Pinkie’s Memories

North Carolina artist Pinkie Strother re-creates her childhood memories of growing up the fourth of nine siblings in rural Maryland in the 1950s and 1960s through mixed media dioramas. These miniature buildings and rooms on a 1″ scale offer a connection to the past through the recreation of the houses, churches, schools, and libraries of Pinkie’s memories. Pinkie Strother received formal training in art from Bowie State University where she studied to become a teacher and a MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art.