Pocket Lady
Open Gallery Performance

“Pocket Lady” is from a childhood memory, a woman with a skirt of pockets came to my grade school, the pockets were filled with small toys and we got to choose one. In my version, I ask people to make a wish, a wish they really believe in. I twirl slowly and ask them to choose a pocket. When they have chosen the pocket, they untie the bow and pull out their prize. I tell them to keep their gift in a special place, and to believe with all their heart that their wish will come true. And to tell no one about their wish.

Artist Bio

Tamara Wyndham has been making art all her life; encouraged by her mother, an artist. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she studied traditional drawing and painting at California State University, Long Beach; and more experimental drawing, book works, and performance at the University of California at Irvine.

Ms. Wyndham has been awarded artist residencies at the Henry Street Settlement, the Kate Millett Art Colony, the Vermont Studio Center, the Maříž Ceramic Workshop in the Czech Republic, Fundación Valparaíso in Mojácar, Spain, and an artist’s fellowship from Earthwatch to work in Orce, Spain.