Art for Walls
These
collages/mix-media art Pieces
are sitting around my house,
waiting to be adopted by someone.
My prices are indecently low.
There is also a bulging pile of
materials
ready to become new art,
(as soon as I
-book a new show and/or clear out some of this old stuff…
Do not hesitate to mention
if you like a Piece!
*I also sell framed prints of some of the photo-collages seen on this blog.
Oh I also absolutely adore Peer Reviews (absurd/ analytical/ thoughtful), added on to the “Comments” of my blog posts,
because 1- I like to read
and 2- I am kind of like a flower, who needs attention in order to bloom.
I pay for peer reviews (if they took you over 30 minutes to write) in ATEN Hours.
Recent Writing
I think I wrote an updated “Artist’s Statement“. Oh yeah, I did. And I rewrote my bio for the Austin Time Exchange Network + a longish post about what I’d like to do as far as a free school kinda thingy.
ATEN Bio
I am an aspiring artist via amateur community arts activator…
I have lived in Austin since Jan. ’05 and have been performing, living creatively, and collecting skills from my many part-time jobs. (nanny/babysitter… cook… personal assistant… shopkeeper/art center co-organizer… pedicab driver… carpenters’ apprentice, clothing mender..) What I love most about Austin= family, friends and the adventurous music and art scenes.
I joined aten (finally) in the Summer of ’09 and became a (volunteer) board member in January 2010. My interests as a member of aten are: enjoying productive interactions within a community; sharing in the wealth of knowledge available from the people around me; encouraging friends and neighbors to join; and manifesting my visions via managing helpers. My activities/interests as a board member include: helping new and potential members to follow through in the joining process by attending an orientation; doing what I can to keep the blog changing and the e-news flowing (…with Karen); and facilitating communication among members and volunteers, always with the goal of increasing aten’s overall functionality and effectiveness.
I have a blog (https://amandahbjones.wordpress.com) and a goal – to establish a back-yard Recycling Center (/vocational arts school / tourist attraction)! I will be trying to keep it updated so that you can find out what services I need and what’s going on at the site.
Teachers and Learners Forum post
I have a lot of thoughts/ideas for the Teachers & Learners of ATEN, and anyone else in Austin who wants to be involved in cooperatively increasing opportunities for free learning exchanges, as a model of an equitable framework for education.
My goals are three-fold:
1= short-term, with the aim of getting people together at one time + place to share thoughts, feelings and ideas
2= middle- to long-term, ongoing
3= potentially far-reaching
#1 A fundraiser for ATEN (“Timeraiser”?) / A day of free workshops and classes
Here’s how it could work:
We secure a space for a day-long event, such as Space12, Carver Library, or somewhere else, depending on needs of classes offered.
Participants take workshops offered by Teachers and pay ATEN for the experience (Total Hrs Attended). ATEN pays Teachers for teaching time + prep. (This could be expanded to service-providers as well, if they are able to offer something to more than one person per hour. For example: chair massages for ~10 minutes, etc.)
#2 a. Teaching:
My background is in site-specific installation art and improvisational performance. Some of the subjects I would enjoy teaching include: recycling arts (a student-inquiry based course), paper mache (puppets, masks, sculpture), earth arts, drawing from life, costuming for performance, creative brainstorming techniques, and dance and creative movement (for health, expression and amusement).
b. Learning:
I am interested in learning more about so many things, so whatever others have to offer is probably of interest to me. At the top of my list: earth sciences (chemistry, environmental science, etc), green building techniques, html basics, drums, conversational Spanish, Alexander Technique.
c. Fostering a nurturing, educational, and creative environment:
I have a large yard, a good landlord, some friendly neighbors, and the starts of a functional workshop space. I would love to host workshops and demonstrations on a regular basis!
#3 Research Institute
Some auxiliary educational activities could take place, such as small groups of people taking on specific topics to investigate and documenting their findings. For example, two+ people may choose to interview someone else about that person’s area of knowledge, and to create a video from the exchange. Others may be studying a subject such as chemistry and decide to create an educational demo about soil-testing. What distinguishes this “Research Institute” idea from classes and lessons is the added dimension of creating some sort of record of the knowledge so that it can be shared and built upon.
Ta da! That’s all I have to say about that, for now.
Recent Pictures
monster legs for sale
movie-to-be
Office Makeover Proposal
August?
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Now these are all from the last Junkathon time:
we do interior decorating...
2011 Intentions
(preface– I need a laser-pointer mouse that attaches to one finger, so I can gesture at the wall and click like a castanet player. Has anyone invented that yet?)
Introduction – –
… Excuses, excuses …
We are observing the duality of existence
via a tussle between The Urge to Organize
and The Stream of Consciousness.
PROCLAMATION: “Then Hereby Be It Known That This is Amanda’s Year To ”
and now I will Elaborate slightly on Items 1 & 4 & 6.
Column I: Column II:
make books focus on writing cohesively
art objects writing with goals in mind, such as a grant
collaging notes organizing thoughts
write letters blog= structure, format, place to deliver installments of meaningful words
ITEM OF BUSINESS #1: List Of Various Blog Topics and Sub-Topics
Luckily, I can come back to this post later and add that. For now, Good Night!
(afterword– Or, how about a keyboard-device that is wearable and allows you to swing your arms while typing? Someone, please invent that, too. (Thanks!))
From 1997; Lyons, France
From my 17th Summer, staying with my sister, niece and sister’s American boyfriend, Kurt, in a 2nd-floor flat across from a super-marché. We listened to a lot of G-love & Special Sauce, Beck, and (when I was alone) Sebadoh. We ate delicious home-made french fries, split-pea soup, and yogurt with spoonfuls of sugar added. We sat in windows, cleaned, talked about fasting for health, went for long city walks, did art, cut hair and took baths, and went on a vacation in the country with several of Kurt’s gregarious French business partners, all in their mid-20’s. I was a novel tag-along at 17, not quite ready to drink wine every night, delightfully shy, yet not at all timid about animating a dance floor.
I made two (kick-ass) paintings*, one serious portrait plus sketches, and a 3-D illustration/map of the apartment.
When I was working on this one, I actually had to get up out of bed to keep painting because I was seeing those flowers bounce in my eyes.
*It is the second of the two paintings. The first one is the same format, but sadder.
(cray-pas & acrylic on paper)
Synaesthetic Breakfast 