Pamela will be painting live for the UICA Live Coverage evening.
Event details:
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (UICA)
2 West Fulton
Grand Rapids, Michigan
(616) 454-7000
info@uica.org
Friday, March 11, 2016 • 7 pm to 8:30 pm
$10 UICA members, $25 non-members
I will be painting live at Women’s Expo:
Friday, March 11 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Saturday, March 12 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Sunday. March 13 from 1 pm to 3 pm
Art is to console those who are broken by life. Van Gogh
Healing in Arts is about caring for people. Brokenness is universal, part of our human condition. Whether individuals are experiencing distress from physical, mental, or emotional issues, art touches deep places within the human spirit.
In 2011, during the Braving the Wind installation, one young woman waited at the Healing Tree with her phone while her friend spent the last minutes with their dying friend, James. The minute James died, the phone call came and the young woman hung a card on the tree—a sacred moment for the two survivors.
Healing tears often flow as the art unlocks the soul. The art serves as a catalyst when individuals find their own pathway towards healing. Healing in Arts helps people process their pain, deepen relationships, and experience hope and healing.
Healing in Arts by Pamela Alderman
When and Where:
International Culture Care: Music, Beauty, and Creativity
Fuller Theological Seminary • Pasadena, California
March 3 through 4, 2016
The Scarlet Cord exhibit and film at GVSU Allendale Library on Thursday, February 4, 7:00 to 8:30 pm.
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Grand Valley State University will be hosting The Scarlet Cord exhibit and film screening in February. This unique event will give insight into the world of human trafficking, while offering hope and ideas for action. Judge T.J. Ackert will speak about the increase of trafficking on local levels. Artist Pamela Alderman, whose work The Scarlet Cord will be on display, will discuss her experience of depicting sex trafficking during ArtPrize 2014 and the 2015 Super Bowl in Phoenix, Arizona. Elise Hilton will share her family’s journey from trauma to recovery.
The film highlights the reactions of those who walked through Alderman’s art installation, including trafficking and sexual abuse survivors. The event will conclude with volunteers tying the infamous scarlet cords on the wrists of those in attendance as an ever-present reminder of the pain those engulfed in human trafficking experience each and every day. Join us for an evening of art, awareness, and a call to action.
When: Thursday, February 4, 2016
Where: GVSU Allendale Campus • Mary Idema Pew Library • Multipurpose Room
Time: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
(616) 331-3219
Sponsored by the Meijer Honors College, the Political Science Department, and the Joseph Stevens Freedom Endowment
IMAGE: Wounded II, Pamela Alderman, 31 x 29½ inches, Oil on canvas, 2016
To honor fallen soldier Army Spc. Eric Burri, his sacrifice for our country, and his concern for the Iraqi children, his family with the West Michigan community collected 5,000 shoes for the Iraqi children in 2005. This past year Eric’s story and Pamela’s Hometown Hero artwork have inspired other concerned citizens from children as young as eight to older adults to organize additional shoe drives.
Miss Coopersville Scholarship Program showcased Hometown Hero and the legacy of Eric Burri’s life in August; pageant guests donated shoes at the event. After the pageant, Little Miss Coopersville, Chloe Russell, and first runner up, Olivia McDonald, walked door to door collecting shoes with their little red wagon. The two eight-year-old girls donated over eighty pairs of shoes.
This month in response to Hometown Hero, Denise Kohler, president of Kohler Expos, is teaming up with Patty Alexander and the South-Kent Blue Star Mothers to collect shoes during the Kids & Family Expo at DeVos Place. Pamela will be exhibiting a Hometown Hero mini installation at the event. Plus Grand Rapids Harley-Davidson will be showcasing four motorcycles.
ArtPrize Seven’s Hometown Hero is inspiring young community leaders, as well as adults, to honor Eric’s legacy of making a difference—demonstrating the power of a hero’s influence and how art is a catalyst for healing.
Hometown Hero Shoe Drive
DeVos Place
Saturday, January 24, 2016
10 am to 5 pm
From January 16-30, drop off your donations at the following locations:
Brann’s Steakhouse • 401 Leonard Street NW, Grand Rapids
Marge’s Donuts • 1751 28th Street SW, Wyoming
Peppino’s Pizza (South) • 1515 Eastport SE, Kentwood
Sponsored by Kohler Expos and the South-Kent Blue Star Mothers
Courage Ablaze is a museum quality traveling exhibit that has been experienced by over 70,000 people. The work serves as a megaphone—speaking with tender boldness.
Courage Ablaze pillars, icons of strength, invite movement and involvement. As viewers encircle the 7-foot pillars, they engage with the image on the front and the story printed on the back. The charred frames on the Flame Tree portray suffering while the vivid colors of the Congolese images highlight beauty and hope.
Additional elements such as five child rape textiles, a ten-foot oil painting, and twenty-five watercolor portrait paintings draw viewers into the heart of the Congolese women—leaving an unforgettable impact.
Courage Ablaze: The Women and Children of Congo
Michigan State University
LookOut! Gallery
MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
November 2 through November 19, 2015
Courage Ablaze & The Hidden War of Congo is a 90 minute presentation designed to raise awareness of the war on innocent civilians in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly on the women. Kizombo Kalumbula, a naturalized Congolese professor and director of International Berean Ministry, presents the reasons for the conflict and the complex history of the region.
Pamela Alderman, a renowned watercolor artist, shares the tragic stories of Congolese refugees that she’s recorded in word and portraits, and demonstrates our connection to the troubles. “Le Clay” a Congolese refugee family choir, humanizes the statistics by singing Congolese songs in French, Lingala, and Swahili.
A question and answer period follows. Pamela’s artwork acts as the backdrop for the presentation and may remain in the facility for student viewing. Participants leave with knowledge of the almost unreported, but largest, war since WWII, and a variety of “things they can do” to make a difference.
Presentation and Opening Reception
Tuesday, November 10 at 5:00 p.m.
MSU Residential College in the Arts and Humanities • RCAH Theater
362 Bogue Street, East Lansing, Michigan
Free admission and open to the public