Nine Years of ArtPrize
ArtPrize Nine, Let Go, in progress We are celebrating nine years of exhibiting at ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan as we get ready for ArtPrize Nine. Enjoy. See Healing in Arts on Facebook…
ArtPrize Nine 2017!
ArtPrize Nine, Let Go (detail shown), Pamela Alderman, 19 x 6 feet, Multi media, 2017 I’ve actually lived through eight ArtPrizes, earned all eight t-shirts, and watched amazing provisions unfold over the past eight years. But even after eight years of ArtPrize experience, these questions still haunt me: Will I be able to pay for…
Living Art and Jones Sodas
Sometimes an experience grows beyond one’s initial purpose. I had one of those enriching moments when a group of at-risk young teenaged boys came to work in my yard. After our introductions, one asked, “Why is your yard so nice?” “I’m an artist,” I replied. “My yard is like one of my art canvases. Have…
World Hunger at Grand Rapids Museum School
This past spring I had the privilege to teach a group of middle school students at the Grand Rapids Museum School. The goal was to help students walk through the steps of art making for an ArtPrize mock up exhibit. Students selected world hunger as their topic and collected donations for Kid’s Food Basket to…
Color Me Orange—Color Me Kind: Thriving
This anonymous story is about a courageous young woman that experienced the stabbing pain of bullying but rose above the abuse. Her resolve and fierce spirit is inspiring. Behind the Mask During middle school, the sharks had already figured out that I’m autistic as if they detected a trace of blood. If one disability or…
Festival Open House: Night Cries I and II
Pamela has two painting in this year’s Festival 2017 Regional Arts Exhibition. Night Cries I has received the “Second Generation of Festival Award.“ The Opening Reception for the festival will be held on Wednesday, May 31, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Kendall College, Woodbridge Building. Night Cries I and II Festival 2017…
Pamela’s Paintings at 2017 Arts in Ada
You are invited to explore the fine art and great food at the Arts in Ada Festival on Saturday, May 20, 2017 from 9 am to 4 pm. Over 90 artists and artisans, including my own work, will be displayed on the beautiful tree-lined Bronson Street in Ada, Michigan. This year I’m excited to also…