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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In April, my ArtPrize Eight Color Me Orange—Color Me Kind installation traveled to an elementary school in Virginia, shown above, and influenced students to create their own work in a Detroit area school. In Virginia during my presentation, seven hundred students pumped their fists and chant “Oh yeah” every time I said, “Be a friend…