An Artist Connecting with Her Community: Pamela Winegard
I became familiar with local artist Pamela Winegard, during my internship at the McColl Center for Visual Art. She herself was fresh to the contemporary art center, but as an honorable Summer 2012 Affiliate Artist-In-Residence.
Winegard now lives in Matthews, N.C. but spends her studio time in Charlotte’s South End. She is now one of the areas most established mixed media artists, having received numerous awards, grants and nods in publications. These include Cabarrus Arts Council’s 2003 award for the city’s mural project, “Windows of Cabarrus County.” In 2010, Winegard was awarded again by Mecklenburg County’s Arts & Science Council Penland School of Crafts Scholarship.