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2024 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition
Bio
Veronica Thornton is a Cleveland native known in the community as Ms. Vee. She is a published author and poet, contributing to over 10 anthologies with poets and writers across the nation with 2 of her own books of poetry currently available on Amazon and Barnes & Nobles titled: Universal Colloquies Inside of Me and Train of Thoughts.
Vee’s education and unique life experiences foster exceptional interpersonal skills, allowing her to connect organically with people from diverse communities. Her belief in the power of community, collaboration, and creativity drives her to create inclusive spaces. Vee strives for a more connected and equitable world where art and advocacy create lasting change. Vee is also the owner of Vee’s Consulting, a consulting business that provides Viable, Efficient and Effective Solutions (V.E.E.S.) to organizations, small businesses and creative entrepreneurs. Vee’s Consulting specializes in community relations/engagement, program development, project management, facilitation along with data and research collection.
Ms. Vee passionately advocates for the underserved, overlooked and unheard to promote equity. She has worked with several organizations advocating for career pathways for artists across sectors like Arts in Health, Arts in Education and Community Development.
Artist Statement
No one is given a blueprint of life, yet everyone thinks they are sure of where they want to go. The stories I create through poetry serve as lessons learned while growing as a person with the understanding that things can always change which give people like me hope to keep moving forward and not giving up. Every day we see it yet many become numb to it because we become consumed with the fallout we are left to deal with from previous bad decisions. Storytelling helps people to see that even the once deniable can and sometimes will become undeniable. There is beauty in the overlooked and unseen as they reveal the art of connection in the lines that are weaved in between the lines that bind everything.