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309 RAT SHIRT BY CASEY NICCOLI
Casey Niccoli shared her inspiration for this design.
She writes:
Attending the residency at 309 Punk Project was the highlight of my year. I didn’t realize how much I needed to be dropped into a space of pure, uninterrupted creativity. My rat shirt came from the fact that I was born in the Year of the Rat, and because rats have always felt like the true mascots of the outsiders, symbols of resilience, mischief, and creative abundance.
I spent my nights alone in that big old punk house, and honestly, if it hadn’t been for a few rats scurrying through at two in the morning, I wouldn’t have had anyone to cozy up to.
FYI, we have since resolved this issue. We think.
FLAMING SKULL WATERTOWER BY FAMOUS GABE
Riffing off the iconic 309 Water tower tattoo from the early 2000s, of which he tattooed the first on local Pensacola punks, Famous Gabe designed this shirt in his iconic style.
About the design, Gabe said: "This water tower design is a connection between the punk house and tattooing in the history of Pensacola tattooing. It's based on a William Grimshaw design from the 1950s. William tattooed on Spring Street up until his death in 1968. Punk rock and tattooing went hand in hand for me for the last 40 years. But I'm also reminded by my father who said every old house will always have skeletons in its closets."
Facts.
Water Tower T-shirt BY SCOTT SATTERWHITE
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DIY screen-printed t-shirts. Screened in-house! Please indicate black or white tee.
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309 "METAL" shirt
Belgian calligrapher Christophe Szpajdel, "Lord of Logos," has given us a new logo design for our shirts at the request of his friend, 309 AIR Mark Gubb. Besides Mark, Christophe has worked with Metallica, Foo Fighters, Rihanna (yes, y'all, that Rihanna)...and now 309 Punk Project. We couldn't be more thankful to @christophe.szpajdel and @smarkgubb for this beautiful design.
309 Punk Project by Julia Gorton
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This T-Shirt was designed by the legendary Julia Gorton and screened in house. All donations for this shirt go directly to supporting our 309 Artist in Residence Program.
309 by Skott Cowgill
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Skott Cowgill, one of the original punks at 309, created this design for us during his 2022 stint as the 309 Punk Project's artist-in-residence.
To learn more of his story, read his chapter in "Punkhouse in the Deep South: The Oral History of 309."
309 PUNK PROJECT by eliza espy
DIY screen-printed t-shirts, made in-house! One of our first and most popular designs, created by the incredible Elize Espy.
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"Don't Say Sky" Broadsheet by Erica Dawn Lyle (Benefit for STRIVE)
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Erica Dawn Lyle's poem Don't Say Sky is a powerful response to anti-transgender/anti-queer legislation in the state of Florida. The poem, accompanied by the large format photo series, 6 Photographs Of The Sky Over Cape Canaveral On The Third Anniversary Of Emma Deboncouer’s Death (2021), was originally written for and exhibited as part of 309's "House Show" exhibit at the Pensacola Museum of Art. This new broadsheet was designed and screenprinted in a limited edition of one hundred by students from the Studio Art Department at Oberlin College during Lyle’s week-long residency at the school in October 2025 with the specific intention to be sold as a fundraiser for Florida transgender mutual aid groups.
The proceeds from the sale of the broadsheets will be donated to Pensacola's STRIVE--a grassroots transgender advocacy organization.
The donations are on a sliding scale of $20-100 which includes all postage and packaging. Choose the option that fits best in your budget, but please be as generous as possible.
TO BUY A BROADSHEET
Send $20-100
via cashapp $309PunkProject
Venmo @punkproject309
In the payment comments, make sure you write, “BROADSHEET,” the number of prints you are ordering, and your mailing address.
You can also email us your address at [email protected].
ABOUT STRIVE:
From their website: "STRIVE (Socialist Trans Initiative) is an advocacy organization centered around serving transgender people. We provide moral and material support to trans people who need it -- through emergency housing, allocations for medications (primarily Hormone Replacement Therapy), food, transportation, and any other items needed for our survival. We organize for our liberation because we cannot rely on corporations and capitalist politicians to do it.”
*For more information about STRIVE click here
To make a donation and receive the "Don't Say Sky" broadsheet through the website with a credit/debit card, please go to the "size" below and click on the donation that fits the "size" of the donation that you'd like to make.
"Travel Back to Blue" by Felicia E Gail
This image was created by 309 Artist-in-Residence Felicia E Gail from her “Travel Back to Blue, at 309 Punk Project, May 2023. The image is of a blue cassette tape featuring Felicia and Kent Stanton. The handwriting below reads: “Recording Practices Kent & Felicia, 2000-02”, 2023, and “One More Practice, May 25, 2023.”
CERBERUS T-SHIRT by Kim Darling
This design was created by the amazing visual artist Kim Darling! Versions of this image were projected on 309 during her stay as 309 Artist-in-Residence.
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309 Shirt by Mallory Luana
This shirt was designed by artist Mallory Luana. We're very proud to have their beautiful designs representing for the 309 Punk Project.
Currently, only available in Black.
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JULIA GORTON: OPEN STUDIO PORTRAIT PROJECT
If Julia Gorton took your photograph at 309, you probably in this book. It is a stunning collection of portraits from our beautiful Pensacola scene.
We have a limited number so pick them up now!
"Art for Folk" by Panhandle Slim, with foreword by Ava DuVernay
Hot off the presses with a new print run:
Panhandle Slim's first book "Art for Folk" is out now. Foreword by Ava DuVernay, this book uses dozens of images of Panhandle Slim's paintings in the environment they are mostly found: by trees, in homes, on walls, and in people's arms.
This beautiful collection of Panhandle Slim's work, published by 309 Punk Project, is now available.
A Punkhouse in the Deep South: An Oral History of 309
Told in personal interviews, this is the collective story of a punk community in an unlikely town and region, a hub of radical counterculture that drew artists and musicians from throughout the conservative South and earned national renown.
Each voice adds to the picture of a lively community that worked together to provide for their own needs while making a positive, lasting impact on their surrounding area. Together, these participants show that punk is more than music and teenage rebellion. It is about alternatives to standard narratives of living, acceptance for the marginalized in a rapidly changing world, and building a sense of family from the ground up.
Including photos by Cynthia Connolly and Mike Brodie, A Punkhouse in the Deep South illuminates many individual lives and creative endeavors that found a home and thrived in one of the oldest continuously inhabited punkhouses in the United States.
Aaron Cometbus has been publishing the zine Cometbus since 1981. He is the author of many books, including Double Duce and I Wish There Was Something That I Could Quit.
Scott Satterwhite is a historian, educator, and journalist who teaches writing and literature at the University of West Florida. Cometbus and Satterwhite are former residents of the 309 punkhouse.
Uplifted Melodies 10" Compilation [Temporarily Sold Out]
“Proud To Play That Same Song All Night Long,” by UP AROUND THE SUN (Distress Signal Tapes)
This 10-song cassette was recorded July 11, 2022 in the living room of 309 with UP AROUND THE SUN, a band consisting of Tim Kerr and Jerry Hagins. We're so proud to have this document, which was recorded at the beginning of Tim and Beth Kerr's stay as 309 AIRs back in July 2022. This cassette is incredible, and we're beyond honored to have this as part of our history--which can now be part of your own music collection.
"In China with Green Day?!!" by Aaron Cometbus
The latest release by Aaron Cometbus on PM Press. "In China with Green Day?!!" is part tour diary and part memoir. One of Aaron's most popular issues of his fanzine Cometbus, this new PM Press release is a great read. So glad this is back in print.
"Mylxine" Fanzine by Scotty Satterwhite
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"Doris" Fanzine by Cindy Ovenrack Crabb
"Doris" by Cindy Ovenrack Crabb (#30)
This issue talks about ways we create lives outside the mainstream structure, how we find and build community, and what that can mean to our ability to survive, heal and thrive. Touring, living with bees, book reviews, how to start a study group. Plus a bunch aboutcommunity accountability models of dealing with sexual assault – both critique and reflection of situations I have been in and what I felt was needed or not needed. Also an interview with the group Support New York and lessons they’ve learned from many years of doing accountability work.
*with order of this issue, we will send you another issue of "Doris" for free!
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