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Pam Nanet was born in Mexico City and raised in New York City. As a city girl, she has always been drawn to the variety of signage, fashion, colors, and types of people roaming around big cities. Never bored and always curious she began to trace the letters on the sidewalks, or the old tags and scribbles people often got to engrave on the pavements while it was still wet. While visiting Mexico later in life, she fell in love with the typography most business owners hand paint onto their awnings and stands. It was not until she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin her junior year of high school, that she fell in love with print. Pam learned to work an offset press and soon after, she was making improvements to her teachers techniques to make production faster and easier. She often states that the way the plate released the ink on the paper, and the smell of the ink that was hard to wash off made her fall in love and wanted to learn more. Pretty soon, she mastered book binding, silk screening and Illustrator 6. By 2005, she was attending the Fashion Institute of Technology as a Communication Design major. Today, Pam is a freelance graphic designer and occupies herself by looking for work and printmaking. She etches, silk screens, paints, draws and more. Mostly mixing medium and typographical elements. While most people are oblivious to the constant bombardment of advertisements and commercialism, she tries to engage her audience with simple and bold typography

Pam Nanet has written 3 posts for Life After Hate.

Yadira De La Riva

By Pam Nanet ⋅ December 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

I had to fight to get into honors classes even though I came from El Paso with good grades. Once I got into the “honors track group” I was underestimated and made fun of for my accent, my background and my way of relating to class discussions. Despite my idealist mind and family values of treating everyone equally and being diplomatic, I could not deny that Whites and Latinos were pitted against each other in sports, academics and other school events. Although we NEVER talked about it, there was no denying that day laborers lined the streets of this suburb and that my neighborhood “el Barrio” was not only majority Mexican, but considered “dirty and dangerous”.

Swedish Meatballs

By Pam Nanet ⋅ November 22, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Sweden. In a country of about seven million people, proud of its
Viking ancestry, home of Volvo, fishing and ABBA, there is Gothenburg.
A small city of roughly one million people living between a calm,
quiet, still air. “Don’t shake the can, it’s a good can there is no
need… And you attract attention to yourself” said Mike as I was
preparing to throw up one of my sexualized female figures I only
scribble into my sketchbook. We were in Mölndal, a small suburb
outside Gothenburg, quieter still. Mike aka FNL, arguably Gothenburg’s
biggest bomber belong with a crew of roughly ten writers that call
themselves DMS. Mike and I shared a few hours talking about Swedish
life, his perspective of art & design, and his overall lifestyle.

Dia de los Muertos

By Pam Nanet ⋅ November 18, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Day is traditionally celebrated by Mexicans. Over the years it seems as though many other cultures and races living in the United States have taken part of the ritual. In efforts to keep Mexico rich within the community, there are several non-profit organizations throughout the country, that are concerned with keeping these colorful traditions alive. Fortunately, many got together with the intention of bringing color, culture, art and folklore to Milwaukee for this years Day of the Dead.

Sammy Rangel “FOURBEARS: Myths of Forgiveness”

FourBears: The Myth of Forgiveness: isn't a simple memoir; it is a graphically illustrated guide from tortured child, to remorseless beast, to healing and change. This book is about helping others find their way out of their history and into the here and now. Proof that what once held you down can now hold you up. After the book reflects on a horrific upbringing it looks to offer key and ground breaking insights of the inner workings of the mind of a victim and later a perpetrator of hate and violence. Service providers working in treatment centers and institutional settings would greatly benefit from this work. Anyone facing issues with forgiveness and change might find a process toward healing and recovery.