The Scarlet Cord visitors continue the conversation at ArtPrize: A mom overwhelmed with emotion struggled to get these words out, “My adopted son was a sex toy night after night for his parents.” I thought, there is a lot of evil in this world, but here is a good woman who really cares for the…
Jessica Rowland of Women at Risk International and Pamela were interviewed by Andy Rent just prior to ArtPrize 2014 about The Scarlet Cord. Hear the short, six minute interview:
Saturday night a woman returned to The Scarlet Cord asking for another red string bracelet because she lost the first one. As I tied another string around her wrist, she asked for a hug. I had a nanosecond to decide if I was going to extend kindness to the intoxicated woman. Although the toxic effects…
Branded, Livestock branding markers on canvas, 25½ x 25½ inches, 2014 Reproduction featured at Macy’s of Rivertown in Grandville Traffickers refer to the group of children they control as their “stable.” Within their stable, children are tattooed—marked like livestock—and herded into a mechanical and emotionless existence. However, if loving individuals help restore these children to…
…at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Tethered, Mixed media on plywood, 44 x 48 inches, 2014 (Approximately 700 nails and 600 feet of string) In India, a teenage prostitute’s baby cries while tethered to a post by a thin scarlet cord. No one is allowed to touch or talk to the baby. Her trafficker’s goal: create the perfect sex slave—a child…
The Scarlet Cord: Crossing religious and social economic borders. Confronting child sex enslavement. Calling for compassionate action. The Scarlet Cord Audio Collage: Real voices of survivors and law enforcement by Shared Hope International. “Midnight Wars” by Kelsey Rottiers.