https://amandawalters.org Amanda Walters Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:02:01 +0000 https://amandawalters.org en https://amandawalters.org/Home-page Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:18:02 +0000 Amanda Walters https://amandawalters.org/Home-page amanda walters https://amandawalters.org/Portals Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:02:01 +0000 Amanda Walters https://amandawalters.org/Portals PortalsFor almost 30 years, my uncle lived off and on again in a crooked little house that was slowly sinking into the clay earth it was built on. I was always fascinated by his relationship to the home—its quirks and magnetism. I wanted to make art about his house, or even for his house, but he hated that. I imagined making a giant blanket to drape over the house and tuck it into. Two years ago, he died in the house. After his death, I inherited a garbage bag full of band t-shirts that he had collected for 40 or so years. The bag was moved from one out-of-the-way location to another until I decided to use its contents to make the quilt that I fantasized about making during his life. Making the quilt was a meditation on him, his death, and the multiple facets of death—transformation, loss, memory, voids, portals, and magic. You are here, and then you are not. 2025. Care at SPAACES, Sarasota, Florida. <img width="3896" height="2597" width_o="3896" height_o="2597" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2304ae3495b8667e5187ad3732f5cc1b429e62152ddb1e74b7006a996df61d7/SPAACESApril-005.jpg" data-mid="237049582" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b2304ae3495b8667e5187ad3732f5cc1b429e62152ddb1e74b7006a996df61d7/SPAACESApril-005.jpg" /> <img width="4705" height="3137" width_o="4705" height_o="3137" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73a29bb2b35032c84246a443ee00e5b1b3c94396468aec300282962aaea05805/SPAACESApril-008.jpg" data-mid="237049583" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73a29bb2b35032c84246a443ee00e5b1b3c94396468aec300282962aaea05805/SPAACESApril-008.jpg" /> <img width="5122" height="3415" width_o="5122" height_o="3415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91036f15f75b912fc2a49e346cedeb095a0440e6ed2f3eb62e8c7558786e334f/SPAACESApril-007.jpg" data-mid="237049586" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91036f15f75b912fc2a49e346cedeb095a0440e6ed2f3eb62e8c7558786e334f/SPAACESApril-007.jpg" /> https://amandawalters.org/Know-Florida-1 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:23:05 +0000 Amanda Walters https://amandawalters.org/Know-Florida-1 Know FloridaPublished by Play Press Zine Available for purchase on the Play Press Zine website Know Florida deconstructs an image from a 1920s agricultural brochure, to better understand the motivations behind the design of the South Florida landscape, a process that is not unique and can be seen in most corners or North America and Europe. <img width="1500" height="1874" width_o="1500" height_o="1874" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ca6e56411ee5a77a35a3c716caa94dfb23dacd4353670d7fdac19d9349c557e/DSCF5783.jpeg" data-mid="209087007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ca6e56411ee5a77a35a3c716caa94dfb23dacd4353670d7fdac19d9349c557e/DSCF5783.jpeg" /> <img width="1500" height="1875" width_o="1500" height_o="1875" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df9bcca3ec462c062d5ecee50d0540d7c4e90472e12bb9ec85dc8a8135367e91/DSCF5787.jpeg" data-mid="209271060" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df9bcca3ec462c062d5ecee50d0540d7c4e90472e12bb9ec85dc8a8135367e91/DSCF5787.jpeg" /> https://amandawalters.org/Feral-Fabric-1 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:54:29 +0000 Amanda Walters https://amandawalters.org/Feral-Fabric-1 Feral Fabric Feral Fabric is the collaborative work of artists Paulina Berczynski and Amanda Walters. We bring forward ideas, conversations, and workshops that combine our interests in textiles, contemporary art, and personal and cultural transformation. Feral Fabric Journal is a scholarly periodic journal highlighting radical textile production in art, activism, and countercultural movements. The journal has been published online since 2018.https://feralfabric.com <img width="870" height="870" width_o="870" height_o="870" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dc75406ee138ca19b80a1d2770d6e6894fd6367214859872974e1122f35eaf5/The_Workshop1-copy.jpg" data-mid="210023934" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/870/i/9dc75406ee138ca19b80a1d2770d6e6894fd6367214859872974e1122f35eaf5/The_Workshop1-copy.jpg" /> <img width="425" height="425" width_o="425" height_o="425" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2483a718a1668ede4c6672686d9b7cf904afbb427449229e2dc160f825b2f2f6/The_Workshop-4-copy.jpg" data-mid="209088677" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/425/i/2483a718a1668ede4c6672686d9b7cf904afbb427449229e2dc160f825b2f2f6/The_Workshop-4-copy.jpg" /> <img width="870" height="870" width_o="870" height_o="870" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bf5d9c848b6e101ae0bac41e4c0ff4928fa5a694a427924af4073cbe2f60a58/Walters_11.jpg" data-mid="210023937" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/870/i/6bf5d9c848b6e101ae0bac41e4c0ff4928fa5a694a427924af4073cbe2f60a58/Walters_11.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1802" width_o="1800" height_o="1802" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07683f672cb8b111d0f69c7f67eeffb98a42671b789f83faaba3aa8cc2c6fb71/IMG_7709.JPG" data-mid="210023941" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07683f672cb8b111d0f69c7f67eeffb98a42671b789f83faaba3aa8cc2c6fb71/IMG_7709.JPG" /> <img width="1296" height="1295" width_o="1296" height_o="1295" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef3019b57e7413d63612b85e94bdf7daa0d67e7df931663fd1e47f7e1e0f0285/FFPRoArts.jpg" data-mid="210023942" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef3019b57e7413d63612b85e94bdf7daa0d67e7df931663fd1e47f7e1e0f0285/FFPRoArts.jpg" /> <img width="1826" height="1134" width_o="1826" height_o="1134" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2afee18a797e462513e792b913c1ac86c8cffc8b03a35bd170c29d427c334159/11_Feral-Fabric-1.jpg" data-mid="210023947" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2afee18a797e462513e792b913c1ac86c8cffc8b03a35bd170c29d427c334159/11_Feral-Fabric-1.jpg" /> <img width="1861" height="1356" width_o="1861" height_o="1356" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b4967b9db90ff09a0a319d11d1e5ad49f77768a962ab8beea6ebca2002871360/8_Feral-Fabric.jpg" data-mid="210023946" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b4967b9db90ff09a0a319d11d1e5ad49f77768a962ab8beea6ebca2002871360/8_Feral-Fabric.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b77abcadf7208437d2a41c4449fb90f51e776c208b8af5d5736f9d79d01a36f1/IMG_6311.jpg" data-mid="210023945" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b77abcadf7208437d2a41c4449fb90f51e776c208b8af5d5736f9d79d01a36f1/IMG_6311.jpg" /> https://amandawalters.org/Swamp-Rainbow-1 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:37:39 +0000 Amanda Walters https://amandawalters.org/Swamp-Rainbow-1 Swamp Rainbow&nbsp;A series of textile paintings quoting newspaper articles from 1970-2007, each depicting strained, confusing, and often uncanny examples of humankind’s relationship with nature. Coded within those eamples are insights to the ways that we, collectively, have processed the signs of climate change, often through humor and dissociation.&nbsp; 2020. NIAD Art Center, Richmand, California. <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/966da9595a13122376248bc89e3142db942c7bdb46fee0134e270c19c4ac3eff/rainbow_1.jpg" data-mid="209088044" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/966da9595a13122376248bc89e3142db942c7bdb46fee0134e270c19c4ac3eff/rainbow_1.jpg" /> <img width="3258" height="4072" width_o="3258" height_o="4072" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bf8579bd5292e9495b03cd4182f1b462eeb5cbc6bd0d90f70e31fe92cb25e6ed/Aflamingo_crop.jpg" data-mid="209400364" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bf8579bd5292e9495b03cd4182f1b462eeb5cbc6bd0d90f70e31fe92cb25e6ed/Aflamingo_crop.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f509ed5cc820d76eb335e9ca88cc6124626216e5af42e62af9ccf18a28887847/rainbow_2.jpg" data-mid="209271141" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f509ed5cc820d76eb335e9ca88cc6124626216e5af42e62af9ccf18a28887847/rainbow_2.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a066da68b8629183deaf8b00b494f378ed9eaa7940a3bd23494f1fafd7de2c42/rainbow_5.jpg" data-mid="209271078" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a066da68b8629183deaf8b00b494f378ed9eaa7940a3bd23494f1fafd7de2c42/rainbow_5.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08fabeee3ed3ef195436cb3e8d93fac4e236ce81f31f32704282a97fac2da024/rainbow_4.jpg" data-mid="209271075" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/08fabeee3ed3ef195436cb3e8d93fac4e236ce81f31f32704282a97fac2da024/rainbow_4.jpg" /> https://amandawalters.org/Peafowl-Fantasy-1 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:43:07 +0000 Amanda Walters https://amandawalters.org/Peafowl-Fantasy-1 Peafowl Fantasy: an Archive of an Imagined FloridaA series of absurd studies from research on human engagement with flora and fuana in Florida, Florida’s relationship with other states, a proposal for a science experiment, and highlights of the odd nature of bird owners.&nbsp;2016.&nbsp;Perry Family Art Center, San Francisco. <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/006c515e8e670240197cd81b8c05d04734b5a266df4c23ba1d30332948819724/WEB_Peafowl_Fantasy.jpg" data-mid="209400243" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/006c515e8e670240197cd81b8c05d04734b5a266df4c23ba1d30332948819724/WEB_Peafowl_Fantasy.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29d9160c8f8f10b26ce4dab1d0c941d0f7286525e410c566bf1943ffeb361d53/WEB_mstewart.jpg" data-mid="209400245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29d9160c8f8f10b26ce4dab1d0c941d0f7286525e410c566bf1943ffeb361d53/WEB_mstewart.jpg" /> <img width="2100" height="2717" width_o="2100" height_o="2717" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a9b2df8f2822b1f22c2ad707b8d394ed18634adfd11661536beea4e68e46c8d/04_Jungle-Gardens-Lost-Bird-Flyers.jpg" data-mid="209088143" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a9b2df8f2822b1f22c2ad707b8d394ed18634adfd11661536beea4e68e46c8d/04_Jungle-Gardens-Lost-Bird-Flyers.jpg" /> <img width="948" height="1200" width_o="948" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70fc768654e4e07274d4b7c98d28afe2ddf36cc3e48f5faccbdfff5206a43df5/07_plant_web.jpg" data-mid="209400247" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/948/i/70fc768654e4e07274d4b7c98d28afe2ddf36cc3e48f5faccbdfff5206a43df5/07_plant_web.jpg" /> <img width="1240" height="827" width_o="1240" height_o="827" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8e6412cd8a5bfe669fa0fcbfca8462bc579fc1bb9080f5c3d815650421fe199/08_Walters.jpg" data-mid="209400197" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8e6412cd8a5bfe669fa0fcbfca8462bc579fc1bb9080f5c3d815650421fe199/08_Walters.jpg" /> https://amandawalters.org/Inventions-for-Jim-and-His-Dead-Bird-2 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:44:43 +0000 Amanda Walters https://amandawalters.org/Inventions-for-Jim-and-His-Dead-Bird-2 Inventions for Jim and His Dead BirdWhen I was 17, I babysat for a family that lived in a tiki-themed motel located behind an industrial complex in the small beach town where I lived in South Florida. While sitting by the pool I met the motel manager, whose name, I think, was Jim. He was wearing a straw sun hat, a tropical print shirt, its front pocket stretched out from jamming and retrieving soft packs of cigarettes, khaki shorts, and beat up sandals. His skin was darkly tanned and leathery. His face was almost red. While chatting with Jim and another motel dweller, we discussed the tropical birds that lived in the parking lot trees, which led him to tell us about his late pet parrot. Jim told us the details of her last weeks—her funny and lethargic behavior and of feathers that kept falling out. He asked if we would like to see her. We said, “sure,” assuming Jim was going inside to find a picture to show us. Instead, Jim returned with a plastic freezer bag full of a large frozen parrot. This project is a proposal for Jim. In the years since we met I have thought of him often, and mostly thought of better ways for him to deal with the issue of his late pet’s mortal remains. <img width="1600" height="1067" width_o="1600" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62b7ef89131d5054fcf5196a4ac52e20e10571055abd7425bf2d8797aacff5fa/02_Walters.jpg" data-mid="209088202" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62b7ef89131d5054fcf5196a4ac52e20e10571055abd7425bf2d8797aacff5fa/02_Walters.jpg" /> <img width="1440" height="1105" width_o="1440" height_o="1105" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/173fa91426572dec7bccab53b8b50b35a493afa7f3faddfb84bbdb7c3b9ee7f6/06_Walters.jpg" data-mid="209088204" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/173fa91426572dec7bccab53b8b50b35a493afa7f3faddfb84bbdb7c3b9ee7f6/06_Walters.jpg" /> <img width="2700" height="1800" width_o="2700" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f20c45bc46f774b66c544f0cbc1a23e93e822c290aaef49b4b771e5e2c15415/04_Walters.jpg" data-mid="209400399" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f20c45bc46f774b66c544f0cbc1a23e93e822c290aaef49b4b771e5e2c15415/04_Walters.jpg" /> <img width="2700" height="1800" width_o="2700" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b81c2cff2d30eff3c605f86b9620a81c29a066d9754a9bf2cce4f56cb237982/05_Walters.jpg" data-mid="209400410" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5b81c2cff2d30eff3c605f86b9620a81c29a066d9754a9bf2cce4f56cb237982/05_Walters.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3e38cba68f95eaee938f5046e58b65d1c35b62762b5f46e10646239ad8da54cb/01_MG_0024.jpg" data-mid="209400425" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3e38cba68f95eaee938f5046e58b65d1c35b62762b5f46e10646239ad8da54cb/01_MG_0024.jpg" /> <img width="2700" height="2160" width_o="2700" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5505fec81d8f5efdaa0096921a13743af9a355dee81faa489a99399b85bf2ae5/07_cradle.jpg" data-mid="209400423" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5505fec81d8f5efdaa0096921a13743af9a355dee81faa489a99399b85bf2ae5/07_cradle.jpg" /> <img width="2700" height="1800" width_o="2700" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c5ea37f4c45da053adff55583cbbea602f240e75e4c6b932a324f25caa63193/03_Walters.jpg" data-mid="210021651" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c5ea37f4c45da053adff55583cbbea602f240e75e4c6b932a324f25caa63193/03_Walters.jpg" /> https://amandawalters.org/Notes-on-Birds-2 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:51:14 +0000 Amanda Walters https://amandawalters.org/Notes-on-Birds-2 Notes on BirdsMemories of a myth that plagues a small Florida city. <img width="3840" height="3840" width_o="3840" height_o="3840" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/683981dcf026189f85754b42e2a3c34b962734d1579ab5a0c97b3c45113d7e30/thumb_birdnotes.jpg" data-mid="209088435" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/683981dcf026189f85754b42e2a3c34b962734d1579ab5a0c97b3c45113d7e30/thumb_birdnotes.jpg" /> <img width="2700" height="1800" width_o="2700" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67a89f3d249afbdd78b933768eb3cf500fe7d9be581d8b7b010cee79f70f6d51/03_birdnotes.jpg" data-mid="210021658" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67a89f3d249afbdd78b933768eb3cf500fe7d9be581d8b7b010cee79f70f6d51/03_birdnotes.jpg" /> <img width="2700" height="1800" width_o="2700" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b01abae46096e02fb1fb0a2666c41b859e26392373effa9581444ed9ee0d44c4/04_birdnotes.jpg" data-mid="210021732" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b01abae46096e02fb1fb0a2666c41b859e26392373effa9581444ed9ee0d44c4/04_birdnotes.jpg" /> <img width="2700" height="1800" width_o="2700" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a967a4d466324df53e062c93776b213376e705fa62c88ff0b3b76aff0d4272bf/01_birdnotes.jpg" data-mid="210021745" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a967a4d466324df53e062c93776b213376e705fa62c88ff0b3b76aff0d4272bf/01_birdnotes.jpg" /> https://amandawalters.org/Where-is-the-Paradise-Lagoon-2 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:52:47 +0000 Amanda Walters https://amandawalters.org/Where-is-the-Paradise-Lagoon-2 Where is the Paradise Lagoon? <img width="526" height="675" width_o="526" height_o="675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a92807d165d283fa2a950f3970896948731e3ab6a29d088acfb5d303eb520566/04_parents_pool_cage_web.jpg" data-mid="210023416" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/526/i/a92807d165d283fa2a950f3970896948731e3ab6a29d088acfb5d303eb520566/04_parents_pool_cage_web.jpg" /> <img width="525" height="675" width_o="525" height_o="675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eeed307d9a40c394ca3589cc9d0d811274ebb0033580ebf8dfe1f69a75ef4d4f/01_jungle_gardens_moses_river_web.jpg" data-mid="209088462" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/525/i/eeed307d9a40c394ca3589cc9d0d811274ebb0033580ebf8dfe1f69a75ef4d4f/01_jungle_gardens_moses_river_web.jpg" /> <img width="1632" height="2094" width_o="1632" height_o="2094" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ebf9ccbfbc0c99edc8dbdc3b1782f45b61f9ebdf1d1e8c4ba2943d56fe43ec9/02_paradise_lagoon.jpg" data-mid="210023830" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ebf9ccbfbc0c99edc8dbdc3b1782f45b61f9ebdf1d1e8c4ba2943d56fe43ec9/02_paradise_lagoon.jpg" /> https://amandawalters.org/CV-and-about Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:24:15 +0000 Amanda Walters https://amandawalters.org/CV-and-about AboutPublished works