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Artists and collectors alike came out to support the Emoticon Project charity auction, which netted over $40,000 for non-profit Peace First. Attendees had a great time mingling with the artists, bidding on work and celebrating! 

For more on the event, including some kind words from project curator, Shepard Fairey, and Peace First’s Tal Gilad, visit the Peace First YouTube channel.

The Emoticon Project charity auction Outside the Martha Otero Gallery Viewing Steven Harrington's work Attendees enjoying the night's event

As the grand finale to our Noteworthy Project, we held an art auction at the Martha Otero Gallery in L.A. on 4/27/2012 to benefit Peace First. The event featured the artwork from The Emoticon Project.  


We asked Heather Armstrong of Dooce.com to stop typing for a day and update her blog with handmade posts. See what happened when she tried it during her recent trip to NYC. Learn about Note.

We asked a class of ninth graders to communicate via handmade messages instead of texts. See what they came up with during our visit. Learn about Note.

Teens love text messages— some even told us they send and receive over 300 texts a day. So we asked a classroom of ninth graders: “What are the limitations of a text message?” Learn about Note.

We asked six artists to rethink emoticons for a documentary series on TED.com. About the artistsLearn about Note.

:) BY STEVEN HARRINGTON

Steven Harrington reinterprets the :) emoticon for The Noteworthy Project.  About Steven Harrington.  Learn about Note.


:) BY STEVEN HARRINGTON

“A smile emoticon is a visual expression of happiness and joy. In reinterpreting the icon, I hope to breathe new life into its form by making it tangible and three-dimensional.”

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