I had been digging through some non-profits and came across Free Arts, which is an organization that "recruits, trains and places volunteers to work hands-on with victims of abuse." http://www.freearts.org/ The organization has chapters in New York, California, Arizona, Minnesota and Oregon. https://www.melissadata.com/lookups/np.asp?zip=free+arts
Going through their different instagram accounts I came accross this pic, http://archive.is/PFA67 - which has a painting of a pedo spiral and triangle. I knew this alone wasn't suspect enough to write this post so did a little more researching and found out that Free Arts actually had the pedo swirl as their logo up until about 2014. Here is pic of their logo, http://www.mnartists.org/content/executive-director - Here is a pic of a mentor with a child and you can also see the pedo swirl logo. https://www.instagram.com/p/ZGILDMP6kA/?taken-by=freeartsmn - Here is larger pic of their logo, http://www.mnartists.org/content/executive-director
One of the sponsors of the NYC chapter is GQ writer Glenn Obrien. http://www.freeartsnyc.org/glenn-obrien-inspires-free-arts-youth/ Here is a pic of him wearing a hat with a pedo swirl. https://www.instagram.com/p/BLewwZOhWlE/?taken-by=lordrochester. Glenn obrien is close friends with Jerry Saltz https://www.instagram.com/p/BD4aiGAvlfF/?taken-by=lordrochester&hl=en - Jerry Saltz likes to post art like this:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQfcRIoB6m5/?taken-by=jerrysaltz
https://www.instagram.com/p/BALt6y4jhxI/?taken-by=jerrysaltz
https://www.instagram.com/p/60q6lDjh73/?taken-by=jerrysaltz
https://www.instagram.com/p/2fEnxhDh7F/?taken-by=jerrysaltz
One of the mentors for Free Arts is Richard Phillips https://www.instagram.com/p/YclPKeF0eT/ - He also has artwork that would be concerning to a parent. Especially one working "Hands-On" with at-risk children. http://www.artproductionfund.org/shop/richard-phillips-scout-prop-art. Here are some more provocative art pieces from him http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/phillips-has-lot-going-on/2984.
Another artist is Robert Pruitt, who if you scroll through his instragram, is obsessed with Pandas, which keeps coming up with alot of our pedogate research. https://www.instagram.com/p/BMjNz9jjq3Y/ - Here he is mentoring kids at Free Arts Event for the Brant Foundation. He is drawing glitter pandas with the children. https://www.instagram.com/p/8ThIN2l0Wj/?taken-by=freeartsnyc. Heres a pic of Robert Pruitt butt naked covering his penis with a panda, and hanging out with Jerry Satlz, who we mentioned earlier.
It looks like a man named Richard Prince had hosted a Free Arts event for Glenn Obrien. I found this voat article on Richard Prince talking about using artwork for laundering payments for child exploitation. Could be true. Here is an article where Prince makes $90,000 off an instagram pic he stole from someone else.
Also, just total coincidence, but had to throw this out there. The Minnesota chapter is ran by a man named Dick Schmoker....thats right...Dick Schmoker. https://www.instagram.com/p/BST_7zjhihD/?taken-by=freeartsmn
Just pretty odd is the fact that an organization dealing with at-risk children, had for years, a logo used amongst child abusers. The mentors they bring in to work with the kids "hands-on" all seem to be infatuated with sex and some even show inappropriate artwork of young kids. I think some of these people and the organizations need to be further looked into. Any help digging is appreciated.
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BlackManta ago
Great find. There is another place called 826dc that does after school tutoring and writing lessons that gave lots of red flags. They fundraise through CPP with a group called Pizzastar Galactica. Their website has some of the weirdest spiral logos and they also have a 'magic store' that has ouija board poetry nights, which I thought was kind of out there for a supposedly kid centered place. I meant to do a post with links and all but haven't had the time because there was so much, board members connected to Clinton foundation and orphanages, the founder himself, etc.This place has chapters in DC, SF, LA, and I think Chicago. Sorry to derail. I despise the thought that these places who are supposed to be helping children are hurting and preying on them.