The Beauty of Color, Amplify’s next Generator Grant exhibition organized by Ilaamen Pelshaw and Pamela Conyers-Hinson, celebrates the work of two artists and the intersectional identities they hold. In a considered acknowledgement of the mutual influence Latin American and African American cultures have on one another, the exhibition deploys color as a functional apparatus to build solidarity across the experiences of diaspora and migration. Using a wide range of production techniques and skills–painting, sculpture, and interactive installation–the artists synthesize a shared visual lexicon that privileges culturally specific aesthetic traditions over eurocentric norms.
Free and open to all, viewings of the exhibition are by appointment. Face masks are not required but always appreciated. Register in Eventbrite or email peter@amplifyarts.org to schedule a time to visit outside of regular gallery appointment hours.
Exhibition Dates: September 9th - October 14th, 2022
Opening Reception: September 9th, 2022; 6pm - 9pm
Closing Reception: October 14, 2022; 6pm - 9pm
Regular Gallery Hours: Thursdays and Fridays; 1pm - 5pm by appointment.
Generator Grant programming is presented with support from the Nebraska Arts Council and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
About the Artists:
Pamela Conyers-Hinson is an award-winning artist. She holds a Master of Arts in Teaching, master’s in Organizational Leadership, and a Bachelor of Art in Studio Art. She is a classically trained sculptor using the lost wax method for bronze casting and the traditional methods for stone carving. Pamela is interested in sustainability within the arts. This is evident by her use of experimental natural mediums. She received the Council of American Art Society Inc, Award for Excellence in Representational Sculpture. She is a member of the National Association of Women Artist New York Chapter. She has exhibited her artwork in Nebraska, New York, Illinois, Virginia, and Venice, Italy.
Ilaamen Pelshaw is a Guatemalan artist and illustrator with a bachelor’s in graphic design. She is a visual storyteller that explores elements of everyday life in a colorful and cheerful way, often focused on kindness and inclusion. Ilaamen has participated in more than 30 exhibitions in Omaha, Lincoln, Sioux City, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, San Diego, and 3 local solo shows. Her art can be found in private collections around Europe, Asia, Africa, and Central America, including the US Ambassador’s residence in Uganda as part of the United States Department of State’s Art in Embassies program . Ilaamen was selected as the Omaha Summer Arts Festival Featured Illustrator for 2 consecutive years, has been featured in Singulart Magazine, Paris, France as One of 7 Illustrators to Watch , and was one of the winners of the 7 th edition of Latin American Illustration by AI-AP (American Illustration - American Photography).