printmaking, forever.

(this photo & post are from April, from my instagram @vbee, but I just really felt like it needed to be posted here, xo)

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I can’t show you everything just yet, because I haven’t processed any of the recent events of this past week / weekend because I was nonstop busy to make them happen but I just started crying uncontrollably & it’ll probably continue thru the night & happen randomly the next few days / weeks / months / years because I’m experiencing#allthefeels & cannot handle how eternally grateful I am that I get to do what I do here & now & that I moved to Lubbock for a silly reason & then started grad school here & one my first teaching assistantships included a class taught by Dirk & he brought some letterpress posters one day & then another day let me borrow a press that was in my tiny darkroom & I spent hours in there then more & more people came thru & I met Chad & Charles & they listened to me & letterpress started at CASP then I stayed for my MFA & now I am an#artistinresidence here until December & I have met some amazing people who are also hardworking & passionate & recently @shes_the_manda_ came into my studio & told me about a group of young women who are rape survivors who get together & make art to heal & I’ve had a gun pointed at me & a friend who didn’t listen & other stories & know too many other people with stories & especially here & now their voices need to be heard & Amanda & her friends were brave enough to show their artwork & writings in Studio 4 for #firstfridayarttrail which thousands of people attended but it didn’t stop there because there was also an interactive wall that other people could tell their stories & words of healing & it’s completely filled & overflowing & I don’t know if you realize how powerful & great it is but I was in the print studio last night with the best helpers who helped me sell out of prints & overheard so many people telling of how moved they were by the whole event but it doesn’t stop there because today lots of people came into the print studio to help us#screenprint hundreds of individual pages for coloring books from kids to adults & their prints filled two huge racks & this is only a detail & then we assembled them & they’re going to organizations who help people locally next week because#youarenotalone...EVER.

SHRILL, february first friday art trail

SHRILL

Presented by Victoria Marie Bee, SHRILL is an art exhibition featuring work by Katelyn McPherson, Katie Rivera, & Stephanie Berrie; a poetry reading by Jessica Smith, Kyle J. Bassett, Katrina Prow, Chen Chen, Curtis Bauer, & Chris Taylor; a fundraiser sponsored by J&B Coffee, La Sirena, Flippers Tavern, Continental Hairlines, Dirk Fowler, Jonathan Whitfill, Katie Rivera Photography, & V.M.BEE; &, will include the sale of shirts, prints, buttons, & copies of the book I want a president: Transcript of a Rally. All proceeds from this project will go to support both local & national organizations defending women & the rights of all, donated equally among Voice of Hope's Rape Crisis Center of Lubbock, Women's Protective Services of Lubbock, & Planned Parenthood.

SHRILL celebrates solidarity among those who identify as women & anyone in our community who supports basic human rights. These works respond to threats toward individual rights & seek to make our voices heard, through love and respect for all. 

&, even more people have joined us since this card was made! love this community!

MORE SOON! YOU'RE GOING TO BE JUST EXCITED AS I AM ABOUT THIS AMAZING EVENT AS DETAILS UNFOLD!

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xoxox & cheers & love

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