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Telling Stories at Tate Exchange
My week of art making with the community at Tate Exchange July 16-21, 2019 was both rewarding and exhausting! While I had the floor...

Pamela Lawton
Jul 23, 20192 min read
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Countdown to Artstories@Tate
Artstories@Tate begins in 3 weeks! Using 'time' as a metaphor for the Movement theme, participants will collaborate on the creation of...

Pamela Lawton
Jun 23, 20192 min read
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Travels by Train
Since I'm uncertain whether or not I'll return to Europe anytime soon---I decided to take Eric on the spring break trip of a...

Pamela Lawton
Jun 18, 20195 min read
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Artstories at the University of Edinburgh
My Fulbright experience allowed me to hold two separate Artstories events---one with immigrant youth in the SCOREscotland group in Wester...

Pamela Lawton
Jun 18, 20191 min read
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Artstories with SCOREscotland
It's hard to believe my Fulbright experience is almost at an end. What an experience it has been! While my initial plan of working with...

Pamela Lawton
Jun 18, 20192 min read
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Collaborative Altered Book at IASH
My fellow scholars at IASH completed our collaboration on an altered book, "Art Makes Dangerous Women Powerful." I am deeply appreciative...

Pamela Lawton
May 21, 20191 min read
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Real Talk with Kimberle Crenshaw
So very fortunate today to find out Professor Crenshaw would be speaking on "30 Years of Theorizing Justice: Intersectionality, Critical...

Pamela Lawton
May 21, 20191 min read
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The Unique and Unusual
In my walks around Edinburgh I often encounter mysterious objects and interesting stories---here are just a few: On my walk to work I...

Pamela Lawton
Mar 30, 20192 min read
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Be|Longing
With the help of my artist friend, Lou Davis, I was able to complete my woodcut and letterpress poem in homage to Scotland and my project...

Pamela Lawton
Mar 30, 20191 min read
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Strolling about London
We had 2 great days in London, one cloudy and one sunny. We strolled along the Queen's Walk next to the river bank soaking up the sights.

Pamela Lawton
Mar 27, 20191 min read
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Hidden Gems and Oddities
On my second trip to Londontown, I decided to squeeze in a bit of sightseeing, particularly as we were staying in Borough/Bankside along...

Pamela Lawton
Mar 27, 20191 min read
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Printing Pal
About a month ago, I purchased some printmaking tools, MDF, and paper to create a woodcut to leave as a thank you with my hosts at the...

Pamela Lawton
Mar 7, 20191 min read
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Elephants, Dogs, and Wizards
Edinburgh is an endlessly amazing city---so much history and so much to discover. I had not realized what a literary place it was before...

Pamela Lawton
Feb 28, 20192 min read
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Cutting it Close
One of my biggest fears in coming to Scotland was finding someone to cut my hair. Yikes--I've lived in Richmond for 4 years and still...

Pamela Lawton
Feb 22, 20191 min read
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Bonnie Banks, the Bruce, and Kelpies Too
Today was beautiful--sunny and warmish---perfect weather for a day trip through Rabbie's Tours to the Kelpies statues, Loch Lomond, and...

Pamela Lawton
Feb 15, 20192 min read
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Creative Collaboration with Colleagues
Every Tuesday following our weekly IASH Fellows lunch, I'm conducting altered book workshops. After my research presentation some of my...

Pamela Lawton
Feb 12, 20191 min read
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Queenly Quest, Quagmire Quelled, Quarantined Queen Quashed
Okay--so I wanted to see how many 'Q' words I could find related to the tragic history of Mary Queen of Scots (not to be confused with...

Pamela Lawton
Feb 9, 20191 min read
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Leaving an Impression
In my office there's a lovely little list of names of previous scholars to occupy the space (see below). I've been thinking about how I...

Pamela Lawton
Feb 9, 20191 min read
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BURNing for Haggis
The great Scottish poet/lyricist Robert (Rabbie) Burns was born on January 25, 1759, just 200 years before me! Robert Burns authored...

Pamela Lawton
Jan 31, 20191 min read
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Inspirational Move
On September 19, 2018, in preparation for Tate Exchange 2019, Movement, Exchange Associates had an inspirational meeting with social...

Pamela Lawton
Jan 26, 20191 min read
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