b. 1989, The Bronx, New York (unceded Wappinger Munsee Lenape land)
Amanda Everich (she/they) is a painter, illustrator and educator of African and Ukrainian diasporas. Her creations are guided by over a decade of work in land, food and farming justice. Through improvised and live art, mind mapping and illustrated worldbuilding, she explores the processes of nature’s ecosystems and improvisation as a source of liberation. With no formal art training, Amanda’s art uplifts how we are all creative beings mapping out our journeys by making them.
Recent live painting includes collaborations with jazz musicians, poets, The Point CDC and Voices in Power and other collaborations include You Are The Map Workshop at The Point CDC, a feature in The Laundromat Project Radical Mapmaking Resource Guide, as a contributing artist for her workshop collaboration with La Mala Yerba in Life as Ceremony Volume 8, and as editor for Roots Wounds Words “Remembering Water: A Contemporary Anthology of Creative Nonfiction by Storytellers of Color”.
Her work has been supported by The Laundromat Project Create Change Fellowship and Creative Action Fund, Betty’s Daughter Arts Collaborative and North Star Fund.
Her educational background includes an English Literature Bachelor's Degree from The City College of New York, teacher training at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre in Reggio Emilia, Italy, land stewardship training as part of the Rock Steady Farm Pollinator Program with a feature in their 2023 documentary Pollinate! and she is a graduate of Farm School NYC.
