For a limited time, hand painted and signed acrylic paintings on Plexiglas commemorating Color Me Orange—Color Me Kind can be special ordered from our Gallery and Store. “Hand painted” is to be taken quite literally too. Pamela paints these original paintings with her hands wearing surgical gloves. Visit our Gallery and Store…
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 In his book signing line, I showed him my out-of-date Xerox portfolio.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…
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…
A special thanks to PlexiCase for donating and manufacturing custom Plexiglas shapes for Color Me Orange—Color Me Kind. The team at PlexiCase was very professional and efficient. They met all of our deadlines and requirements—they even delivered some of the materials early. Instagram Bully Nicole, 14 People need to realize bullying has just as much…