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For more information, contact Kathy Signorino, artist programs director, at kathy.signorino@oac.ohio.gov or 614-728-6140.

2024 Ohio Artist Registry Juried Exhibition

Amanda Lewis

Poet, Artist, & Community Organizer Trillium Project
Home County: Scioto
Portsmouth Ohio 45662 United States Cell Phone: 7403524498

Bio

Amanda is a poet, artist, and community organizer. She is Founder & Executive Director of Trillium Project, a small arts and culture nonprofit in Portsmouth, Ohio. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Shawnee State University with a concentration in watercolor painting and ceramics. Amanda works to promote the arts through community-created initiatives that provide opportunities for marginalized creatives and their communities. 

Amanda grew up on a 280 acre farm in Schultz Creek – a rural farming area in Greenup County, Kentucky. She has an unending appreciation for Appalachian tenacity; a theme referenced in many of her creative non-fiction and poetry works.

Projects Include:

The Wandering Journal Project: a creative journaling initiative that encourages participants to record the effects of COVID-19 through shared journal experiences

Portsmouth Street Art Project (PSAP): a local artist collaborative promoting street art and graffiti in Southern Ohio

Appalachian Visual Poetry: a series of public murals co-created by partnering local artists with local poets. Murals explores themes of culture, identity, sexuality, self-expression, and more.

Afterword: An informal 6-8 week poetry workshop for individuals in recovery, culminating in a open mic event for the public

VIBE: Youth-led Public Art