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6/08/2008 |
The Beehive Collective NEEDS your support today! |
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Things have never been better at the Beehive. We have a truly outstanding crew of Bees - a dream hive really! - and are feverishly buzzing round-the-clock… on the verge of spawning TWO massive new graphics campaigns.
That said, it is with urgency that we explain our situation: we are in dire need of the minimal funds necessary to see us through this final sprint.
MESOAMERICA RESISTE is a project that has morphed over the past four years into an illustration of epic proportion, biological accuracy, and lush complexity that is nearly done having its way with us! And in tandem on our (oversized) operating tables is a colossus of imagery set in motion: a team of nine bees are at full-tilt co-creating a COAL GRAPHIC CAMPAIGN addressing destructive forms of surface mining and the impacts of worldwide addiction to cheap, non-sustainable energy.
These posters are going to be SO ferocious and beautiful!! We absolutely can’t wait for y’all to see them! None of these impossible labors of love and struggle would be evolving without the INCREDIBLE outpouring of support, love letters, honey, and volunteer bee hours from so many of you.
And so, it is with great pleasure that we are ready to begin sharing our work in progress with you in our new GALLERY. Please keep checking over the coming months, as we churn out, bit by bit, the finished imagery…
The Hive is currently housing 13 hard working, all volunteer Bees that are buzzing non-stop for the next four months to complete both of these intricate graphics. But we are faced with expenses that are threatening to pull many of us away to fundraise for small donations on the road, causing the projects to ONCE AGAIN take MANY more months than necessary.
At every level, our work is growing in strength and vision, and with your support, this growth can continue on its wildly motivated path! NOW is a very critical time to support the Beehive Collective by making a donation that will help us through this last stretch of monumental creative effort!
IF YOU COULD MAKE A DONATION OF $500, $100, $50, OR EVEN $20 (or place an order for a custom printed banner for your school or organization!), IT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HELPING US GET THESE IMPORTANT ORGANIZING TOOLS INTO THE HANDS OF EAGER AUDIENCES WORLDWIDE!
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6/08/2008 |
G8 2008 Solidarity Poster |
CRASH THE G8 BASH! |
We Bees are excited to announce a new poster to help inspire worldwide solidarity actions during the G8 counter summit in Hokkaido, Japan! It's for you to use and circulate from wherever you are!
CLICK HERE
for a full explanation of the graphic, and for printable versions of the graphic available in multiple languages!
CLICK HERE
to get your own paper copy of the Resist the G8 poster |
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5/13/2008 |
ANNOUNCING THE LATEST GRAPHIC CAMPAIGN! |
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It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the latest Beehive Collective graphics campaign!
Since the end of March, workerbees have been travelling throughout Appalachia to inform our latest Beehive Collective graphics campaign. Through listening and dialogue with community members, activists, and organizations, we aim to create an intricate drawing illuminating the complexities associated with the extraction and usage of the single largest source of energy generation worldwide: COAL.
We recognize an urgency for the creation of educational materials about surface mining and mountaintop removal and their explosive collision with the historical and cultural landscapes of Appalachia. Our goal is to support the already-robust organizing of coalfield residents and resistors, climate change activists, and organizations.
Our release date for the poster and accompanying educational materials is early Fall- we are actively seeking hosts for presentations and workshops for our return to Appalachia following its debut. If you are an organizer, activist, or educator and would be interested in collaborating with us on this project, please get in touch!
For more information, pictures, and an
updated chronicle of our journey, please visit the
BEEHIVE COLLECTIVE COAL GRAPHIC CAMPAIGN BLOG
Click on the image to the right to view an announcement flier for our Coal graphics campaign |
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The Beehive Collective's Coal campaign is part of BrushFire, a national series of public art projects promoting civic dialogue, organized by the Provisions Learning Project with support from the CrossCurrents Foundation. |
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2/25/2008 |
A GOOD TIME TO HELP OUT AT THE HIVE! |
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Grange Summer
Volunteer Window
August 1-16 2008
We bees are off to an extremely busy start to the New Year. Our calendar is jam-packed with up-and-coming completion of the Mesoamerica Resiste graphic, our participation in the counter conferences for both the RNC and the DNC, and a serendipitous opportunity to launch a new graphics campaign about Mountaintop Removal coal mining in the Appalachian Mountains!
Since the Hive is "a buzz" with activity, we are not in a position to plan an all-out work party as we have done in years past. But we still wanna give folks the opportunity to come visit us in Maine!
So...we are setting aside the two weeks before the Blackfly Ball as a time for folks to come help out. If you intend to make the trek, be prepared to: help us gear up for the Blackfly Ball, finish some small projects on the Grange Hall, prepare materials for our upcoming epic tour, and of course get a taste of Maine in the summertime while learning what it means to be a worker bee!
BEEHIVE VOLUNTEER WINDOW INFO
Thanks to all of the love and elbow grease donated by folks who helped out during past years’ workparties, the Grange is only in need of a few finishing touches to be at its functional and aesthetic best.
So this year, instead of hosting a full-on workparty for the Grange, we are hopin' folks who come visit will inspire and support us as we prepare to launch two new graphics campaigns whilst also making the Third Annual Blackfly Ball a night to remember!
We're lookin' for folks who are willing to help out with some administration & paper pushing, poster rolling, meal preparation (and consumption!), and who can bring overall good energy to an exciting but super-busy time in the life of the hive! |
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1/11/2008 |
CALLING ALL EDUCATORS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE! |
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Greetings for the New Year!
In eager anticipation of the new life spring promises- including the completion of Mesoamerica Resiste, our most epic and long-awaited graphic release to date-we are gathering together a host of innovative educators from Philadelphia and surrounding cities for a day of discussion, reflection, and strategizing.
Please join us!
CLICK TO READ MORE |
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12/3/2007 |
REPORTBACKS FROM COLOMBIA - POLINIZACIONES BLOG LAUNCHED |
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A new Beehive Collective weblog, featuring reportbacks from Colombia and youth engaged storytelling and inter-activation is launched and now online! Click on the image or HERE to learn more about the Polinizaciones blog
Visit POLINIZACIONES at polinizaciones.blogspot.com for more information and the latest news and stories from the journey of Beehive graphics throughout Colombia |
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4/11/2007 |
New
Poster for Boston's 2007 BIOJUSTICE |
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The
Beehive Collective has finished a promotional poster
for the BIOJUSTICE convergence
in Boston, Massachusetts from May 4th-7th, 2007.
BioJustice
2007 is a week long celebration of
sustainable food and alternatives to corporate
healthcare. It is being developed by a wide coalition
of public interest groups, activists, farmers,
scientists, and concerned citizens, working together
in response to the biotechnology industry's international
convention scheduled for the new Boston Convention
and Exhibition Center during May 6-9, 2007.
For more event information,
visit www.biodev.org and
www.biojustice2007.org
For a web size
version of the poster,
click HERE or on the preview
to the right.
For HIGH
RESOLUTION versions, select the version
below. Both are zipped TIF files.
200
DPI package (4.3 MB zipped)
300
DPI package (8.6 MB zipped)
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2/18/2007 |
Syndicated!
Catch the buzz as it appears |
The
'Hive is now syndicated through an RSS
2.0 feed (what's
this?).
Click the orange button to add us to your feed
subscriptions and receive updates and summaries
of our website changes as they happen. Before long,
we'll have page updates showing new previews of
the Mesoamerica Resiste graphic,
so keep posted.
RSS
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We still invite you to enter
yourself into our BEESWAX database,
too - to receive intermittent mail/email updates
from the Hive and to be kept in the loop in a more
personal fashion. |
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2/17/2007 |
Coming
up this Spring! |
print-ready
fliers: JPG (2mb)
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(use 8.5 x 14" legal size
paper!) |
On
the Northwestern U.S. leg of our upcoming Spring
tour we will be collaborating with
Rising
Tide, an international Climate Justice
group. The tour poster features the first of many
forthcoming images we will be producing focused
on climate change and
environmental justice.
We still have a few dates open
if you're interested
in booking...
 print-ready
fliers: JPG (2mb)
| PDF (4.0mb)
(use 8.5
x 14" legal size paper!) |
The Fourth
Latin America Solidarity Conference will
be held in Chicago this April.
We've
just completed the image for their outreach poster,
one small exceprt from the mammoth Mesoamerica
Resiste illustration that we are working at around
the clock!
Check
it out, print 'em out, see you there!
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11/13/2006 |
Hittin'
the Books - the 'Hive makes it into two new publications |
 Hitting
our doorstep on nearly the same day, we were overjoyed
to receive the finished editions of two new publications.
In the first book, Works
of Heart,
the Beehive Collective is featured in an entire
chapter detailing both our local and international
work.
"This full-color celebration of citizen artists
revitalizing their communities profiles ten exemplary
grassroots arts projects. Stories range from children
building a mud facade on their Oregon school to
an annual blessing-procession and festival in North
Philadelphia that brings to life dozens of the
most derelict blocks in urban America."
Read more
and get a copy from New Village Press
 We
are also extremely honored to have our Biotech
Puppeteer image featured in entirey and as chapter
headings in Sandor Katz's fantastic new work The
Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved
"The
Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved takes
on Big Food by profiling grassroots activists
who challenge the way we think about food. From
community-supported local farmers to raw milk
producers forced to fly under the radar of Big
Government, this book shows how ordinary people
can find their way out of the corporate food
maze and take direct responsibility for their
own health and nutrition."
Visit Sandor's site, Wild
Fermentation, for more info! |
6/26/06Presenting
a new graphic for the Maine Social Forum! July 28-30th
We are proud to present our latest graphic, and our first full-color production!
The promotional poster for the Maine Social Forum is viewable by clicking
on the image to the left, or here.
We've
also designed the website for
the Forum. Check it out for lots of information,
a schedule of events, and more -
http://www.mainesocialforum.org
In
additional we'll be facilitating an exhibition
of our political poster archive at the Maine
Social Forum. Over 250 inspiring, full color posters
representing various social movements from around the
globe will be on display throughout Bates Mill during
the entirety of the Forum.
If you'd like your own copy of this new poster, it is now available for order
on our webstore.
08/1/05Grange
Centennial Celebration | New Hive Home
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The
Centennial of the Machias Valley Grange Hall
is fast approaching! Us bees are pushing full
steam ahead with building restorations. Infinite
thank-yous to those generous folks who are dropping
from the sky, as if by magic, to help us overcome
tremendous obstacles. The home stretch is upon
us!
For
more information about our restoration work and
the Centennial celebration on AUGUST
20th, 2005 (including a schedule)
CLICK HERE
To
download a flier for the Centennial Event
CLICK
HERE - [PDF version 600k] |
THE
HIVE HAS EXPANDED!
The
search is over and we have secured
a new home! No, we're not leaving Machias, we've
just finally found a live/work space that's beyond
our dreams, and it's only five minutes on foot
from the Grange. It provides us with the capacity
to remain in Machias year-round and have a full-time
base of operations. It's the new nucleus for
all of our projects.
To clarify, it was no sudden windfall of money that enabled this to happen!-
rather, this was made possible through advocacy and loans from local non-profit
and commercial lenders who enabled us to only need a very minimal down
payment. Phew!
For
more details and pictures of this
fantastic
sanctuary CLICK
HERE
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Workerbees
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Prepay
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Since 2004, us workerbees have been busy laying the groundwork
for another massive graphic campaign project- but there
is still much illustration and fundraising work to be done,
and a $20,000 goal for just printing! You can help support
the next poster to hatch by pledging a $20 subscription,
giving you all Beehive posters released for a year. Thusfar,
the bees have produced one poster per year, but with many
campaigns underway and with support like yours, our momentum
is growing!
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Our COAL graphic is off and running! 
