Twin Original Painting From Huckabee Show to Be Auctioned for the NAMM Foundation's Wanna Play Fund
The NAMM Foundation's Wanna Play Fund will again be the beneficiary of a donation from former Gov.Mike Huckabee and the Huckabee program on FOX as identical twin brothers, Terry and Jerry Lynn, will produce an original painting during the show this weekend that will be auctioned on eBay to benefit the Fund.
The brothers paint collaboratively under the pseudonym “Twin." and they have gained notoriety because they often work on a piece at the same time, seamlessly merging their styles techniques and contribution to create a fully realized work that bears no evidence of having been the work of two artists. The artists were born and still live in a suburb outside of Memphis,TN. They were encouraged and supported early on in their love of art by their parents and later attended the University of Memphis. They acknowledge various influences on their work but a dominant one is the vibrant blues and jazz scene of Beale Street in their native city, Memphis. A southern flavor flows through much of their work, yet their abstract paintings have a markedly modern and cosmopolitan flair. The twins and their work have been featured in publications and on television and they have exhibited in galleries across the U.S. Other credits include official artist of the 1988 Essence Music Awards in New York City, and artist for the official poster for the 1997 Philadelphia Art Expo.
"We continue to be grateful for the ongoing support shown by Gov. Mike Huckabee and FOX towards the NAMM Foundation's Wanna Play Fund," said Mary Luehrsen, executive director of the NAMM Foundation. "Terry and Jerry Lynns' work reminds us of the power of music and the arts to create beauty and inspire each other to do great things in this world."
The Twin episode of Huckabee runs this weekend on FOX News. Check your local listings for air dates/times.
About NAMM Foundation
The NAMM Foundation is a non-profit organization with the mission of advancing active participation in music making across the lifespan by supporting scientific research, philanthropic giving and public service programs from the international music products industry. For more information about The NAMM Foundation, please visit www.nammfoundation.org.
The NAMM Foundation embarked on a new effort to raise funds to support programs and activities that strengthen music education in schools and provide opportunities for people of all ages to learn to play music.
About the Wanna Play Fund
The non-profit Wanna Play Fund officially launched Saturday evening from the prestigious stage of “Huckabee,” a weekly commentary program on FOX News Channel hosted by Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and 2008 Republican presidential candidate.
Gov. Huckabee has appeared in NAMM's Wanna Play? national public awareness campaign and is a strong advocate of the vital role music education plays in the lives of all children and of the benefits playing music has for people of all ages. We are pleased to partner with Gov. Huckabee, who will be the national spokesperson for the NAMM Foundation’s new Wanna Play Fund.