Lee Patton Final Blog: Marcy Geyer

Bloomsburg University printmaking alumni Marcy Geyer recently gave a talk in the student services center about her recent work as well as pieces created while attending the university. The majority of her work focuses on racism and equal treatment of the LGBT community, as well as instances of violence, disapproval, and mistreatment against them in society. Most of the pieces she showed were very strong, especially the ones concerning Matthew Shepard and Emmett Till. I thought her prints on pillows was an interesting idea and a different but probably effective way to spread the message.

I thought her work was definitely made stronger by the passion she put into it. It was easy to tell this was a topic that she found highly important to address and try to fix. While talking about the pieces about Matthew Shepard and Emmett Till, I think it brought tears to her eyes and I saw how much these issues meant to her. Having that strong passion about an issue like this shows in the work and that passion came through in hers, as well as her talk.