A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. Joseph Campbell Today we remember the heroes of 9/11. Men and women who put their lives on the line for others. Firemen who rushed into the burning Twin Towers to save lives. A Catholic priest who was praying for…
At ArtPrize 2014, I displayed my installation, called The Scarlet Cord, through a partnership with Women At Risk International, in hopes of raising awareness of human trafficking in the United States. 30,000 ArtPrize visitors received scarlet cord bracelets as a reminder to build circle of protection around children in need. In early 2015, The Scarlet…
For Immediate Release Grand Rapids, MI – September, 2015 – Women At Risk, International will be hosting a movie premiere on Tuesday, September 15, at the Grand Rapids Public Museum from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with ArtPrize artist, Pamela Alderman. The film, based on the exhibit “The Scarlet Cord” will premiere following a panel…
Our world is broken. Because of this, we need heroes. By honoring noble and sacrificial people in our lives, we remember and truly understand their impact on our world. There is healing in focusing on the good in mankind. My ArtPrize Seven work is called Hometown Hero. It is an exhibit that first and foremost…
The cultivation of trees is the cultivation of the good, the beautiful, and the ennobling in man. J. Sterling Morton My dad loved to plant trees. His love for trees inspired my husband and me to plant a tree everywhere we lived from California to Philadelphia to Denver to Germany to Grand Rapids. One of…
A big thank you to Chad Kremer of Zuiderkruis Productions for beautifully capturing Hometown Hero in this video!
See Hometown Hero at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel September 23 to October 11, 2015 Watch for the Hometown Hero video release in July! Vote 61086