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The Sidewalk Project started organizing fundraisers with Punk Rock & Paintbrushes, auctioning art by musicians in prominent bands like Blink 182, Social Distortion, the Offspring and the Vandals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2021

Snakeoil started the Sidewalk Project alongside Stacey Dee, guitarist of the band Bad Cop/Bad Cop, and Emily T. Nielsen, founder of the art collective and management group Punk Rock & Paintbrushes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2021

Paintbrushes slapped and lawn mowers clattered up and down stately Roxas Boulevard as hotels and nightclubs indulged in a hasty face lifting.

From Time Magazine Archive

I recognized the orange bursts of Butterfly Weeds and the tall red Indian Paintbrushes, but there were so many beautiful plants in the garden all I could do was smile with joy and serenity.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall