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Pamela Lawton
Jun 30, 20242 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jul 15, 20231 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jul 1, 20231 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jun 27, 20221 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jun 26, 20222 min read
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. ...
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Pamela Lawton
Jun 16, 20221 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jun 14, 20222 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jun 14, 20221 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jun 14, 20221 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
May 6, 20211 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jul 10, 20202 min read
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)...
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Pamela Lawton
Apr 23, 20202 min read
Body, Mind, Spirit
Body, Mind & Spirit, is a collaborative community-based art project that examines participants’ holistic thoughts about wellness. Prior...
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Pamela Lawton
Aug 18, 20191 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Aug 18, 20191 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Aug 3, 20191 min read
CERES Conversation
Me with one of my sheroes, Dr. Gloria Ladon-Billings.
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Pamela Lawton
Aug 3, 20192 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Aug 3, 20191 min read
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...
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Pamela Lawton
Jul 29, 20192 min read
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...
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