Bec Young
Pittsburgh, PA
Bec Young is a visual artist who seeks to inspire—and draw inspiration from—movements for justice and ecological wellness. She works primarily in printmaking, paper-cutting, illustration, and installation. Her practice also includes direct interactions within communities, empowering others, skill-sharing, and facilitating change. She is a member of the Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative and co-editor of Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas, an illustrated anthology of social change-makers. Her work has been shown internationally, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Germany, Slovenia, and Great Britain, and was included in A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking in 2012.
Other Media
DRUM (Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement)
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Bec Young: Eberhardt Notebook
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This Is An Emergency!
Grace Lee & Jimmy Boggs
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La Autonomía es la Vida, la Sumisión es la Muerte
Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas
Justseeds Collaboration
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Honoring Comandante Ramona
January 1, 2016
On this day in 1994, 22 years ago, the Zapatista Army for National Liberation made their cause known to the Mexican government and the world. One of the most beloved leaders of…
Honoring Woody Guthrie
October 14, 2015
The iconic American folk singer, Woody Guthrie, was born on July 14th, 1912. Publicly appearing with a guitar labeled “This Machine Kills Fascists” and writing songs about class inequity which…
Honoring Elizabeth Catlett
April 15, 2015
Happy Birthday to Elizabeth Catlett, who would have turned 100 today! Catlett is an inspiration to many in the Justseeds crew for her linocut print work, and her participation in the…
Honoring Geronimo
February 17, 2015
“I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.”…
Honoring Muhammad Ali
January 16, 2015
Muhammad Ali was born on this day in 1942 and has kicked ass ever since. A poet boxer, Ali publicly announced his conversion to the nation of Islam the day…
Honoring Zumbi dos Palmares
November 20, 2014
Dia da Consciência Negra, or Black Awareness Day, is celebrated on this day every year in Brazil. The date of the holiday was selected to honor Zumbi dos Palmares for…
Taking on Detroit’s Incinerator
June 26, 2014
On this day in 2010 there was a march in Detroit that inspired a print I recently released called Solstice. The march was part of a decades-long struggle to take…
Honoring Sitting Bull
December 15, 2013
“My friends! Be strong…because me, I am nothing…” (Sitting Bull’s song, according to Cedric Good House.) Today is a great day to honor the life of Tatanaka Iyotake, popularly known…
Honoring Grace Lee Boggs
June 27, 2013
“History is not the past. It is the stories that we tell about the past. How we tell these stories – triumphantly, self-critically, metaphysically, or dialectically – has a lot…
Why I make spoke cards – and how!
June 26, 2013
I recently reprinted “Deeper Than Mechanics Dare” spoke cards, and thought the process might be of interest. I started making the cards three years ago, in order to make the... ...
Honoring Henry Morgentaler
May 30, 2013
A stalwart advocate of reproductive choice, Doctor Henry Morgentaler worked as an abortion doctor and activist since the 1960’s. Despite threats, protests, attacks, shooting, firebombs, arrest and imprisonment, Morgentaler took…
Honoring John Brown
May 9, 2012
Born on this day in 1800, John Brown is a man whom it is hard to feel neutral about. Called a terrorist by some and a martyr by others, Brown…
Honoring Túpac Amaru II
March 19, 2012
I’m not sure what curse words would have come out of the mouth of Túpac Amaru II, born on this day in 1742 as José Gabriel Condorcanqui Noguera, but surely…
Honoring Nina Simone
February 21, 2012
Born Eunice Waymon on this day in 1933, Nina Simone has been one of my greatest heros since I bought the 1974 album It Is Finished when I was fifteen….
Honoring Marlon Riggs
February 3, 2012
Marlon Riggs was born on this day in 1957. A political filmmaker, Riggs started exploring themes of race and sexuality in his films while attending Harvard University. As he was…
Honoring Angela Davis
January 26, 2012
Today is the birthday of Angela Davis. Davis is best known for her work with the Black Panthers in the 1970’s, subsequent time on the lam, and incredible afro; she…
