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Phanart: The Art of the Fans of Phish is a book that documents the band-related artwork created by fans of the rock band Phish. Phanart also contains interviews with artists, fans, and other members of the Phish community. All net proceeds from the sale of Phanart will be donated to The Mockingbird Foundation.

History
The Phanart project was conceived after Coventry. A grassroots effort was made to collect examples of phanart by distributing paper flyers with contact information about the project at concerts in the jam band scene. The internet was also tapped to spread the word amongst the online fan community.

Content
Phanart includes 1486 phan contributions documenting stickers, posters, shirts, license plates, tattoos and other unique was of sharing interest in Phish.

These contributions are organized into 70 sections cataloging a broad overview of the creative efforts of the phish community over two decades.

Artists
Phanart includes work from the following artists:

Scramble Campbell, Ryan Kerrigan, AJ Masthay, Jason Lees, Jamie Huntsman, Kurt Vonnegut, Noah Phence, EMEK, Mike Distante, Steve Nash, Tour Shirt Archive, Phantasytour, Isadora Bullock, Ashley Brandt, Jason Kaczorowski, Louis Arzonico Cartoons, Alex Lenz, Erin Cadigan, Andrew Abis, Jave John, Jim Talbot, John Warner, PiscesPosters, Hooked Productions, Lotshirts.org, Taboot, Moontime Prints, Dysphunktion Junction, Soulflower, The Phellowship, JM SAHR, Dave Huckins, Super Kenty, Jam World Studios, Eat More Kale, Engel Creative, Rick Benson, Knighthood Tees, Charlotte Kruse, Jonathon Blake, Tripp, Josh Jacobs, Phil Urso, Lisa Rose Studio, The Vort

Publication
Phanart is currently being shopped around to publishers with an expected release date of late 2008. It will be a defiinitive collection of all Phan-art over the years of Phish, spanning over 400 full-color pages.