donated time as the event photographer & also artwork

Join us on Saturday, January 12, 2019 for the 11th Anniversary Medici Circle 5x7 Art Scholarship Fundraiser - Where the Wild Beasts Art! at the McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center on the Texas Tech campus.

Known as one of the most raucous parties of the year, this costume (optional) event brings festive art lovers together annually for food, wine, fun and art to support School of Art scholarships.

Each year an art movement or style from the past informs the evening's theme including the décor, the meal, and most especially as the guest costume theme (which is entirely optional).

This year's theme celebrates the wildly fun and colorful art of Fauvism made famous by French artist practitioners – Henri Matisse, Georges Rouault, André Derain and others. They were called "wild beasts" for their vibrant use of color and expressive form. The Fauve's vibrant color has been combined with the wonderfully playful creatures from Maurice Sendak's, Where the Wild Things Are to create this year's theme.

invited by LHUCA to attend & put together a table of CASP artists (including Chris Marin, Rachel Anderson, & others), full-decorated table that won an award

What is Dîner en Blanc?
A pop-up dinner that began in Paris 30 years ago... it is also a fun way to support LHUCA! 

How does it work?
1. Buy a space on LHUCA's Plaza (see space sizes below).
2. Bring your own dinner, beverages (yes, BYOB!), table decorations, table and chairs.
3. Wear white!
4. LHUCA will have surprise entertainment during the dinner with live music to follow.
5. A cash bar will be available should you run out. 
6. There will be an award for Best Table Décor, so get creative!

fresh letterpress prints by Victoria Marie Bee

live music all-night by Drew Cypert – One Man Band @1.man.band (instagram)

poetry & non-fiction readings - 8:30pm to 9:00pm; by Curtis Bauer, Catherine Ragsdale, Beth McKinney, Matthew Porto, Valerie Wayson, & Jess Smith

The BORDERLESS event seeks to support RAICES Texas & similar organizations that provide legal advocacy & representation in an immigration system that breaks apart families & leaves millions without pathways to legal status.

photographer of the event, letterpress printed various informational materials, & organized all the volunteer waitstaff (which included local creatives & friends), for the first big fundraising event for Charles Adams Studio Project, to match the funds needed for building new Work Studios

May's First Friday Art Trail at Studio 4 will feature artworks by Victoria Marie Bee, & have prints & more for sale by Dust Devil Press, Whimsy Daze, Q Ave Press, & many others.

7pm - 8pm, the event "A Push Out into Open Air: A Conversation on Criminality" will take place, a collaboration with graduate students in Texas Tech University's English Department:

As part of the First Friday Art Trail experience, please join us for a provocative conversation on race, injustice, and privilege. We will host a panel discussion that includes a reading of works from various contemporary writers such as Michelle Alexander and Reginald Dwayne Betts. We invite you to engage perceptions of the justice system and all those affected by it. 

In addition to our panel discussion, posters promoting the event will be available for purchase & donations will be taken to support the East Lubbock Community Alliance.