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The past decade has been a whirlwind of Bronies and art and conventions and the friends we’ve made along the way. What began as a tiny idea at one of the first BronyCon meetups turned into the Traveling Pony Museum six months later — a museum display showcasing hundreds of artists traveling across the country, spurring a documentary, raising money for charity, staffing conventions, hosting panels and events, and crying at the Friendship is Magic finale alongside all our pony friends.
After nearly 100 conventions in 10 years, it is time for this chapter to come to an end.
We saw with the transition from MLPFiM to G5 that nothing truly special ever goes away entirely, but that as the times change so must we. The Traveling Pony Museum is not going away, but it can no longer continue to be what it was.
It has been a massive privilege and I am truly honored to have been the curator of the fandom. I had no idea what I was getting into or what I was doing when I started — not that I know what I’m doing now, either — but I could have never imagined the number of lives we would touch along the way. Nor could I have imagined how much of my life TPM would come to consume, even becoming my full-time job for years. Along the way we have been able to help many people, shine light on many artists, and make countless friends, but it has more and more often come at the cost of painful and personal sacrifices.
Over the years, the Traveling Museum became less popular, and we introduced merchandise sales to continue to promote and support our fandom’s artists. Then the museum couldn’t travel, and the way we live our lives and interact with one another began to shift. We were able to move to online events, and that brought with it an increased workload — pushing me well beyond my physical and emotional limits. Even now, the costs of travel and shipping have risen to an astronomical level. The modern cost of transporting a museum and staff for an event is impossibly high, and no amount of in-person sales would be able to cover the expense.
My mental and physical health has deteriorated significantly the last few years, constantly pushing to keep TPM afloat across a variety of ups and downs.
So, what does this mean for TPM?
The time has come for the sun to set on the Traveling Museum Display. It is no longer possible to continue dragging yesterday across the country, and for my health I must retire from conventions for the time being. The TPM Museum and Store will not be making an appearance at conventions anymore, though some of our staff may feature TPM at their booth from time to time.
The online storefront will remain open, and we will continue to feature new merchandise in support of our artists.
To honor the museum and keep history alive, we will be updating our https://www.travelingponymuseum.org website over the next year, adding a digital gallery of the museum’s contents, and as many photographs for cons past as possible. Your continued support of TPM’s online store will help make this possible and keep the memories alive for many years to come.
The Traveling Pony Museum assets will not be going silently, using this change as an opportunity to give back through charity.
The last thing any artist would want is their loving creations dwindling away in lightless storage, so we will be making sure every piece has a good home. Over the years I’ve purchased many pieces personally, but many have also been donated to the museum. I will be reaching out those artists and offering their pieces back to them.
For many of those I have purchased, and those pieces the artists wish to donate, the remainder of the museum display pieces will be placed up for bid at the TrotCon 2023 Charity Auction in Dayton, Ohio this July. https://trotcon.net
This will be the last time to view the Traveling Pony Museum in person, as we send these amazing works of art off to new, loving homes.
Before the charity auction, the artifacts the museum currently holds will be photographed (including the pieces being returned to artists) and included in the digital TPM Archive. We truly are thankful for the support the community has given us over the years, and we are grateful that we can give back to that same community one more time.
I would not have been able to do so much, see so much, and meet so many amazing people if it wasn’t for TPM. This community has meant more to me than words can express, and the number of genuinely kind and caring people I have met along the way made everything worthwhile.
Thank you for supporting the museum. Thank you for supporting me. Thank you for a lifetime of memories. See you in July at TrotCon one last time.
With heartfelt gratitude, Inky Notebook - (Megan Youmans)
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May 4, 2023
Reminder: An Open Letter
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Apr 12, 2023
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Apr 11, 2022
2022 State of the Museum
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Dec 2, 2021
Fall Update - Post for those who missed the email
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Jan 29, 2021
Late 2020/Early 2021 Update
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Nov 26, 2020
Giving Thanks
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Oct 10, 2020
End of Summer 2020 Update
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Jul 21, 2020
July Update 2020
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Jun 4, 2020
June 4th - Update
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May 26, 2020
5/26 Online Convention Update
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Group Founded 12 Years ago Feb 22, 2012 Location Global Group Focus Art Collection Media Type Physical Media 414 Members 574 Watchers 56,015 Pageviews |
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Please contact us for the official artist sign up form if you wish to sell your artwork through us. We currently represent over 150 sales artists from across the globe. OFFICIAL SIGNUP FORM HERE : forms.gle/AX5mZGjUbaxjVaHAA You must use the signup form above to be officially considered for sales OR if you're contacted after you submit your work for verification from submitting to the TPM sales folder here on DeviantArt for review. Last Updated January 2020 MembershipAll Deviants Everyone is allowed to suggest favorites to us! If we like the piece you suggest, we may request it into the group gallery.Members  Anyone can become a member. Memberships are automatically approved. Pieces for consideration should be suggested to favorites. Members have a separate folder than the general rabble.Contributors  Contributors are those who consistently and actively contribute art to us, or who are invited to participate by Museum staff. If you think you meet this requirement, send a request with at least one link to your work that is in the museum. Blank membership requests will probably be denied. Submissions to the Unverified Display Only folder are up for display consideration only. See note below for physical pieces! If you'd like us to consider selling your work, submit it to the Unverified TPM Store folder. It will be automatically approved. Commission rates need to have already been discussed, otherwise the default rate will apply*. See below for more details. Submissions can also be made to Random Stuff and Museum Photos, subject to approval. Show off the pictures you took of our convention appearances!RulesGeneral Since the Museum travels to conventions that are kid-friendly, all art must be appropriate for all ages.Physical Art - Pieces that will be sent to us for display.  We don't display images/photos of physical art, so plans must be in place for us to receive your piece(s) before you submit images of them to the gallery. If plans are not in place, and are not made in a reasonable amount of time, we reserve the right to remove the images from the gallery. Generally, only one deviation per item is allowed, so make a collage! Once your piece has arrived safely, we will move the image to the Featured folder!Artwork - Images that will be printed by us for display.  Images should be of displayable quality. This means: finalized art with good colors and no watermarks. Your signature, or a small logo are fine. By submitting artwork to the Display Only folder, you are authorizing us to print a single copy for display in the Museum. It will not be sold or given away without your express permission. It is also probable that we will want to include artwork in thumb-nail size for flyers and promotional material. You will be credited in these of course! By submitting artwork to the TPM Store folder, you are authorizing us to sell high quality copies of your artwork at conventions and other physical events, as well as print a copy for the Museum display. No web sales will be made without prior authorization. You will receive the agreed-upon commission per print sold. Unless specified, we assume perpetual print rights, but you can withdraw pieces at any time. Just send us a note stating which. If the dA image is not of sufficient resolution, is watermarked or otherwise unprintable, you will be contacted if we decide to print your piece. If you cannot (or refuse to) provide a higher resolution, we reserve the right to remove the image from the gallery. Once your artwork has been printed, we will move the image to the Featured folder!Folders Featured contains images that are verified to be in the museum. Images will be moved here once they have been printed or received and will not be deleted. Unverified Display Only is a submission folder for Contributors. Images here are authorized for the Museum to use, but have not yet been decided upon. If it is decided that we do not wish to feature an image, it will be removed. Unverified TPM Store is a submission folder for Contributors. Images here are authorized for the Museum to sell, but have not yet been decided upon. If it is decided that we do not wish to feature an image, it will be removed. Museum Photos contains images of the museum at various conventions. Check out how your art will be displayed! Contributors can submit to this folder. Random Stuff has, well, random stuff. Maps, flyers, banners, swag, etc. are shown off here. Contributors can submit to this folder. TPM Store has pieces that we are authorized to sell at the conventions we visit. You must be sales verified with us officially to become one of our sales artists. Contact us @ travelingponymuseum@gmail.com for the signup form. Retired Art contains the artwork that has run its course in the Museum. It has either been returned to the artist, or put in storage. Favorites is where members and non-members should submit pieces for consideration. If we like something, we will request it into the group proper.*In regard to sales, "artist commission" is defined as the percentage of profits we return to you, the original artist. Payment is done after every convention within 2 weeks through PayPal, or in-person at a convention. You will be contacted through dA, email, or in-person when a payment is ready to be made. |
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I signed up for the TPM a month bk.Haven't herd anything back so i thought i'd say here that i did 
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Hello there, I submitted this to the Unverified display, but I didn't read the description until it was too late. Would there be any chance you could move this deviation I submitted to the Unverified Store? It would be highly appreciated ^w^ Thanks!
Hi! I recently learned about the organization that distributes printed works)
Do I have a chance to join you like artist?
Do I have a chance to join you like artist?
Yes of course, you can email us at travelingponymuseum@gmail.com for the official signup form and more information.
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