Amanda Joan Penney(she/her) is a mother, visual artist and arts administrator. Born on the Northern Peninsula in a community called St. Anthony, Amanda has grown up all over the country with the deepest roots now established in St. John's, NL. Amanda is currently managing a family of four along with Eastern Edge Gallery. Bookbinding, printmaking and photography has been the most prominent and technically developed areas of her art practice, however she has recently began to explore sculpture using clay, and found objects. She is also working on drawing and printmaking techniques in new ways. She has exhibited work and travelled internationally, nationally and locally. In recent years she has illustrated a children’s book, worked at the Newfoundland and Labrador Craft Council gallery, and worked as a volunteer in community outreach. She is famous for creating safe creativity workshops for adults and children with the intention of empowerment through creation. The connection between art and community and the healing power of both is what motivates her work at an artist-run centre. Amanda is a big fan of street art and public art spaces and is driven to experience and create art every chance she gets.