GROWING PAINS SCREENPRINT:

A 11x14 two-layered screenprint, each editioned and signed by the artist Caseena Karim. Each purchase helps fund and employ QTPOC artists, classes, and projects by CraveMoreBK.

"Growing up, I felt that something was wrong, that in some way I had failed because the system in which I lived in did not benefit me. Trying to pay attention in an institution was not meant for me. My sexuality, gender, and my race labelled me outside of societal norms. I felt that this was because I was not good enough, and I wanted to know why. I took social science classes to try and figure out what it was about me that made me feel like an outsider. What I got instead, was not an answer to my dilemma, but rather a community. Learning about race issues, sexuality, gender, capitalism, I felt a sense of awakening. I saw the world in a different lens, and it came all at once. Once i saw society for what it was, I realized that most things were not my fault, but rather the fault of a failed system. These are my growing pains.”