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As part of the release of Mac Barnett and Dan Santat‘s OH NO! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World), Dan has gathered over 30 artists (including Calef Brown, Mo Willems, Jon Klassen, Tom Warburton, Kelly Murphy, and myself, plus many more) to create some artwork to be auctioned off to support 826LA. Here’s Dan’s words on this event:

As a parent I can relate to the frustrations many parents must have in finding any decent place to help educate their kids. Here in California we suffer from state budget cuts and schools continue to suffer from even more budget cuts when they already have nothing left to lose. So I gathered up some friends. A little over 30 children’s book artists (any more and my head would have exploded), and they did their own interpretations of Mac’s book “OH NO! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World)”and starting August 23rd people can begin buying pieces off of eBay. (There will be two auctions, one starting August 23rd, and another starting on August 30th.) There will also be a gallery show where all the pieces will be on display at the Nucleus Gallery starting August 14th. I will also be selling very limited edition prints from the book to go towards the charity as well as copies of the book itself.

Here’s the official site for the show: Eyewitness Reports.

Here’s Dan’s post on the show and auction: Eyewitness Reports: A Charity Art Auction in Support of 826LA.

Gallery Nucleus’s page on the show: Eyewitness Reports.

Oh, and here’s a video to promote the show as well (made by Dan himself):