An artist is never poor.” Babette’s Feast by Isak Dinesen Do you know the story Babette’s Feast? Babette, once a famous chef, is a refugee, who escapes the French civil war and resettles in Norway. For the next twelve years, she cooks for two deeply religious sisters—without pay. One day, Babette’s financial position changes, so…
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“I was raped,” a student revealed during a recent phone interview. Each year several students contact me requesting an interview or mentoring. Although the purpose of each interview is to discuss my work, the conversations often turn personal. This past year, students from Colorado and southern California asked for coaching with their sex-trafficking projects. I…
“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…
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,…