January 31 – April at the Pratt Library, 200 Willoughby Ave, Brooklyn, an exhibit at Pamela’s former school of study will host an exhibit of Pamela’s works throughout three floors of the Pratt Library. Free to the public, open during campus hours.
Pratt Library – The library at the Pratt Institute of Art is where a 15 year old Pamela Colman Smith attended school, starting in 1893. Charles Pratt endowed land and money to ensure this institute was one of the first to admit people of all class, color and gender. Pratt’s motto was “be true to your work and your work will be true to you”. This library opened in 1896, Pamela attended until 1897; she had one year attending while this Victorian-Renaissance library with interiors designed by Tiffany was in use. Pamela’s maternal grandmother and child’s book author, Corinne Colman, Samuel Colman, her well-known painter uncle, Samuel Colman, and her maternal grandfather, Samuel Colman.The Broadsheet publication with William Butler and Jack YeatsAlfred StieglitzCorrespondence between Pamela and Alfred StieglitzArt students at Pratt, possibly Pamela was in this class or others like it.The Chimney Corners child’s book, illustrated by PamelaEllen Terry was commissioned to write The Russian Ballet Book and Pamela provided the illustrations.What a woman may be, and yet not have the Vote – Suffrage Atelier, unsigned circa 1912. Poster and postcard published by the Suffrage Atelier, founded in London in 1909, “to encourage Artists to forward the Women’s Movement, and particularly the Enfranchisement of Women, by means of pictorial publications.” A member, Smith contributed unsigned illustrations and stencils.Pamela’s family, including the oil painting of her paternal grandfather, Cyrus Porter Smith, mayor of Brooklyn, William Gillette, and the new biography: The Untold Story, Pamela Colman Smith Widdicombe Fair and The Golden Sheath artwork by Pamela Colman SmithWomen of the Golden Dawn by Mary K. GreerPamela Colman Smith tarot cards: the SwordsPamela Colman Smith tarot cards: the CupsPratt Institute Library stairwellPamela’s illustrations for Bram Stoker’s Lair of the White WormPamela’s artwork and original tarot decks by Tarot alumni and students.Original artwork by Pamela Colman Smith of Ellen Terry in role of Sardou’s Madame Sans-GeneAssorted tarot books and coloring books .The historical novel, Magician and Fool, depicting Pamela Colman Smith and her dealings with the Golden Dawn and the Lyceum Theatre in a fantastical setting.Original tarot decks created by Pratt Institute alumni and students.Rosa Baillie, pictured with her two children Rosemary Stephens, and John Stephens. Rosa, was one of Pamela’s closest friends before WWI. Her brother, John Baillie, was an art dealer in London. Pamela was reported to have performed her one-woman show in one of his art studios. Rosa’s granddaughter, Nikki Sanders, bequeathed the original artwork of Madame Sans-Gene so that it might exhibit at the Pratt Institute showcase of Pamela Colman Smith’s life and works.
