Aether Naut here and boy do I have a message for you!

The Traveling Pony Museum is taking submissions for our 2013 convention tour and we want YOU!

That’s right, you sitting there reading this!

Do you draw, sculpt, sew, paint, create? Then the Traveling Pony Museum wants to feature your artwork at major conventions across the United States!

The museum is already signed up for BronyCon 2013 and Big Apple Pony Con 2013 with the rest of the schedule pending. Previous con attendances include BronyCon 2012, TrotCon 2012 and Everfree NW 2012.

See your work featured along side artists like Pixel Kitties, Egophiliac, Whitedove-Creations, John Joseco, Whitty Kitty, Frozenpyro21 and more! You can check out the current list of participating artists on the museum website – http://www.travelingponymuseum.com

Send over an email with your name and examples of your work to travelingponymuseum@gmail.com

Oh yeah, and if you’re a current artist with the museum you can help change up the pieces on display for the upcoming conventions. Send an email to Inky Notebook (InkyNotebook@gmail.com) to set up a plan.

On a last note the staff applications we received (Over 100 of them!) are being reviewed and interview requests are being sent out. Please check your emails if you submitted an application. If you didn’t receive a return email, feel free to pester Inky! (InkyNotebook@gmail.com)

Remember, we’re looking for all artists, big and small, to have their work featured! After three successful conventions so far, we’d like to make 2013 even better. (We’re also accepting older generation pony artwork as well.)

Hope you’ll join the museum upon my airship this year! Boy I can’t wait to see the submissions~

-Aether Naut
Traveling Pony Museum Airship Captain

Hey there everyone,

So the museum is in the process of designing the new mascot pony for the museum and we need your help! (Because Inky Notebook can’t art to save her life.)

The concept design is entirely up to you but you must follow the guidelines below! (However we won’t yell at you if you decide to go outside the box on this and not follow the guidelines at all.)

Earth pony

Mare

Preferably the color base for the museum airship (dark purple, light purple, white, yellow/gold)

Steampunk-esque accessories

The museum is looking for creativity and imagination, after all the airship itself has been imagined in may different ways within the artist community so we need a pony to go along side it as it’s captain.

The winning concept design will be used on the new museum banner, business cards, website and more!

Send all concept art to InkyNotebook@gmail.com and don’t forget to spread the word!

SUBMISSIONS :

Amaron

Ikasama

Ashton Sutherland

Greetings everypony from the Traveling Pony Museum and the staff of Ponies Live! Now.

The Traveling Pony Museum is now hiring staff members!

We’re looking for ponies just like YOU who want to lend us a hoof in our endeavors.

Like ponies, museums, artwork, plushies, traveling? Then head over here :

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG9FbVdKdWhfMzI1UEoxVTB1WmRsOXc6MQ

and fill out the questionnaire~

We have plenty of plans for our next round of traveling but we can’t do it alone!

http://www.travelingponymuseum.com

Greetings everypony! This update is long overdue so let’s get it started: 

The trip to TrotCon was a lot of fun to make and it was great to see so many people come out for it (including one guy who had flown in from Alaska). The turnout for the museum was fantastic and it was great to hear the feedback as people passed through. We even acquired a brick signed by all of the attending artists to accompany our burnt piece of light fixture from BurnyCon January. “The meatballs were the size of my fist.” – Dashyy

After TrotCon we managed to purchase a car and so began our 3000+ mile drive from New York to Seattle, Washington for Everfree NW. We’d like to thank the staff of Everfree NW for fixing rooming issues last minute and helping us out so much during the convention. We also hope that the hotel wasn’t mad that their own staff stapled our banner to the wall of the museum room. Unfortunately, due to an error in scheduling, the trip to the Seattle Children’s Hospital ended up being impossible. (Though we are trying to figure out something we can do from home.) Also to the bronies who gave us the pizza box signed by the entire convention, we unfortunately were unable to keep it as it began to deteriorate. In the future, any strange donations must be non-perishable / clean and pre-approved by Inky or Hoity. After such an influx of offers for memorabilia to be displayed, Hoity encourages the creation of a separate entity outside of the museum to host memorabilia; a “hall of fame” so to speak.

We also finally got the artist page updated (with the exception of one or two artists at this time) so everypony can head over to our website www.travelingponymuseum.com and be able to find the names and deviant art links of the museum artists. 

 To all TPM artists : Sorry it’s taken so long to get word to you. Inky will be sending out emails soon so she can send you the percentage of poster sales you made. Also please let us know what other artwork we have permission to display so we can rotate old artwork out.

The museum is also currently open for artist submissions! This means that any artist who has an interest in having their work displayed within the museum can send over submission requests via email to TravelingPonyMuseum@gmail.com (These submissions will be for the next round of traveling the museum is preparing for as we are currently on hiatus for classes.)

The museum is also looking into offering an online store that will sell pins, buttons and possibly more. If any TPM artist is interested in selling merch through us please send us an email - TravelingPonyMuseum@gmail.com

We’d also like to announce that due to certain issues, the Traveling Pony Museum will be unable to attend Canterlot Gardens. We’d like to extend an apology to all attendees who may have been looking forward to our appearance. Here is a breakdown :

       -Was originally told there was no space for the museum

       -Inky now has a job (because of the above) to support herself since the museum is run as not for profit

       -10 hour drive each way during midterm class week

       -Saves the museum money which will be allocated to paying off owed taxes from money earned

       -Gives us more time to plan fundraisers for further traveling since the remaining funds will go to owed taxes (above).

We hope we will be able to announce some of our future plans soon but upgrading an entire museum during classes will take a bit of time and careful planning. Be on the lookout for more update posts coming soon! Send any questions, inquiries or ideas to TravelingPonyMuseum@gmail.com and don’t forget to visit us atwww.travelingponymuseum.com   

-Hoity and Inky

Many of you have asked me what happened to the artist page and don’t worry, it will be done very soon!

It finally lists every artist who is aboard this project and the pictures will link to the actual deviant art page for that picture. Better, right?

Stay tuned!

Hey there, everypony!

We’re pleased to announce the successful debut of the Traveling Pony Museum during BurnyCon, we mean BRONYcon.

Everything went amazingly well. The museum room was never empty and I’m pretty sure that nearly all 4000 attendees came in to check it out.

For those artists who graciously allowed us to make prints for the museum store, the posters were a huge hit. We sold out of pretty much everything on the first day. To anyone who wishes to continue to allow us to make prints for sales at the con, we will still be offering the % back on every poster sold! Great opportunity for those who can’t make it to the cons or want some spare cash. We’re also open to selling non-print artwork such as plushies, sculptures and random pony-ness as well at our convention tables.

And good news! Because of the massive success at BronyCon, we’ll be bumping up the % back on poster sales from 25% to 30% for TrotCon and Everfree NW! That means if you let us make prints for BronyCon and made 25% back on each poster sold, if you stick with us and let us print for TrotCon and Everfree NW, you’ll get 30% back on sales! The museum is glad that we can continue to help out our artists more and more in any way that we can since you all have been so wonderful to us and to the museum by allowing us to take your pieces on an adventure across the states. This offer is open to any other current print artists within the museum as well as new artists who join the museum team!

The museum has already welcomed 5 new artists since BronyCon’s end. We’re excited that more people have become interested in the project and can’t wait to see who sends us an email next. Don’t forget, you can send examples of your work to TravelingPonyMuseum@gmail.com You can send us something made just for the museum, or let us pick from amongst your work! Just make sure to specify what piece or pieces you’re okay with being displayed or printed to avoid confusion! 

We are also working on and planning a website revamp. All new artists will continue being added along with blurbs as usual! However, editing our current code is tedious so we’re working on finding a simpler, easier entry solution. Let us know if you have any programming skills and would like to help us out!

For those of you keeping up with the livestreams, the letters to Princess Celestia were hand delivered to Lauren Faust during her panel. She was thrilled and taken by surprise that so many of you had written to her personally. This project has been so amazing to put together and the museum hopes to be able to put together another project like this soon.

On a last note, a generous BroNYCon attendee has donated a piece of the burnt plastic from the light fixture that the fire nation had attacked. The museum is now 20% hotter.

We can’t wait to see you all at TrotCon, Everfree, and hopefully CG!

-Inky and Hoity of The Traveling Pony Museum Team

Please watch me on deviant art so you can see important updates and posts!

http://inkynotebook.deviantart.com

Also I know the artist page is messed up, I will be fixing it soon.

If you do not see yourself on there and you should be, please let me know!

Also if you do not have a blurb or email under your name please send them to me!

InkyNotebook@gmail.com

Pinfilly has helped us out and created an airship pin for us!

Pony pin pre orders are up so hit them up and snag some and don’t forget to tell all your friends!

Proceeds go to helping the museum

Check it out here :

http://ponyorders.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/miscpinsr5.png

Order here : https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGZpWlJScnpGOGk1aDVzaVRna1ZpUVE6MQ#gid=2

The kickstarter has been a successful hit and has raised the projected $3,000 goal and is still rising! There are a ton of rewards still left for new backers to snag so head over and take a look! 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/521190417/traveling-pony-museum-project

The Dear Princess Celestia project has been a big hit as well. I’ve received handfuls of letters in the mail already as well as through email. I am hoping that even more will come in before BronyCon June so that there will be a brilliant compilation to be presented to Lauren Faust. There will be a place at BronyCon itself where you can hand write a letter. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aXWQBz-V4RGtu5uuql2IXZhomdW3x8iztwdRsysWj34/edit

Also our Charity Raffle is almost over! The drawing has been moved to May 5th and will be hosted LIVE by Everfree Radio. There will be guests and some fun things going on as the winners are chosen live. You’ll still be able to buy tickets up until show time and in the opening stages of the show itself. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1e2vPpUqta-7CgAx7e_dYXlz0IiIGO0gJ5YMjf9-GoWc/edit

Finally, MagnaStorm has offered up a great auction to help benefit the museum and charity : A custom plush of the winners choice! 

It ends tomorrow, Friday, April 27th, so hurry on over!

http://MagnaStorm.deviantart.com/journal/Pony-plush-charity-auction-ending-Friday-297513048

Thanks to everyone who has helped us out! 

Help us out and check out our project here!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/521190417/traveling-pony-museum-project 

WIN AN ALL EXPENSES PAID TRIP TO EITHER BRONYCON OR EVERFREE NW!  YOUR CHOICE!

http://everfreenw.com

http://www.bronycon.org

This charity raffle is going to help benefit Inked! Art for Africa and the traveling pony museum and raise funding in order for the museum to be able to make its debut this summer!

And the prizes for the charity raffle include monetary donations to the Inked! Art for Africa Fundraiser, headed by none other than Scootaloo’s voice actress Maddy Peters:

https://my.worldvision.ca/iom/Forms/ViewFundraiser.aspx?fundraiserId=120

Jesse Kremen has graciously allotted $200 to be donated to the Inked! Art for Africa Fundraiser on behalf of the winners of this event! Even better, on top of Jesse’s $200 donation, the TPM will donate $10 for every $50 raised for the museum!

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