Amanda Joan Penney is a mother, visual artist and arts administrator. Bookbinding, printmaking and photography has been the most prominent and technically developed areas of her art practice. Born on the Northern Peninsula in a community called St. Anthony, she has grown up all over the country with the deepest roots in Calgary, Alberta and Churchill Falls, Labrador.  Amanda is currently managing a family of four along with Eastern Edge artist-run centre in St. John's, NL.

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Lately she is creating art, selling work and exhibiting as a professional visual artist with upcoming shows at The NL Craft Council Gallery and The new Quidi Vidi Exhibition Space.  

 

The capacity for meaningful connection in art spaces, the art making, and the healing power of both is what motivates her and informs her work at an artist-run centre and her creative practice. 

 

Amanda is a big fan of street art and public art.  She is driven to experience and create art with the community every chance she gets.