In 2006, while attending the Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College, I met—would you believe?—Makoto Fujimura. In his book signing line, I showed him my out-of-date Xerox portfolio. Mako kindly leafed through the poorly printed images and said something that changed my paradigm: “Your art speaks of healing.” Within five minutes, Mako named…
We are so excited. ArtPrize Eight visitors voted Color Me Orange—Color Me Kind into the Top 25 Time-Based! Thousands have interacted with our anti-bullying entry Color Me Orange—Color Me Kind at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. 100,000 ribbons have been tied onto the artwork to illustrate solidarity in the movement to eliminate bullying. By…
Thank you to the thousands of ArtPrize visitors for helping us to successfully complete our eight years of ArtPrize. It has been an amazing journey. I would like to acknowledge and thank over fifty volunteers—plus the Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore. You did a fabulous job serving the ArtPrize guests and showing compassion.…
The first half of this video features Pamela Alderman and Girl Scout volunteers talking about Color Me Orange—Color Me Kind during an interview with WOTV’s Maranda and the impact the installation had at ArtPrize and on the Girl Scouts themselves as they handed out orange ribbons to the public.
Violet, 7 When I was playing outside, a girl told me to do a backbend. I said, “No!” But she said, “Do it now.” I kept saying “No.” Finally, I said, “If you stop bullying me, I will do a backbend.” Then she stopped so I did a backbend. A special thank you to the…
Alyssa, 8 One day I got bullied on the bus, and I stuck up for myself. My friend was scared of a fourth grader. So I said, “Stop it now.” He stopped. A special thank you to the Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore for providing the stories. For reasons of security, names have…