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AUGUST 2001
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•This poem is a small attempt on my part to support you.--Janet Tracy (08/05/01)

•I do, however, fully understand the others such as "purity," "modesty" and "innocence." These are clearly the product of a dominant culture that, despite the leaps and bounds that women have made, still perceives the female form as tainted, sexualized, and impure. --Wendy Hall (08/06/01)

•So what's happened?--Eugene Dean (08/07/01)

•For over 2 months, I had to deal with him attacking you on your design of the Virgin. --Irene Castruita (08/09/01)

•Congratulations on a successful exhibit. I was not aware of it until after-the-fact, but it seems to have generated quite a bit of interest.--William Moreno, San Mateo, CA (08/09/01)

•I saw your print in Santa Fe along with your other works and thought they were great. --Robert Starner, Albuquerque, NM (08/12/01)

•You had a great group of women and men writing important things about what happened. --Aida Mancillas, San Diego, CA (08/13/01)

•The museum is wonderful, and your artwork looks so perfect hanging there... a very powerful expression of you and your uniqueness. --Aggie Damron-Garner (08/13/01)

•It puzzles me that such an innocuous image could cause all the "alleged outrage".  It also demonstrates how little the protesters, including the archbishop, understand about the first amendment.--Mortimer H. Herzstein, San Francisco, CA (08/14/01)

•I'd like you to know that I support your right to expression. The Roman church is a mess.--B. Willis (08/15/01)

•Our Lady is a wonderfully creative and playful work of art. It provokes emotion and thought and creates dialog about about what constitutes art in general. --Lucinda Gaston (08/17/01)

•We would also be greatly honored if you would allow us to display your image, since your piece inspired the idea for this event.  We hope to display Vigen images that depict generational shifts of views regarding the Virgen, and the relationships that are shared by the artists who are selected.--Violeta L. Ramirez, Cynthia V. Anzaldua, and Viola D. Valdez, Ixachilan Cultural Center(08/18/01)

•Frankly, we liked "Our Lady". --Jim Saunders(08/19/01)

•Do you plan to be in Santa Fe when they take you print down?--Pedro(08/20/01)

• And I must say I was surprised by how much opposition you have faced in Santa Fe.--Jennifer Rosen (08/26/01)

•I wanted to write to you about the play. Rosalia Triana got an email from the Museum saying that they wanted to do the play in the spring. Of course I was disappointed because I wanted to do it now before the exhibit comes down.--Sylvia Vergara (08/27/01)

•I came out against the Museum of Folk Art here in New Mexico (and MOCMA, tambien) and its propping up relevance for Alma Lopez' corny girlie poster of the Image of Guadalupe, and I have come out against the Museum of New Mexico before.--Pedro Romero Sedeno (08/29/01)

•the 2001 santa fe melodrama opened last week. this traditional spoof of life in santa fe, allows us to make satirical comments on all aspects of life here as we know it. of course, this year, your beautiful "virgin" was one of the biggest controversies and we have included it in our story.--Beverly Berger (08/30/01)

•i just wanted to tell you how much i love your digital artwork, especially the virgen...--Alba (08/31/01)