Posted on November 23, 2009 - by Jon

Presents from Punks! Dec 19th! Mellow Mushroom!

Presents from Punks is this Saturday (December 19th 2009). It’s an annual charity art show hosted by local artists SHT! and BadJon. The show features over 100 pieces of art from a huge list of great local artists (full list near end of post). All art pieces are under the price of $50, as we are trying to let everyone get a great piece of art for affordable prices. Most art would normally go for twice that much in a normal show, but since this is all for charity, all the artists are letting us sell their work for a lot less then usual.

The show is benefiting the local Toys For Tots charity, as well as the Low Country Food Bank. Last year we raised over 2300$ from all the art sales. This year we are trying to double that, so we need your support! This year we have a lot of great deals for people, even who can’t afford much, to get some great art.

Here are some of the things we are having at the event:

-SHT! will have 3 exclusive screen print posters (18×24inch) at the show. Each limited to 50 prints per posters. The prints will be $10 each, and as the night goes on, the prices will drop till all of them are sold.

-BadJon will have a bunch of 8×10 photo prints for sale as well, also starting at $10.

-We also have 1.5 inch buttons for sale, which have pictures of BadJon, SHT!, Dantes Camaro and Rocky Horror (all in Christmas themes from the flyer). We will be selling those for 2 for $1.

-There will also be a bunch of other assorted prints from other artists, none of which are over $10.

-We will also have a bunch of the “Paint by Numbers” (which are paint kits which include small canvases by some great local artists, like Nathan Durfee, Wolfkid, Sinner, Ishmael, Scott Debus, SHT! and more, where you can paint their original pieces your own way) They were featured at Kulture Klash 2 and will be $2 each (they normally were a lot more at Kulture Klash).

Besides the prints, we will have some great pieces of art from these local artists:
SHT!, BadJon, Kevin, Taylor, Proton.Factories, Meta, John Pundt, WolfKid, Bobby Mayo, Natalie Clapp, Mat Brady, Christina Rodino, Phillip Hyman, Scott Debus, Seth Corts, Tim Showers, Lisa Shimko, Kate Kirby, Jessika Stocker, Chrys Rynearson, Parker Nelson, Michael Solano, Fonz, Justin Johnson, Dave Marcotte and Jason Wells from Lucky7s Tattoo, Cletus (with shirts and cds), Celina Kariabas, Blake West, Vik, Aden.ESEN, William August Northcut, Christina Bailey, Justin Cammer, April Robbins, Chambers Austelle, Chuck Keppler, Matthew Bowers, Julio Cotto, Courtney Culver, Kelly Mcdonald, Trina Lyn, Anson Cyr, Alexis Candela, Tiffany Pretlow, Caleigh Bird Goold, Joanna Jackson, Matt Foreman, Bob Mule, Mock Couture, Kyle Robert Heck, Kelly Ochocki, Robert Donovan, Hashenda Baxter, Shelley Smith, Joshua Jourdain, & Corey Roberts

We will be starting art sales at 8pm sharp, so get there early. No sold art will be taken off the walls until 10pm, so that everyone can check out the art. After that, art can be purchased and taken when purchased as the night goes on. We want to sell every piece we have up, so keep an eye out for prices to go down as the night goes on.

Also, Kevin Taylor, SHT!, BadJon and Meta have pieces that will be up for Silent Auction. The auction starts at 8pm and goes until 10pm. We ask that people bid on the pieces with their full name and phone number next to their bid. All bids start at $25, and go up at $5 increments. We will announce who won the pieces right before Dante’s Camaro plays. These pieces are a lot bigger and or expensive, so we are putting them up for auction, rather than just charging $50 for them.

Mellow Mushroom and their alcohol suppliers will be running some drink specials during the night, here’s the low down:
From 8:30-10:30pm Red Bull and Van Gogh Vodka girls will be at Mellow handing out complimentary cocktails of Electric Screw Drivers (either Van Gogh Pomegranate Vodka or Van Gogh regular Vodka, Orange Juice, and Red Bull) and sample shots of Van Gogh Double Espresso Vodka. We are also doing a promotion for Designated Driver (Blow a Zero, Be a Hero). All designated drivers will get Red Bull all night for $2.00.

The music this year is being provided by Charleston’s own Dante’s Camaro, who go on at 10:30pm sharp, and then Rocky Horror will be spinning the rest of the night starting at 11:30pm.

Make sure to check out the City Paper and Preview this week for some nice write-ups about the event.

Links to media coverage for the event:
http://charleston.thedigitel.com/features/thedigitels-holiday-gift-guide-7729-1210

http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/Event?oid=1548034

http://charleston.thedigitel.com/arts-culture/local-art-punks-organizing-affordable-art-show-cha-6923-1028

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/dec/17/17punks/

If you want to add this event on your facebook, please RSVP here.

For a link to a higher resolution flyer, download it here.