Pamela Lawton
The Best of the Best Juried Art Exhibition, 2017
Pamela Lawton
Exhibiting Artist
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
702 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20068
August 11 - 30, 2017
Exhibiting Artist
Pepco Edison Place Gallery
702 8th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20068
August 11 - 30, 2017
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Bio
Lawton, a fifth generation educator and native of Washington, DC, is an artist and Associate Professor of art education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She holds an EdD in the College Teaching of Art, Teachers College, Columbia University, an MFA in Printmaking, Howard University and a BA in Studio Art/Sociology, University of Virginia. Her artistic and scholarly research revolves around visual narrative and intergenerational arts learning in community settings. In addition to publishing a monograph on her dissertation research, Artstories: Narrative Construction in Intergenerational and Transformative Learning (2008) she has published several book chapters and journal articles. Her artworks are in several collections including: the College of Health and Human Services, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Teachers College, Columbia University, Northwestern University, Morgan State University, Georgetown University, The Corcoran School of the Arts & Design/GWU, the Frederick Douglass Museum and Cultural Center and the Washington, D.C. Superior Court.
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Artist Statement
"As an artist-educator-researcher, my art is grounded in social practice, seeking to shed light on contemporary issues, cultural traditions, and the stories of people affected by them. As an emerging artist, I began with my own family members as a way of understanding who I am and my place in the world. My work, mostly prints and mixed media pieces, is a visual narrative of the people, places, and traditions that influence my life. I combine both images and words in my work to tell a story. A story that many who have viewed my work find both inspirational and familiar, for it tells the story of everyday life that many people understand and have experienced. I have coined the term Artstories to describe these visual intergenerational narratives."
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