‘It forced me to paint from the deepest parts of myself’: St. Pete art show seeks to end stigma associated with suicide

Tampa Bay-based artist Genevieve “Vevie” Lykes Dimmitt lost her son, Lawrence Hundley Dimmitt IV, to suicide in 2017, but she still speaks to him through her art.

Her art show, “Windows Letting in Light, Prayers for Lawrence,” runs at FloridaRAMA in St. Petersburg through Monday, Nov. 10. Proceeds from artwork sales benefit Love IV Lawrence, a donor-advised fund created in her son’s memory to promote mental health awareness and end the stigma surrounding suicide.

This Saturday, Nov. 8, from 6 p.m.-8 p.m., Vevie joins Love IV Lawrence representatives for a public talk on art and mental health…

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