Skeleton Key: An Art Auction Benefiting the West Memphis Three
The Premiere of Damien Echols’ Art
May 12th @ 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco
We would like to thank all of the attendees of this amazing benefit. We raised over $10,000!
We would like to thank the performers and artists for contributing their time, talent and energy: Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra, Jonathan Richman, Matt Gonzalez, Michale Graves, Penelope Houston and Jacob Pitts
- Damien Echols
- Bob Gruen
- Carol Queen
- Chad Robertson
- Cinquain
- Erik Rose
- Floria Sigsmondi
- Grove Pashley
- Heather Hannoura
- Ioannis
- Jay Mueller
- Jayne County
- John Suhay
- Jonathan Richman
- Matt Skiba
- Mick Rock
- Norman Reedus (and his six-year old son, Mingus Lucien Reedus)
- Robin Jean Andersen
- Shepard Fairey
- StainBoy
- Winston Smith
- Lorri Davis (collaborating with Damien Echols)
- DJ Justin McNeal
- AND ALL OF THE INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS.
Each of you spent HOURS getting the event ready, staying throughout the entire night, and just wanted to be there to help make it great for the West Memphis Three. It wouldn’t have been a success without your help.
For information about how Damien Echols creates his art while on Death Row, please check out the interview conducted by Anje Vela.
Mick Rock, inimitable rock photographer says,
“I caught one of the documentaries awhile ago on HBO it seems to me these three guys were railroaded because they looked strange to their community…this is suppose to be the land of the free. They need help and I’m more than happy to give what I can to get the word out and Damien Echols is clearly an artist of talent.”
We would like to thank our sponsors:
RecordPressing.com, Alternative Tentacles Records, Somewhere In Time Flowers, Marilyn Jaeger Skincare and Eddie Vedder.
This page provides a list of media sources that have reported on this event. If it has appeared in your local newspaper or on your local station and it is not represented here, please let us know. Thank you.
RecordPressing.com is located at:
475 Haight Street
San Francisco CA 94117
west coast phone: (415) 462-1992
east coast phone: (646) 837-0761.
AOL IM: “rpcsupport” or via E-mail
Alternative Tentacles Records can be contacted at:
ATR
P.O. Box 419092
San Francisco, CA 94141-9092
Somewhere In Time Flowers is located at:
699 Folsom Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Phone: (415) 882-9696.
Website: www.sitflowers.com
Eddie Vedder has been a long time and outspoken supporter of the West Memphis Three. We are very grateful for his extraordinary contribution.
Damien Echols is given co-credit on a song on the new album. Release date: May 2, 2006. New world tour begins May 4, 2006.
Marilyn Jaeger Skincare is located in San Francisco at:
415 Spruce Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
(415) 751-0647, email: info@marilynjaegerskincare.com
We would also like to thank Portal Design for creating the flyer image and ad art, Tastes Like Chicken for hiring Damien Echols and donating 200 copies of their March 2006 edition and SPARKS for donating cases of their beverage for the benefits.
If you would like to be a sponsor for this event (or other WM3 events), please e-mail Anje Vela.


