Go Penguins Auction Goes Global

The Penguin Post has learned that the Go Penguins auction of Penguin Art is to go global.
We’ve already raved about the Liverpool public art extravaganza Go Penguins, and now they’ve announced that the penguin auction of Go Penguin art will now be opened up to the world via the internet allowing bidders to pick up their favorite penguin(s) from anywhere in the world!
This move will maximize the potential for the nominated charities to benefit from the heralded public penguin displays that electrified the city this winter.
The auction will take place from 9am ( English Time which makes it 3am EST) on Wednesday 3 February and close at approximately 2pm on Friday 5 February. Potential buyers must make sure they register on the site in plenty of time to bid.
The Go Penguins organizers are also delighted to announce that due to public demand, the penguins will again go on public view for one last time at St George’s Hall, Liverpool on 3 and 4 February, so the general public can say their final goodbyes to the much loved waddlers before they head for their new homes.
Having received great international media coverage to maximize the full potential for the charities Go Penguins had to find an alternative way of opening up the auction to everyone, allowing people from anywhere in the world to bid. This way, everyone benefits, none more-so than the charities.
Charities benefiting from the auction include WWF – For a living planet.

For more information visit http://www.gopenguins.co.uk

The event is being delivered by Wild In Art, specialists in public art, education and conservation projects. http://www.wildinart.com for more details.

Liverpool Penguins Help In Climate Change Awareness

The issue of climate change has come to the forefront over the last few months as the world prepares for the United Nations summit on climate change in Copenhagen next month. Activists and protesters have taken to rooftops and even smokestacks to raise worldwide awareness for the issue of global warming. Scientists have also gotten in on the act, releasing reports and studies meant to lead into the U.N. summit and put pressure on governments and world leaders to come to a binding resolution on carbon emissions. Other groups including schoolchildren and celebrities have gotten involved in programs which also aim to raise awareness and get people talking about the importance of climate change and its potential effects on the planet. Hundreds of glass fibre penguins are currently on display in Merseyside as part of a city scheme known as the Year of the Environment. The decorative penguins were painted and decorated by a combination of community groups, schoolchildren and celebrities. Penguins have become the symbol of the problems climate change has in store for the arctic, which many scientists consider to be the epicenter of the struggle against global warming. The penguins will be used to increase awareness of the problems of polar ice melting due to global warming. The penguins will be on display in St. Helens, Liverpool, and Wirral until mid-January. Paul O’Grady, a radio and television presenter, designed a penguin based on his childhood memories of older women, which are known locally as Mary Ellens. Programs like this hope to get people around the world talking about what they can do to limit carbon emissions and slow climate change.

Penguins Invade Home Of The Beatles

As told to the Penguin Post not only has the GO Penguins festival created 20 new jobs and injected an estimated £100,000 into Liverpool’s creative sector, but with less than three weeks to go before the city is flooded with penguins.  Dozens of Merseyside artists have been commissioned and are hard at work putting the finishing touches to their penguin designs, and at this point more than 20 of the 148, five foot tall penguins have now been completed, while almost 100 schools are also hard at work completing their mini models.  The project, commissioned by Liverpool city council and driven by Wild in Art, follows the wildly successful Go Superlambananas in Capital of Culture year. Sally-Ann Wilkinson, director of Wild in Art, said: “The penguins which are being designed are brilliant. I’m overwhelmed by the response we’ve had. The painting space is filled with some of the leading artists in Liverpool, all embracing this project and perfecting their designs. “There’s a lot of creativity and good humour.” Designs include Neil Flipstrong, celebrating the 40th anniversary of man landing on the moon; the Sex Pistols-inspired Never Mind the Pollocks! and a penguin made completely from recycled plastic bags. They will appear in Liverpool, St Helens and Wirral.

Some of the Penguins of Liverpool