The PUNKHOUSE:309 N. 6th Avenue became a punkhouse in the late 1990’s. Arguably the oldest continuously inhabited Punk House in the south, 309 and its residents played a role in the American Punk subculture for decades. Over the years, internationally renowned photographers, painters, writers, activists, and musicians have lived in 309. Long-standing local businesses and non-profit organizations rose out of the creative fires of 309.
In 2016, the non-profit, 309 Punk Project was a collective founded to raise awareness about its history through curatorial practice and programming efforts and to raise funds towards the purchase and renovation of the house. The house was officially procured in 2019 and was to open its doors as a Punk Archive and an Artist in Residence Program in August 2020, yet due to COVID-19 we postponed opening until October 2021. Since January 2022, we have welcomed several Artists-in-Residence and held numerous events as we continue to grow. |
land acknowledgement:309 Punk Project is located on the original homeland of the Mvskoke (Muscogee / Creek) lands. This acknowledgement is an expression of gratitude and appreciation to those whose territory we reside on, and a way of honoring the Indigenous people who have stewarded this place long before colonization. For more information visit https://native-land.ca.
Graphically referencing 309 legends This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, AnArchivist has created a Land Acknowledgement design for Florida punks, and all that wanna represent SOLIDARITY in paying respect to the land of Florida, the ancestors past and present and all other beings. |
C. Scott Satterwhite | CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CURATOR (he/him) is a historian, writer, educator, and 9-year resident of 309. Scott writes for the IN Weekly and edits the zine Mylxine, which he started in 1995. He's contributed to several publications, including Cometbus, Florida Historical Quarterly, Literature Compass, and Maximum RockandRoll. The co-founder of End of the Line Café and the Open Books Prison Book Project, Scott was also in the band Tender Cobra. He holds a Master’s Degree in American History and English Literature. His most recent book, A Punkhouse in the Deep South: The Oral History of 309, written with Aaron Cometbus, is set to be released in Fall 2021 by University Press of Florida. He currently teaches writing, rhetoric, composition, and literature at the University of West Florida.
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Valerie George | CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CURATOR (she/her) is a visual artist, drummer, DIY recording artist, the Arts Editor for Panhandler Magazine, and Professor of Art at the University of West Florida. She is the founder of Nam June Psyche Records, a DIY recording project that historically included a traveling recording studio. She has recorded a range of projects, from folk musicians, experimental sound art, and noise, to seminal punk endeavors such as Rymodee, Mike Watt, ADD/C, Tuneyards, Scum of the Earth, to the final This Bike is a Pipebomb show at Sluggo's South. She has been an active member of the Pensacola punk community since the early 1990's.
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Lauren Anzaldo | SPECIAL PROJECTS (she/her) is a writer and organizer and is a former resident of 309. She has been involved in the punk scene and activism for several decades, including helping to open an infoshop and show space known as CORE in St. Petersburg, Florida, and organizing conferences, teach-ins, and film events in St. Pete and Pensacola. Lauren holds a master's degree in social work and doctorate in education. She focuses professionally on increasing community capacity to support folks affected by behavioral health issues and suicide.
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Sean Linezo (he/him) is an experimental producer, DIY filmmaker, part-time curator, and amateur archivist. For decades, he has lived a nomadic lifestyle, recording video and oral histories of subcultures and Indigenous communities for his ongoing project, AnArchive.
In October 2017, he co-founded our organization and served as Co-Executive Director and Co-Curator of the 309 Punk Project until January 2025. Since 2020, Linezo has rented a studio room at 309 as a resident artist and is now shifting his focus to launching an low power FM radio station in Pensacola. We wholeheartedly support this endeavor and look forward to collaborating with the station once it comes to fruition. |
300Eliza Espy (they/them) is a former resident of 309 and a longtime member of Pensacola’s punk scene. They have organized and promoted film festivals, punk shows at 309 and other DIY spaces, as well as Sluggo’s South. Additionally, they have curated art shows and toured with numerous bands as a roadie, driver, manager, and spiritual warrior.
A visual artist, longtime vegetarian, and dedicated political activist for social change, Eliza was instrumental in launching our project. As our first co-founder and collaborator, they fundraised tirelessly, co-designed our first mural, created the artwork for our iconic poster and t-shirt, and set up the first 309 DIY screen-printing station on their back porch to produce the first wave of our merch. |
Terry Johnson (she/her) is the owner of Sluggo’s Vegetarian Restaurant, formerly in Pensacola and now based exclusively in Chattanooga, Tennessee. For decades, Sluggo’s was a cornerstone of the Pensacola punk community. During much of that time, Terry lived at 309 and played a key role in establishing it as a home for the local punk scene.
She was a member of the punk band This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb, which released numerous records and toured worldwide during its active years. It was Terry’s idea to purchase the house from its previous landlords, transforming it into a space for “all the punks.” |
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