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A bit of help for the Traveling Pony Museum!

The Traveling Pony Museum FINALLY has a Kickstarter account!

What exactly IS the Traveling Pony Museum, you say?

Let’s have a little copy pasta action here:
The Traveling Pony Museum is a collection of artwork, plushies, sculptures and more from various artists of the My Little Pony Friendship is Magic fandom community. The purpose is to act as a showcase to bring talent and creativity of artists to the community who may otherwise not have a chance to see such things in person. We currently have over 35 different artists on board with almost 100 pieces coming in.

The Museum will be traveling to all major MLP conventions throughout the United States including BronyCon, Everfree NW, Canterlot Gardens, Bronies D.C., Bronies Boston, Bronies NYC and more.
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The Traveling Pony Museum will also be making an appearance at the Seattle Childrens Hospital along with Voice Actors from the show itself. Our goal there is to bring smiles to sick and injured kids.

The museum is already underway in being pulled together with art pieces coming in one by one. All we need now is a way to get to where we need to go.


In other words, the Traveling Pony Museum acts as a way for artists to be able to showcase their artwork at ALL of the major My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic conventions and events.

And fear not, fellow G1, G2, and G3 fans! While the main focus IS on the Friendship is Magic line, I’ve spoken with Inky, and she mentioned that artwork accepted in to the Museum will NOT be limited to JUST Friendship is Magic. I myself am currently working on a G1 baby custom that I plan on having the Traveling Pony Museum showcase for me at all of the major pony conventions across the US before I go about selling it.


HOWEVER…

In order for all of this awesomeness to happen, the TPM needs funds to be able to TRAVEL to these events. And THAT is where the Kickstarter account comes in to play.

And more copy pasta:
With the funding we can gather we will be renting transportation to properly transport the delicate art pieces as well as buy proper display material so that the pieces are safe while being shown.


Take it from me… boxing, transporting, and displaying pieces in shows is NOT easy and it can pricey, especially if you have large framed pieces, or sculptures. Friends whom have helped me set up my displays at conventions and art shows can attest to my pre-show hunts for PROTECTIVE displays for my pieces, and my helicoptering while at the show to make sure that said pieces aren’t damaged in any way. It’s worth every penny to make sure those pieces are as safe as I can make them.

And it makes me happy to know that Inky wishes to do the same for the pieces that artists send to the Traveling Pony Museum to display in the artists names.


Every penny counts!
If you’d like to help with a donation towards the Traveling Pony Museum, give this mass of words right here a click with your mouse or finger or tablet pen or nose, and click on the BIG GREEN BOX that reads, “Back This Project”!



And please don’t forget, the Traveling Pony Museum DOES help out with the ever awesome charity, Inked! Art for Africa, which is headed off by none-other than the voice actress for Scootaloo herself, Maddy Peters!

MLP Art Auction for a special cause UPDATE

I’m passing this on. The more people know about this, the better.

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I can’t afford to bid myself, however I still want to spread the word.
Lauren Faust and her husband, Craig McCracken ( creator of the Powerpiff Girls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, and Wander Over Yonder ), will be helping to raise money by donating artwork ( note: ORIGINAL PIECES! ) to BENTO BOX ( http://www.bentoboxent.com/ ).

Bento Box will be holding a silent art auction at the Animation Guild in Burbank, CA, to benefit storyboard artist, Joey Adams, and his family. The money is being raised to help save the life of one of their little boys, Ian, whom has been diagnosed with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, which is supposedly a VERY rare and difficult disease to diagnose. ).

To make matters worse, Joey and Ginger had already lost a previous child to similar circumstances… 16 month old daughter, Gwen.



The California animation community is coming to together in support of Joey and his family, to help little Ian out. Every penny counts.

And hey, you get a chance to win some original artwork by Lauren Faust and Craig McCracken! Let’s see if we can’t help them get the word out to everyone outside of the usual artists community online!

If you can find in your heart, please spread the word and help save the life of this little boy.

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by *fyre-flye

This Thursday, April 5, Bento Box will be hosting a silent art auction at the Animation Guild in Burbank CA to benefit storyboard artist Joey Adams and his family.   I do not yet have the pleasure of knowing Joey, but the Los Angeles animation community is really rallying around him and his family’s current crisis trying to save the life of one of their little boys—- only a couple years after tragically losing their 16-month-old daughter to a similar condition.  (You can read about Joey’s story here.)

To help, my husband Craig McCracken (creator of the Powerpuff Girls, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends and the up-and-coming Wander Over Yo

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