Sometimes good things do happen to those who wait. Miriam’s grandson, Noah, and his wife Kensley stopped the last weekend in February 2023 to make a video of Miriam’s art for Tik Tok. We tried placing Miriam’s work on Tik Tok previously, but with little success. Well, their video of Miriam's work went viral.
Miriam’s Tik Tok account (@artnainai – her grandchildren call her Nai Nai, the Mandarin word for grandmother on your father’s side) and one and only video received over 350K views, 60K likes, and over 2000 comments in just a few days. Most importantly, we were encouraged by the kind comments and insightful suggestions by many users. Thank you to everyone who liked, commented, and shared.
We are still trying to make sense of how to respond to each person and get more of Miriam’s work and story to the world. We wish every artist could experience this type of support for their work just once in their life.
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Miriam McClung is an artist from Birmingham, Alabama, and has been creating works of art in oils, pastels, ink, charcoal, pencil and everything in between for over 70 years. You can see more of her work at miriammcclung.com or follow her on her Instagram account @miriammcclungart.