants, typically to unconventional programs and/or those catering to underserved children.

 

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10th annual Art of Ryan Kerrigan Holidaze Extravaganza!

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San Francisco PhanArtist Ryan Kerrigan is holding his 10th Annual Kerrigan Holidaze Extravaganza through December 12th. Check out some great deals on posters, pins, stickers, original art, framed pieces and more. Something for everyone! All deals can be found on The Art of Ryan Kerrigan’s Facebook page

All prices include shipping and you can place an order by sending a paypal to ryan@ryankerrigan.com. Please make sure to include a list of what you’d like in the paypal note

Share with friends and have Happy Holidaze!

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AJ Masthay Screens and Suds poster “Brew Master” on sale NOW

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From AJ Masthay:

I love beer. So when a great organization like Screens & Suds asks if I’d be willing to create a beer related print for their fundraiser, it’s a no-brainer. This one goes out to all the artists who prefer to use hops and barley as their inks, and clean, crisp water as their canvas – to the BrewMasters!

These five color linoleum block prints are from an edition of 120 and are printed on archival quality Canson Edition paper stock. A portion of the edition has already sold out at last weekend’s Screens and Suds event in Virginia. My allotment of prints will be available on MasthayStudios.com this Wednesday, November 9th, at 12 noon EST. Is it too early to mention what a great holiday gift these would make?… Yes, yes it is, but I said it anyway didn’t I… As always feel free to email me at info@masthaystudios.com with any questions, concerns, comments, etc. Oh and by the way, I have begun work on my first ever quadtych (4 prints that work together to form a giant freakin image). I’ll let you guess what event its for….. stay tuned for more info!

AJ
www.masthaystudios.com

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Glowstick Wars NYE ticket contest, pre-show GSW and sale deals

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Glowstick Wars is having a New Years Eve ticket giveaway contest, additional details can be found at the event page . The ticket is a mail order with a seat in section 105 for 12/31/11. There is NO PURCHASE NECESSARY and only one Facebook entry per person and one Twitter entry per person. Contestants can increase their chances of winning by buying a tube of glowsticks – one “name in the hat” for every tube purchased – or by submitting a video entry to Glowstickwars.com – one “name in the hat” for the submission, plus one extra name in the hat for every 5 Likes the video gets. The video with the most likes by the end of the contest on November 30th gets an extra 5 entries.

A new idea to kick off the New Years Run is a Pre-Show Glowstick War  When the lights go down on 12/28/11, the glowsticks start flying! A first of its kind addition to the awesome run of shows ahead of us.

For fans looking to pick up some glowsticks to bring the MSG, Glowstickward.com has made a few discounts available to fans through their store

Going with a few friends for the show and want to have a little fun on this run? Get a 10% discount AND free shipping on 5+ tubes. Use promo code: 5PHISHNY

Wanna get CRAZY and split some tubes with a bunch of friends? $150 cases of Show Sticks included shipping. 25 tubes of 100 sticks each. That’s 2,500 glowies! Promo code: 25PHISHNY

Glowstickwars.com is also going to be “donating” 5 glowsticks to every person that joins the page. 2000 people, for example, = 100 tubes. They will donate up to 125 tubes, a shitload of glowies!! Their plan is to hand these out outside MSG on 12/28 as people go inside the show. With 5 sticks per person and a little flier reminding them about the pre-show GSW, the first night of the run is definitely going to be the one of the brightest indoor shows ever!


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2011 Commemorative NYE NYC MSG Token Pendant by Jennifer Kahn

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Vermont artist Jennifer Kahn has been making jewelry for over a decade. Her designs fuse old and new, industrial and natural, urban and ethnic. She graduated from UVM with a BA in Art and English in 2001. Jennifer has sold her work at craft shows, in galleries and has been featured in exhibits across the US, UK, and Japan. Her work has been in top jewelry magazines and several books, included the cover of the Lark book “Stitched Jewels“.

For this New Years run, Jennifers’ second token evokes the current presence of activists camped out in NYC.  This year there are many fish and they play a more active role in the design – poised to take a bite out of the big apple. Not only does it commemorate the New Year’s Run with all 4 dates etched along the edge, but it is a true sign of the times with the letters “OCCUPY MSG” subtly spelled out among the fish. We might be small but our numbers are strong. From a distance the image resembles a flower… we come in peace.

Available in Sterling silver as a token $25, or pendant (on cord $38, or sterling chain $48) and NEW THIS YEAR – BRASS (not pictured) as a token $15, magnet $20, or pendant on cord $25. The token is the size of a quarter and makes a great holiday gift for your favorite fan! In a limited edition of 100 tokens, they are poised to sell fast. Jennifer’s signature can be found on the bottom edge. Once again, 10% of every sale will benefit The Mockingbird Foundation.

Pick up Jennifer’s newest creation here, and check out Jennifer’s Etsy Shop or if you live in Burlington you can also find her selling in Burlington, VT at various holiday craft shows and always on display at Trinket, 28 Church Street

Each item comes nicely packaged and ships Priority Mail. Shipping is a flat $5.00 for as many items as will fit in the box.
Pre-ordering starts now and orders will be shipped out on December 10th.

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Donations from artists Fall 2011

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Special thanks goes to the following artists who were featured on PhanArt over September and October!

They have been incredibly generous and through their efforts and donations, they will support the efforts of Mockingbird Foundation to promote music education throughout the country.

Sam and Evan of El Del Inc – 1 Pheriodic table of Elements and 1 Mikes Song Longsleeve.

Possum pins fron 10 minute tube designs – 2 Sloth pins

Wookstock Poster by Jambandistan People’s Creative Cooperative – 5 Wookstock Posters

N’Lytn Design Co. – Golgi/Google and Twitter/Tweezer shirts on white

Vermont Relief Pin from Party Time Pins – 2 Vermont pins

Couch Tour Posters and Pins from Off Lot Productions – $30 to Waterwheel Foundation

“Why Weigh on a Sunny Day”and Manteca Pins from stuPINdous Creations – Two manteca pins

“Phuck Yeah” Stickers and “Bouncin” Shirts by Phil – 1 Large Bouncin shirt and 10 Phuck Yeah stickers

Superball IX Race car pins and 25th, 50th & 100th show pins from Rory Boyan – $5

Lot Life stickers, posters, buttscratchas and Super ‘Ballin’ Wook shirts – $10

Original Page Against the Machine Stickers from Mike Distante –$15

HarryHood Hollywood Bowl Posters from Steve Forsthoefel – 3 posters

Tammy Bick – Slave to the Traffic light Ink drawing

Total: 25 pieces of Phanart and $60 in donations to Mockingbird and Waterwheel, with more to come!

Please support these artists who have so graciously donated their art and money to help support The Mockingbird Foundation and music education.

If you are interested in buying any of these donated items, email phanart (at) gmail and we can work out a donation to Mockingbird in exchange.

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Portland Timbers Ho shirts from PhishPDX

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Seth Reynolds-Mohler grew up in New York state and first got the Maxell blow-back effect at SPAC ’95. Ever since then his fascination with Phish and love for the community has grown brighter and brighter. Transplanted in the West Coast, Seth began a simple movement to unite Pacific Northwest phans over the interwebs. The Phish community of the PNW has bonded and is a flourishing scene where regular “Phish Phry” meet-ups, public webcast parties, pre-show parties, and more occur on the regs. This effort and connection to the community inspires his t-shirt designs. For now, the TIMBER HO mash-up of the Portland Timbers MLS team is the offer-du-jour. However, find NYE-inspired designs to hit the scene on PhanArt and Phish PDX by December 1.

This limited edition TIMBER HO mash-up of the Portland Timbers MLS team features the Languedoc axe-head and signature f-hole treatment to the catchy Portland Timbers logo. This is a sharp design that any MLS phan can appreciate (bonus if you’re in Timbers Army). These unisex tshirts are Gildan Ultra 100% Cotton and pre-shrunk. There are only a few sizes left with no reprints until next MLS season and Summer Tour ’12. Orders ship within a day of payment via USPS Priority Mail. 10% of all sales will benefit Mockingbird Foundation.


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12 Phish Pins for Auction for Mockingbird

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Our latest auction is one for all the pin collectors out there. Each of the pins is brand new and sealed in a plastic pouch with backings for each pin. Bidding starts at $40 and will last from Sunday evening until Friday evening. All profits from the final auction price (after shipping) will benefit Mockingbird Foundation.

They were donated for this auction by…

StuPINdous Creations – Manteca pin

Pin me Down – Trey is a Jedi reversible pin

Party Time Pins – Simple and Festival 9 Bouncin Sun pins

Ten Minute Tube Designs – Sand, Fee, Cavern and SiiHB pins

Zenster – Superball/Superman 9 Pin

Myfe. Designs – Golgi (Junkyard Dog with a Brain of Brass) and Tela pins

JDub Allstars – Fish eye pin

This auction netted $300 for Mockingbird Foundation!!!!!

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Dub Stop shirts from N’Lytn Design Co.

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Introducing N’Lytn Design Co. (Pronounced Enlighten) is a new custom garment decoration service. Unlike conventional screen printers, or heat transfer sublimations, N’Lytn is using a Direct to Garment printing method. What this allows is an array of colors with a very soft hand, as the design is printed directly onto the garment. With a wide selection of blank apparel to choose from, and the ability to print your digital art directly on it, we allow you to create exactly what you’re looking for. Unlike screen printers, we have the ability to do one offs and short runs without exorbitant set up fees. We also offer a wide variety of printing services, such as canvas art reproduction, coffee cups, ceramic tiles, wood, and much much more. With no set up time, we are able to provide quick turn around on orders placed with time sensitive demands. Feel free to contact us with any inquiries!
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PhanArt first saw this shirt on the lots at UIC. We found Keith and got in touch with him to showcase the shirt on PhanArt. Here’s the story behind the shirt:
Dub Stop. Don’t Step. The message is clear. Dubstep, in it’s current form, is plaguing our scene. It’s angry frequencies and excessive use of Low Frequency Output filter have gone too far. When will the madness end? The general populous of Dubstep shows are too high to even realize the music is horrible. Am I opinionated? Probably, but I’m certainly not the only one who sees it this way. The first run of shirts printed went to UIC Pavilion in August, and overall had a very positive response. Lack of plus sizes and women’s sizes was a drawback, and has been remedied! The front features the DUB STOP ala RUN DMC styling, while the back reminds you “Don’t Step“, with a great man’s handprint on the shoulder, as if he is placing his arm around you, gently reminding you that this is not the way. Bassnectar’s Lighting Engineer got a kick out of the shirts, even though Dubstep pays his bills. FREE SHIPPING!
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