Photo: Starbuck’s sandwich board art Time for a rhythm reset as we move into summer! I can’t wait to reveal some exciting interactive and collaborative art opportunities next September. Meanwhile, it’s time to enjoy family, summer campfires, and a few amazing creative adventures. Until then… A recent interactive healing art project with school children
Broken Wings No. 5 – Kaleidoscope 3 x 3 foot Mixed Media A collaborative work with Breton and Raybrook Assisted Living Facilities and artist Pamela Alderman Monarchs fly low to the ground on the southerly wind to migrate to a warmer climate. They also ride thermals, a rising column of air, like a hawk. The…
Broken Wings No. 4 – Legacy Journey 3 x 3 foot Mixed Media A collaborative work with Breton and Raybrook Assisted Living Facilities and artist Pamela Alderman A Monarch butterflies takes about five generations to migrate from Canada to Mexico and back again. Scientists believe the butterflies have some sort of internal mechanism that guides…
Broken Wings No. 3 – Patterns of Resiliency 3 x 3 foot Mixed Media A collaborative work with Breton and Raybrook Assisted Living Facilities and artist Pamela Alderman Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico every autumn. Somehow, millions of delicate butterflies complete the dangerous 3,000-mile journey in spite of severe weather, pesticides, and habitat…
The Breton Woods and Raybrook Assisted Living Facilities commissioned ArtPrize Top 20 artist Pamela Alderman to help guide residents through art engagement projects. For seven weeks under the direction Pamela, residents from all levels of care created six interactive healing pieces. The final work will be showcased during Holland Home’s Long-Term Care Week. One resident’s…
Throughout the ArtPrize years with over 270,000 individuals personally interacting with my healing work by writing notes, signing names, hanging paper prayers, or tying ribbons, I have gained a decade of experience as the maker of participatory artwork. But I also have had to learn—how to flow—with the interactive nature of each work from some…