1. Stella Marrs And Her Postcard Art
It Just Vanishes!
silkscreen, 2002

2. Stella Marrs and Postcards
▪ Selling postcards at stores and online
▪ Combining photographic images and
simple words
“A mix of classic images combined with
modern, yet timeless, messages,
Stella's cards have questioned
the status quo for almost two decades.”
— BuyOlympia.com
First Place

3. Stella’s words on her postcards
“After collage, I made hundreds of different paintings, products, and events. I never put my name on anything during that period. I preferred to think of it all as some sort of warm-up exercise for what I was really going to do. I finally settled on using my name on the back of postcards because I realized I better accept this medium by the default since I could afford to start manufacturing it. It could be educated, and I could travel and sell it on public transportation, because it was small and I didn’t have a car.”
“If girls could just make things and see themselves reflected in what they made, and then trade it for money, that could be a window to empowerment about alternatives for economic survival. Because if you get to live outside the normal system, you just might have a chance for a different vision, which could mean ultimately an alternative voice”
— The Quiet Rrriot: Visual Artists from the Riot Grrrl Movement by Megan Kelso, Nikki McClure, Stella Marrs, 2011, Fantagraphics.com

4. — Nikki McClure, Olyarts.org
“The collage artist”
“A postcard empire out of discarded magazines, a jumpsuit and suitcase. She has never compromised her voice. She could be as subversive as she wanted.”
— Nikki McClure, Olyarts.org
Bill of Rights

5. Stella Marrs and Riot Grrrl
R.G.’s First zine
Bikini Kill zine 2

6. What is Riot Grrrl ?
- 3rd Wave Feminism in the 1990s in Washington State,
addressing feminist topics such as rape, domestic abuse, sexuality,
racism and female emp0wererment.
- Began by a band Bikini Kill and involved bands, zines, and art.
* Manifesto (with 16 statements) was published in 1991
in Bikini Kill Zine 2.
* Alien She(Carnegie Mellon, ) exhibit featured a historical
section with R.G.’s zines, hand-printed posters, and music playlists.
- Zines often described experiences with sexism, mental illness,
body image, eating disorders, sexual abuse, racism, rape,
discrimination, domestic violence, incest, homophobia.
- Owe to punk activism and DIY culture in Olympia.
* photo copied flyers and cut and paste collages.

7. Riot Grrrl images in the ‘90s.
Stella Marrs. Disco Deployment Unit, 2017

8. Stella’s works from Seen and Heard show

9. Stylistic relation to her postcards art
Thematic relation to feminism

10. Using language to be an activist!
Emphasizing each words by typography
Questioning gender
related issues
Open Mouth
Kitchen Problem