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Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat
This summer (June 23 - July 5th) I had the opportunity to work on 3 portrait woodcuts of DC-based artist-educators for an upcoming solo...
Pamela Lawton
Jun 30, 20242 min read
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Farewell VCCA
Good byes to some of the amazing creatives I met while at VCCA! Sad parting. I headed to Monticello—I’d never been, even as a student at...
Pamela Lawton
Jul 15, 20231 min read
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Anne Spencer House & Gardens
Today eight VCCA artists and writers took a trip to Lynchburg to visit the Anne Spencer House and gardens. Unfortunately, the house was...
Pamela Lawton
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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Panel Presentation at Sweet Briar College (SBC)
Just 2 days after arriving at VCCA, myself and two other truly amazing artists, Caitlyn Cass (cartoons/graphic novels) and Sam Modder...
Pamela Lawton
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
I’ve reached the end of my first week at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) artists residency, and have completed 4 of 8...
Pamela Lawton
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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Borealis Museum--Trois-Rivieres
On our last full day in Trois-Rivieres we visited the Borealis Museum housed in the filtration building of the former Canadian...
Pamela Lawton
Jun 27, 20221 min read
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Vieux Ville Quebec
We spent our last weekend (June 24-26) in Canada in the old quarter of Quebec City (Vieux-Quebec). It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ...
Pamela Lawton
Jun 26, 20222 min read
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Old City--Trois-Rivieres
Even though French colonists first settled in Trois-Rivieres in 1634, very few of the original old buildings still exist. Pretty much...
Pamela Lawton
Jun 16, 20221 min read
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Making Art in Trois-Rivieres
The purpose of my artist residency here is to make 3 woodcut portraits for 2 upcoming exhibitions. My current project, Portraits of...
Pamela Lawton
Jun 14, 20222 min read
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Downtown Trois-Rivieres
The weather here reminds me a lot of Scotland---you never know what will happen on any given day---it's sunny, cloudy, rainy and then...
Pamela Lawton
Jun 14, 20221 min read
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North of the Border--June 2022
Just when I'd become discouraged because none of the four artist residencies I applied for panned out---I was either denied or put on a...
Pamela Lawton
Jun 14, 20221 min read
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9 Artists| 9 Months |9 Perspectives
After nine months, Project 2020, the collaborative artists' book project I worked on with 8 Black women artists is complete! The works...
Pamela Lawton
May 6, 20211 min read
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Retablos of Resistance
The year 2020 has had a rocky start. Here we are at the halfway point, and the world has experienced a global pandemic (COVID-19)...
Pamela Lawton
Jul 10, 20202 min read
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Body, Mind, Spirit
Body, Mind & Spirit, is a collaborative community-based art project that examines participants’ holistic thoughts about wellness. Prior...
Pamela Lawton
Apr 23, 20202 min read
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Farewell for Now
I had an amazing 7 months in Edinburgh, met wonderful, supportive people and hope to return with my class to work with the SCOREscotland...
Pamela Lawton
Aug 18, 20191 min read
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Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo
I can't believe we're in the last week of our time in Edinburgh. Seven months ago when we arrived just before Hogmanay (New Year's) I...
Pamela Lawton
Aug 18, 20191 min read
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CERES Conversation
Me with one of my sheroes, Dr. Gloria Ladon-Billings.
Pamela Lawton
Aug 3, 20191 min read
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Finding Myself in the UK
Since I was a small child I've been so fascinated by the people, places and things around me that I'm continually staring at my...
Pamela Lawton
Aug 3, 20192 min read
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Colorful Clever Girls
I'm happy that my Tate Exchange project went so well and that the books 1800+ participants altered--about 30 books--are now part of the...
Pamela Lawton
Aug 3, 20191 min read
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Travels around the UK
The Edinburgh area has some amazing historical, artistic and naturalistic sites to explore. On two occasions I was able to travel with...
Pamela Lawton
Jul 29, 20192 min read
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