As I work in schools across the country, I had a special opportunity to make monarch butterflies with preschool children and talk about the butterfly’s unique characteristics and what it needs to survive. The paint-stained fingers led the children into experiencing the joy of discovery. Even though everyone had the same two colors of orange…
Each year ArtPrize visitors thank me for providing the opportunity for them to be a part of my work. The interactive nature of my work invites collaboration. Each unique installation offers an immersive art experience. Year after year, ArtPrize visitors say that they seek out my work. Their enthusiasm to be involved in the creative…
While on a cross-country flight, I took along some children’s butterfly books to prepare for my next exhibit, Broken Wings. As the flight was landing, a fellow passenger tapped my arm and asked, “Are you a teacher?” She had been watching me underlining important phrases in my children’s books that were sprawled across my tiny…
Yesterday, WCSG aired Jeremy and Amanda’s radio interview with Pamela discussing her Broken Wings installation at ArtPrize Ten. Listen to the interview on SoundCloud… Broken Wings Grand Rapids Public Museum 272 Pearl Street NW (west of the river) September 19 to October 7, 2018 Vote #66688 In light of the recent tragic school shootings across…
Broken Wings is about strengthening and nurturing kids. To help promote safe schools and healthy home environments, the art challenges viewers to become collaborators. Children with broken wings can undergo a transformational process—when a caring adult helps build emotional stability—and emerge from the cocoon with resilient wings. Jeff Veley, a national bully specialist, offers some…
Over the last decade, I have learned through my interactive art exhibits, as thousands of ArtPrize visitors have responded, that art facilitates healing. Interactive art also serves as a catalyst for individuals to express their stories. Both adults and children alike are very eager to share. Over the last decade, with each sacred story, the…
While visiting a butterfly house, a magnificent Blue Morpho Butterfly landed on my wrist like a “live” ornament bracelet. The Lepidoptera, or four-winged insect, remained on my hand for about the next thirty minutes—whether I walked or stood still. Curiously, the butterfly’s gigantic five-inch wingspan would flux in tandem with my movements. The butterfly’s wings…