“Nine point four million men come to Thailand every year for sex.” My simple Internet journey to double check this statistic from Noel Yeatts led to the discovery of more shocking statistics about sex-trafficking. The number of pedophiles or sexually broken people demanding to satiate their sex drive with sickening perversions and barbaric acts forced…
“Your art speaks of healing,” said New York artist Makoto Fujimura when Pamela Alderman showed him her humble portfolio in his book signing line. Following this powerful five-minute encounter, Pamela started creating a new kind of artist/citizen work that invites audience collaboration. Her work lets others speak and respond. After ArtPrize 2014, her work, The…
Pamela creates custom interactive exhibits. To find out more information for your next event, contact the artist. Above: An interactive healing exhibit especially designed for Manasseh Project’s Stop This Traffic conference. Below: This past spring, another interactive installation showcased at Grand Valley State University’s Frederik Meijer Honors College.
After the work first debuted at ArtPrize 2014, The Scarlet Cord Pop-up Galleries, mini installations, were created to expand the original mission: freedom and healing for boys and girls trafficked worldwide.
Responding to The Scarlet Cord work, Judge Patricia Gardner said, “Today kids are producing their own pornography.” Unfortunately, it’s true. One of The Scarlet Cord works called Targeted—portraying a child, a bull’s eye, and a roll of film—pictures how childhood innocence is destroyed through erotic material. “Sexting” is sending, receiving, or forwarding sexually explicit messages,…
For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning. T.S. Eliot As we say goodbye to 2017, I’m excited about the opportunities that lie ahead of us! Next year’s blank canvas awaits…
In November, twenty-five Courage Ablaze paintings—highlighting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s genocide and massive-scale rape—were donated to various West Michigan refugee non-profits. I would like to thank Marvin Veltkamp for making the donations possible. Marvin, and his wife, Joy, serve the African refugees here in America and in Africa—where they have started a sustainable farm…