For me, making authentic art is inspired by observations of interpersonal relationships and recollections of sentimental locales and events as well as the fascination with particular items, especially in nature: people, places, and things. Throw in a large dose of early imprinting with church, international travel, and the “3 M’s”—music, museum, and the military, and the “recipe ingredients” for my paintings emerge.
Pamela Miles is a teaching artist. The importance of nature, color, and texture take center stage in her studio, art rooms, and home.
Pam received an A.A. degree from Colby Sawyer College in New Hampshire, attended Syracuse University as a Clothing and Textiles major, and graduated from USF with a Bachelor’s in Fine Art and a Master’s in Art Education. Workshops at the Atlantic Center for the Arts with Alison Saar, the Gulf Coast Art Museum with Miriam Schapiro and summer classes at Penland School in Fabric Design and Book Art further enhanced her art and teaching.
PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Highlights in her professional life have been being the Manager of Pyramid Arts, Ltd. (a Fine Arts Publishing Company publishing works by Rauschenberg, Dine, Rosenquist, etc.)
Assistant Director of the University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum
Director of a commercial art gallery
Founder of Camp Create (a summer art camp for children at the Gulf Coast Art Museum)
Set designer for “Bye Bye Birdie” at John Hopkins Middle School
Art teacher for children with learning differences at The dePaul School for Dyslexia in Pinellas County
Artist-in-Residence in Title 1 Public Schools through Pinellas County Cultural Affairs and The Mahaffey Foundation.
ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Having a one-person show at the Royal Theatre entitled “Just Say No to Grass”
Receiving an Individual Artist Professional Development Grant
Having a painting selected for Public Art at the Epi Center
Working with a member artist from Creative Clay in their ARTLINK program to create a meaningful body of art work
Serving as the professional artist for the Creative Aging Legacy Journal Pilot Program in one of two locations in the United States
Serving as a member and Area IV Chairperson for the Florida Artists Group
Having a two-person exhibition with her son entitled “Spirits, Spines & Spirals” at The Mahaffey Theatre in 2012
Having a one-person show at American Stage, Spring of 2013
Serving as the Artist-in-Residence to paint murals at the Safe Harbor Homeless Shelter through the City of St. Petersburg
Organizing the exhibition SURF, SKATE, SKIM (along with her two sons) for The Beach Art Center, Indian Rocks Beach, Summer of 2013
Having a two-person exhibition with David Bewley at The Mahaffey Theatre in 2014
Receiving the Fonchen Lord Award for the Florida Artists Group 65th Annual Exhibition at the Leepa Rattner Museum of Art in 2015 and selling the painting
Being represented since 2016 by VIDA (shopvida.com), a design firm in California that is reproducing her paintings on clothing and accessories
Exhibiting in “Mentors & Their Mentees” at St. Petersburg College Art Gallery 2017
Receiving the Judge’s Choice Award at the Florida Artists Group “68th Annual Exhibition” at the Webber Center Gallery, College of Central Florida 2018
Exhibiting in “The Beauty of Small,” The Ringling College of Art & Design 2019
Part of the exhibitions entitled “Contradictions” at the Webber Center Gallery, College of Central Florida and “The Strides of March” at Studio 620 both in 2020
Being the Chairperson for and exhibiting in the “70th Annual Florida Artists Group Symposium and Exhibition” at the Dunedin Fine Art Center in 2021
Selling my paintings on wearable art at VIDA 2016 to 2023