tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66205027007987553512024-03-13T05:12:28.178-05:00Pamela Gaard ArtPictures of new work ~ Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674183420690684807noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620502700798755351.post-29895706653798498502017-03-04T10:20:00.001-06:002017-03-04T10:20:53.885-06:00New Website -- Pamelagaard.org<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Please check out my new website still under development -- with new pictures, more drawings, recent paintings, and a few photos. Feedback is appreciated!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674183420690684807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620502700798755351.post-55658067392258477232017-01-17T11:53:00.002-06:002017-11-23T09:47:38.196-06:00Portrait of Olga<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Frank (Gaard) and I made simultaneous portraits of Olga; part of our on-going collaboration of ten years ~</h2>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674183420690684807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620502700798755351.post-40555638869800277222016-05-23T11:42:00.000-05:002016-11-22T15:31:56.252-06:00Awesome Foundation Grant & "Made Here" Exhibition - Dwelling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Last year, I met an amazing artist, an elderly gentleman named Hassan Nor (goes by Nor), who draws his memories from Jubaland, Somalia, before the war; when life was peaceful, and food plentiful.<br />
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The artist's daughter was a catalyst for our meeting. Earlier, she had given some of her father's drawings to her neighbor, whom she met at Neighborhood Night Out. When the neighbor was preparing to travel out of the country for a year, he reached out to me on FB -- where he knew me only through my art.</div>
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The neighbor brought some of Nor's drawings over to my studio, and I was blown away by the artworks, which depicted nomadic and village life back home, in Jubaland and Kismaayo, where Nor was a pastoralist, a tailor, a farmer; also, there were drawings of the artist's life here in Minneapolis, where he has lived for 14 years.</div>
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After meeting with his daughter, I met with Nor, and since have had several opportunities to chat with him. His daughter, Farhio, interprets for us. I learned that Nor had been drawing his whole life, since age 19 (he's now 76); he is self-taught; he has become interested in showing and selling his art. Since last fall, I have searched for opportunities for him -- written some applications for exhibitions, and reached out to some curators who had helped me in the past, on his behalf. </div>
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As I received some nibbles of interest, I began to understand that some funds would be needed to frame his work, which were primarily works on paper and neon cardboard, and prepare it for exhibition. I did not have the funds to assist with this, and didn't quite know where to turn.</div>
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Late in 2015, I heard of the Awesome Foundation, and wrote a grant for Nor to move his art forward. The Awesome trustees loved his work, and appreciated that I wrote the grant specifically to benefit another deserving artist. When the foundation contacted me in January with an award, I was thrilled for the support and encouragement this would bring to Nor's ambitions and aspirations. The grant was just what was needed to frame the work, purchase art materials, bring his art to exhibition, and make it more archival. A small amount of money remained, which provided honorariums to the artist and interpreter (what we call 'food money').<br />
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The interest in Nor's work seemed to propel this artist into new realms, increasing his detailed observations and nuances in his storytelling. With assistance from the grant, I was able to bring him new kinds of papers and markers to experiment with, to frame artworks, buy easels; but the other gift that developed was the dialog between us, often in the common language of art.</div>
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As Paul Wellstone once said, "We all do better when we all do better." -- this is especially true for artists, and one reason I enjoy collaboration. Our application to <i>Made Here, Represent</i> was created after an idea of Malidoma Patrice Soma, <span style="color: #353535; font-family: "roboto"; font-size: 16px;">"Being born into this world in a particular place is like having the signature of that place stamped upon you." - from the <i>Healing Wisdom of Africa.</i> Our </span>showcase, <i>Dwelling</i>, is rich with pictorial narratives of home and homeland; along with memories, dreams, and fantasies of the places we call home. </div>
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I'm honored to show my work with Nor downtown, in a place of high visibility, and for the premier exhibition for this exceptional artist. <i>Dwelling</i> will be on view both day and (lit up at) night, installed in a window and viewed from the street, in a building on the corner of 8th and Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN. </div>
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The exhibit will remain up all summer, until 29 September.</div>
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This painting is for my friends at Somali Health Solutions -<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674183420690684807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620502700798755351.post-72212020092497402782015-08-24T13:33:00.002-05:002015-08-24T13:33:49.497-05:00Hey, Aren't You Somebody?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At Hennepin Hustory Museum until September 13th - Don't miss it!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674183420690684807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620502700798755351.post-3507313776511129992015-06-14T10:06:00.001-05:002017-01-21T15:09:52.538-06:00Somali Independence Day 2015<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My next exhibition at Hennepin History Museum will feature some of my portraits, photographs, and hand-weavings made locally by Somali and Oromo elder women artists. Meanwhile, these motifs are weaving their way into my paintings~!<br />
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Thanks to Amina, Ardo, Hawo, Hawo, Nura, and Hawo (yes, there were three women named Hawo!) who taught me hand-weaving, or <i>Farshaxameedka Soomaliyeed</i> last summer at the Somali Museum, in Minneapolis. Since celebrating with women weavers locally at their exhibit at the McKnight Foundation offices in 2008, I have been intrigued with the designs, colors, and techniques practiced by some of the amazing and talented women in our community.<br />
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<span class="null">I taught the class for girls, and then I stayed on to volunteer until I found work. And so I had a chance to follow several east African women around the small kitchen at the center to learn about their cuisine. This was especially fun, because a) they were fabulous cooks, and b) they didn't know a lot of English. So, if there were five women in the kitchen there might be four languages spoken, and lots of laughter. They didn't have English words for all the ingredients, which meant smelling the spices to guess the names. Chasing after the women with my note pad, I created recipes to try later -- with mixed success.</span><br />
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Learning about Somali cuisine was my entry point to working in the community on health and wellness initiatives, which I have done for the past eight years. My background in public health and nutrition brought me to work with east African elders in community clinics and other businesses, where I have learned and taught in equal measure. I partnered with UCare to give out free shoes to clients to increase physical activity, taken folks on 'walking tours'. I've worked on a Somali language film and other educational materials concerning public health and nutrition. Assisted by countless amazing colleagues and interpreters (much more than simply translating a language, my Somali interpreters patiently explain cultural and religious customs along the way), I've really come to love Somali language and culture. <br />
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Bar ama baro. (Somali proverb, meaning - "Learn or teach") For me, learning Somali language starts with the cuisine.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674183420690684807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620502700798755351.post-125578011666039362014-09-27T15:44:00.000-05:002017-01-17T12:05:53.160-06:00Two Recent Exhibitions - Instinct Art Gallery and Made Here<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Self & Others</b> ~ Instinct Art Gallery, 940 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis MN ~ July 26 - September 8, 2014<br />
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Thanks to Euan Kerr and MPR for their interest in the exhibition~!<br />
<a href="http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/08/01/your-minnesota-weekend-">http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/08/01/your-minnesota-weekend-</a><br />
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Also, my Portrait of Osman, the Founder of Somali Museum of MN, is installed at the Somali Museum's pop-up gallery, as part of Made Here @ http://www.madeheremn.org/<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674183420690684807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620502700798755351.post-9410479460105190332014-07-16T14:33:00.000-05:002014-08-12T11:33:17.924-05:00Seven Sixteen Twenty Fourteen<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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INSTINCT ART GALLERY
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Self and Others<br />
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Self and Others reminds us why portrait painting will never die: we can
never fully understand ourselves or others, nor keep from trying.
Opening <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1112418894" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday July 26</span></span> with a reception from <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1112418895" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">6:00 to 8:00 p.m.</span></span>, Self and Others runs through <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1112418896" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">September 6</span></span>.
Instinct Art Gallery is located at 940 Nicollet Mall. Gallery hours are
Wednesday through Friday, noon to 6:00 p.m., and Saturday from 11:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The exhibition is curated by John Schuerman and
features the art of Frank Gaard, Pamela Gaard, Stu Mead, and Nancy
Robinson. High-res images are available upon request. Images Attached
(in order): Nancy Robinson, Frank Gaard, Pamela Gaard, Stu Mead,
Postcard.<br />
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About the Artists:<br />
For many years Nancy Robinson has painted narratives with herself as the
protagonist. She runs away from creepy people on the streets, finds
herself painting a clothed model without her own clothes on, is the girl
that walks into a bar and feels all male eyes turn, finds herself
waking up in bed with a Pinocchio-like being, and is in the Garden of
Eden as both Adam and Eve. These are dreamy sequences we relate to,
because we too know, that the world is weird and really like that, and
we could easily be there in her place. These are not pretend, 'dress-up'
self-portraits in the vein of Max Beckman or Cindy Sherman, they are
real stories.<br />
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Frank and Pamela Gaard have been creating dual portraits of family, and
people they've met along the way. In part, it is socializing. Pamela
says, 'it's a way to get to know someone on a Thursday morning'. Frank
does a lot of the talking and engaging of the subject. His portraits
are comic, expressionist, and cut to the core -to the one bright color
within. Pamela takes the quieter observational vantage point. She
distills the person and flavors them with touches of realism. "I think a
portrait's successful when I catch that verisimilitude; maybe it's the
psychology of the person or just a quirk that they do which is
recognized by those that know them well." The dual portrait is
synergistic. We see the person at one moment in time, through two
different artists. They make the complexity of a living human being
visible like no other static portraits.<br />
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Stuart Mead as a portrait painter -is able to pierce visual reality,
sweep away the irrelevant visual cues and render and accentuate the
ones that tease the mind --and still we think, 'that really must be what
she looks like'. We get a true likeness of the sitter, 'the other' but
heavy with Stu's gaze and what he wants of them, his 'self'. Hailed
(and dissed) for his desirous overtones, he calls you. Come decide for
yourself if these are not wonderful portraits.<br />
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This link brings you to my brief <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKmrowP6sCo">Somali TV</a> interview on Farshaxanka Soomaaliyeed (Somali Weaving) at the Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum, in Minneapolis, MN. The news that day was that the Minneapolis City Council and mayor presented the document announcing July 1st in Minneapolis as "Somali-American Day" to the Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum <a href="http://somalimuseum.com/">http://somalimuseum.com/</a> for safe-keeping. Several leaders in the Somali community spoke, including our new city councilman, Abdi Warsame, and Osman Ali, founder of the Somali Museum. I am honored to be included in the evening.<br />
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Weaving is a huge part of Somali tradition among the women, as you see in this youtube video:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwOEwc0UZGM">Farshaxanka Soomaaliyeed</a><br />
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In Somalia, nomadic women wove their mats to pray on, sleep on, as rugs, and to cover the aqal Soomaali (nomadic hut), wove vessels to carry milk and water in, and they even wove their own rope. They wove a mat to place between the camel and the haan, or milk container, to protect the wood of the haan from scratching the camel. And there were other woven objects, including a sort of apron they'd put on the rams for birth control, because 'the rams had no season, like the other animals', in other words they were trying to procreate all the time, according to a man named Omar, who I met at an early unveiling of the Somali Museum. So the women must have been always weaving..... when they weren't busy milking goats or camels, cooking, cleaning, taking care of children, chasing the rams off the ewes, or putting up and taking down the hut. <br />
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Early in my clinical work in the Somali community in Minneapolis, I saw a young girl as a patient. Her mother thought she wasn't eating well, as sent her to see me, the dietitian at a community clinic. I interviewed the girl, and coming from a public health background I asked her, "What is the first thing you usually eat or drink after you wake up?" And, she said, "Well, my mom makes this thing like a pancake, and then she puts tea on it, and I eat some of that." And, I said, "So, how much cangeero do you eat at breakfast?" And, she turned her head to look at me and her eyes got really big. . . and, she said, "How do you know cangeero?!"<br />
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I learn from my clients - bar ama baro, meaning "learn or teach" - certainly sums up the past seven years in which I've worked exclusively in Somali-owned businesses, clinics, and non-profits serving our fabulous community of mostly Somali elders living in Minneapolis. I feel privileged to work with these elders.<br />
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I've learned about biriise iyo basto, soor, ambuula, malawax, muufo, roti, cangeero, buur, timur, halwa, iyo molub. My favorite Somali food word is 'qaxwa', a kind of coffee made from hulls.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674183420690684807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620502700798755351.post-56833505817388876242014-02-14T07:50:00.000-06:002014-12-01T13:39:10.404-06:00Shalom / Nabad Opening Night -- January 31, 2014<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The torah commands us thirty-six times to "Welcome the stranger and love them as yourself."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I was born in North Minneapolis and my family moved to St. Louis Park when I was five.</span> My friend Mark Z, who lived up the street from us growing
up, had parents who were holocaust survivors -- his mom, Sabina Zimering, wrote a book about her experience, called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hiding-Open-A-Holocaust-Memoir/dp/0878391711">Hiding in the Open</a>. My friend Mary R had parents who came from Poland to escape the war. My grandmother lived
with us often, although for many years, she had an old house in Duluth, too. She was Russian, and by modern standards, rather unkempt
and frighteningly direct. My friends were scared of her, but I always
thought she was a pussycat, and that she was instrumental to my survival.<br />
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This show is an artistic rebirth for me. It's my first solo exhibition in Minneapolis, in an indoor space! I've made these portraits for the past five years -- they are of friends, other artists, people I've worked with, or know in the community. They're all made from live sittings and photos I take of the model, with one exception (Mogadishu Calling Minneapolis, which is an invention).<br />
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The first time I met a group of Somali elders, I worked at a clinic on the west bank in Minneapolis. My manager gave me a stack of surveys, and said, "Go out in the waiting room, and give these out." So I went out in the waiting room and found the room full of pairs of people, young and old, or sometimes middle-age to old, as most of the east African patients at the clinic were with their interpreters, as they didn't speak English. I spent a lot of time over the next several years working with these patients, in groups of two or three, with interpreters, and found these elders generally to be friendly, sweet, polite, more European than mid-western, to have a sense of humor, and that many are willing to teach as well as to learn.<br />
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When I was growing up and there was need for a dentist, we called Irving. Need a butcher? Call Mordechai! Need an accountant? Call Sheila!<br />
Working in the local east African community, when you need a physical therapist, you call Mohamed. Need a mortgage banker? Call Abdi! Need an interpreter? Call Nafiso!<br />
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This article written by Brian Klaas appeared recently in the StarTribune, and it represents the successful community that I see here - <a href="http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/242492981.html">http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentaries/242492981.html</a><br />
One in five Somalis is employed in a Somali-owned business, and I see a strong entrepreneurial workforce and a community flourishing -- many folks getting their citizenship, completing college degrees, starting families, gaining professional employment, and buying homes.<br />
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I've worked in the east African community for six years now, and feel fortunate to have a job I love. Learning a few words in Somali has brought me new friends and closer to the elders in particular. I love to see the joy and surprise on their faces when we exercise together and I count from one to ten in af Soomaali! <br />
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Galab wanaagsan. Bal an iskaa baro. <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" data-reactid=".i.1:3:1:$comment10152241348854925_30189812:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body"><span class="UFICommentBody" data-reactid=".i.1:3:1:$comment10152241348854925_30189812:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0"><span data-reactid=".i.1:3:1:$comment10152241348854925_30189812:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0"><span data-reactid=".i.1:3:1:$comment10152241348854925_30189812:0.0.$right.0.$left.0.0.0:$comment-body.0.0.$end:0:$0:0">Magacaygu waa Pam, Magacaa? Waxaan aqaan wax yar af Soomaali! </span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674183420690684807noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.712891000000013-41.116323 99.052733999999987 90 69.521483999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620502700798755351.post-57832594246144841422014-01-14T09:52:00.000-06:002014-07-11T16:55:09.845-05:00Shalom / Nabad<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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portraits transcend the barriers of language, examining cultural identity and
preservation. They illuminate faces which often go unseen ~ Somali and other
east African elders, who now (some for up to 20 years) call Minnesota home. Her
portraits of friends, colleagues, and other artists ~ along with elders
from east Africa ~ create a utopian society where people of all ages,
religions, and cultures unite. These pictures reflect the changing face of
Minnesota, now home to 75,000 Somalis who have settled here through the African
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“My interest in
portraying Somali and other east African elders is to honor those who
traditionally are leaders and healers in their community. Most of the elders
don't speak English, and I work with interpreters to
sketch and photograph the models, and later finish the portraits
in my studio. These paintings would not be possible without the help of many
scholars, teachers, colleagues and friends in the community. I have been
creating portraits for six years. They are made with thin glazes of acrylics,
and sometimes collage, on heavyweight archival French paper, and indulge my
interests in cultural diversity, ornament, costume, and psychology.” <br />-- Pamela Gaard</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and later received advanced
degrees in the sciences. She is largely self-taught as an artist. Her work has
been included in 50 exhibitions nationally and in Europe. For the past six
years, she has worked with Somali and other east African elders in
healthcare and community settings, and recently has created portraits of some
of the elders in our community. Through her studies, she is acquiring
rudimentary skills in Somali language. She also knows some Hebrew and
Yiddish. The Islamic art influence evidenced in her work is inherited from
her Turkish grandfather. As a Jew and second-generation American, she is
intrigued with how cultural traditions,
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fiscal year 2013 recipient of an Artist Initiative grant from the Minnesota
State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota
through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07674183420690684807noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6620502700798755351.post-35521273274727923002013-12-04T16:39:00.000-06:002015-10-28T17:34:30.012-05:00Thoughts on Portraiture, etc.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I gave a portrait to an elderly Somali woman who was one of my models, and she told me (with our interpreter) that she will send the picture to her daughter, who lives in Sweden. She then said 'thank-you' in English; to which I said, 'aada mudan', meaning 'you're welcome' in the colloquial sense, but literally meaning 'you deserve it'.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My portraits include faces of the African diaspora, and </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">honor the person portrayed, but, also, these portraits as a group possess the power to create further conversations in our community. </span>The elders have many stories to tell, and I love the stories, but my ability to understand and share them is limited with our language differences; also, parts of our 'conversations' are non-verbal. Portraiture is part of this conversation, and through this act -- which involves trust -- we gain some understanding of each others' lives and cultures.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When I wrote the grant about a year ago, I had this naive and optimistic idea that I'd be bringing more groups of older Somali and other east African women and men into our art museums, with interpreters; and, by this act I would integrate them further into the community. I imagined their excitement as they engaged with new material, and how this would enrich their lives in numerous ways. But my field trips have become fewer rather than increasing in numbers like I'd hoped.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After six years of working almost exclusively in the east African community, I often feel like an outsider, which, of course I am. The elders seem content in their familiar surroundings with other elders, sharing common languages, food, traditions, and customs from the old country, similar to my Russian and Turkish grandparents, who spoke Yiddish as a common language, and ate separate meals of Kosher food. It will be Somali-American and other east African artists - the children and grandchildren of these elders -- who interpret and share the stories of their elders through their own poetry and art, and who keep the language(s) and traditions of their culture alive.</span><br />
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But, meanwhile, I'm having fun making these portraits. People ask me now everywhere I go - word travels fast in an oral society that there is a portrait artist in the house.<br />
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In downtown Minneapolis from 9/28/13 to 1/6/14 on Block E ~ between 6th and 7th and Hennepin, on what used to be skid row ~ Simultaneous Portraits of Frank and Pam will exhibit in a show called <a href="http://www.hennepintheatretrust.org/feature/insider/made-here-hennepin-avenue">Made Here </a> along with a group of other artists and a few institutions. For a map of the project and more info, <a href="http://www.hennepintheatretrust.org/sites/default/files/Made%20Here%20Map.pdf">http://www.hennepintheatretrust.org/sites/default/files/Made%20Here%20Map.pdf</a><br />
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The art displays are all in windows of what <a href="http://modernmidwest.com/people/go-underground-with-soap-factory-director-ben-heywood">Ben Haywood</a> calls Minneapolis' most embarrassing, abandoned downtown mall. Thanks to Joan Vorderbruggen for her vision of the project, and to Hennepin Theatre Trust for sponsorship. In addition to the artworks, there is street theatre, poetry and live music. Stop by for the walking tour with the artists at Made Here on Friday, October 25th at 6:30 p.m.<br />
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Honored to see the story about my work in Minneapolis in the Mogadishu Times ~!<br />
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Thanks to everyone who came out to Susan Hensel Gallery on Cedar and 35th Ave. in South Minneapolis to see my portraits and proverbs ~! The next exhibit of these works (and further development) will be in late January, and, in winter months in Minnesota, it will be a challenge to get people out ~ thanks to Munira Hassan and Kayowe Mune for the photo.</div>
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This art review<span style="background-color: #999999;"> Paintings & Proverbs ~ <span style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span></span></span>Exhibition Review<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.lasplash.com/publish/cat_index_art_and_books/pamela-gaard-painting-and-proverbs-exhibition-review-transcending-history-of-genocide-religious-and-language-barriers.php">www.lasplash.com</a><span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>by Amy Munice, captures the breadth of my work with Somali and other east African elders. I teach that a healthy diet, exercise, fresh (outdoor) air, visits to waters edge, community engagement, yoga, tai chi, breathing, friendship, creativity (poetry, music, dancing, gardening, drawing, painting, stitching, I might even add cooking) along with mediation and/or prayer, all can make positive contributions to our health -- improving ills of all nature - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.<br />
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Paintings & Proverbs will exhibit through June 24 ~ 3441 Cedar Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55407<br />
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The twin cities DailyPlanet ~<a href="http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/events/paintings-proverbs"> http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/events/paintings-proverbs </a>lists it as top pic~!</div>
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<span itemprop="description"><span class="fsl">My upcoming exhibition, <i>Paintings
& Proverbs</i> includes portraits of elders who have settled in
Minneapolis from e. Africa, along with sayings and proverbs which defend
their old-world wisdom in their native languages ~ exploring ways in
which we inherit our cultural wisdom and identity. It's been a fun way for me to learn to speak af-Soomaali (Somali language) and a few words of Oromo.</span></span><br />
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This exhibition will be on view from May 7 to June 24 ~ at Susan Hensel (Window) Gallery, 3441 Cedar Ave So, Minneapolis, MN 55407. The gallery is not open for this event - the exhibition is in the storefront window only, which faces Cedar Avenue. For this reason, there is no official opening, but I'll post a few celebratory events during the 7weeks in which the exhibition is up.<br />
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Thanks to my many collaborators, teachers, interpreters and friends from our e. African community ~ !<br />
For more information: <a href="http://mnartists.org/event.do?rid=332758">http://mnartists.org/event.do?rid=332758</a> <br />
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