Amanda Dalla Villa Adams's guest appearances

Amanda Dalla Villa Adams

Artist/Mother Podcast

Scholé House

David Wein

Amy Soczka

Megan Woodard Johnson

Mindy Wittock

Liezel Strauss

Danielle Krysa

Lauren Frances

Megan Craig

Barbara Campbell

Emily Jeffords

Jamie Smith

Taylor Barnett

Amy Wong

Jessica Jackson

Lauren Luloff

OwlTail

Amanda Dalla Villa Adams is an independent curator, art writer, educator, and historian based in Richmond, Virginia. She has extensive university teaching experience, and has presented her research internationally, and chaired panels at the annual Mid-America College Art Association and Southeastern College Art conferences. Amanda has contributed art criticism for national publications including Artforum and Hyperallergic. She is the mother to 3 children, all 5 and under! In this episode Amanda and I break down the kind of work she is drawn to as a curator and critic. She walks us through her early journey with personal rejection, finding her way through academia and her decision to focus on the academic side of the art world, rather than the studio/artmaking side. We talk about her dive into art writing and her goals for the future once her kids are in school. We share an honest conversation about staying at home with our kids while they are young; what that experience affords us and what challenges it poses… mostly the head space to do critical thinking!Towards the end of the episode we have a great conversation about the ways in which social media influences art making. I ask for Amanda’s advice on ways to consume valuable art and visual culture and she offers some resources for us. She also talks honestly about her experience during the past few years feeling like she is “floundering”… not having a clear vision for her path as an art writer. I so appreciate Amanda’s vulnerability and know you will too!  You can connect with Amanda via her website (https://amandadallavillaadams.weebly.com) where she links to many of the art reviews she has done and the shows she has curated. She is also on instagram @amandadallavillaadams     Amanda and her 3 children    Untitled, 2007. Installation variable, each object approx. 25x12x54 in. Wax, pigment, printed cotton, bamboo sticks, dowel rods, 20 gauge annealed wire, muslin    Awake My Mockingbird, 2007Installation variable, approx. 60x84x3.5inbullet shells, wax, pigment, 20 gauge annealed wire     and 4a. Chief Ornamentation, 2007. Installation variable, approx. 15×5.5×7.5ftEmbroidery floss, muslin, leather chair and ottoman, The Wall St. Journal, wood molding, paint, liquid fabric starch        When I Die, Hallelujah By and By, I’ll fly Away, 2007. Installation variable approx. 180x8x144in. White chocolate, embroidery floss, 20 gauge annealed wire, chenille yarn    Sheltering Arms, 2007. Installation variable approx. 5×1.5x9ft and digital print 18x24in. Heavy duty nylon, packing styrofoam, zippers, hooks, thread, elastic, cotton, fantastic fun foam, sandwich bags, snap closures, closet hardware, digital print, frame        View of show curated by Amanda

Amanda Dalla Villa Adams is an independent curator, art writer, educator, and historian based in Richmond, Virginia. She has extensive university teaching experience, and has presented her research internationally, and chaired panels at the annual Mid-America College Art Association and Southeastern College Art conferences. Amanda has contributed art criticism for national publications including Artforum and Hyperallergic. She is the mother to 3 children, all 5 and under! In this episode Amanda and I break down the kind of work she is drawn to as a curator and critic. She walks us through her early journey with personal rejection, finding her way through academia and her decision to focus on the academic side of the art world, rather than the studio/artmaking side. We talk about her dive into art writing and her goals for the future once her kids are in school. We share an honest conversation about staying at home with our kids while they are young; what that experience affords us and what challenges it poses… mostly the head space to do critical thinking! Towards the end of the episode we have a great conversation about the ways in which social media influences art making. I ask for Amanda’s advice on ways to consume valuable art and visual culture and she offers some resources for us. She also talks honestly about her experience during the past few years feeling like she is “floundering”… not having a clear vision for her path as an art writer. I so appreciate Amanda’s vulnerability and know you will too! You can connect with Amanda via her <a href="https://amandadallavillaadams.weebly.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> (<a href="https://amandadallavillaadams.weebly.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://amandadallavillaadams.weebly.com</a>) where she links to many of the art reviews she has done and the shows she has curated. She is also on instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amandadallavillaadams/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@amandadallavillaadams </a> Amanda and her 3 children Untitled, 2007.  Installation variable, each object approx. 25x12x54 in.  Wax, pigment, printed cotton, bamboo sticks, dowel rods, 20 gauge annealed wire, muslin Awake My Mockingbird, 2007 Installation variable, approx. 60x84x3.5in bullet shells, wax, pigment, 20 gauge annealed wire and 4a. Chief Ornamentation, 2007.  Installation variable, approx. 15×5.5×7.5ft Embroidery floss, muslin, leather chair and ottoman, The Wall St. Journal, wood molding, paint, liquid fabric starch When I Die, Hallelujah By and By, I’ll fly Away, 2007.  Installation variable approx. 180x8x144in.  White chocolate, embroidery floss, 20 gauge annealed wire, chenille yarn Sheltering Arms, 2007.  Installation variable approx. 5×1.5x9ft and digital print 18x24in. Heavy duty nylon, packing styrofoam, zippers, hooks, thread, elastic, cotton, fantastic fun foam, sandwich bags, snap closures, closet hardware, digital print, frame View of show curated by Amanda

24: Piecing life together as an art critic, curator, writer and stay at home Mom with Amanda Dalla Villa Adams

How should Christians think about contemporary art? Often Christianity and contemporary art are pitted against one another in tension, when in reality, there is much to glean by putting the two in conversation. Amanda Dalla Villa Adams is a Richmond-based, independent art-writer, curator, and educator. Through her experience as a regular-contributing art critic to Style Weekly and contributor for Artforum, Burnaway, and Sculpture, Amanda will help us explore how Christians have much to learn from contemporary art, and vice versa. We will consider the relationship of contemporary art to the Gospel while asking relevant questions about how this might practically work in the life of the individual and the Church. "Who’s Afraid of Contemporary Art? The Relationship Between Contemporary Art and the Gospel" was presented on November 5, 2018 at Scholé House.

How should Christians think about contemporary art? Often Christianity and contemporary art are pitted against one another in tension, when in reality, there is much to glean by putting the two in conversation. Amanda Dalla Villa Adams is a Richmond-based, independent art-writer, curator, and educator. Through her experience as a regular-contributing art critic to Style Weekly and contributor for Artforum, Burnaway, and Sculpture, Amanda will help us explore how Christians have much to learn from contemporary art, and vice versa. We will consider the relationship of contemporary art to the Gospel while asking relevant questions about how this might practically work in the life of the individual and the Church. "Who’s Afraid of Contemporary Art? The Relationship Between Contemporary Art and the Gospel" was presented on November 5, 2018 at Scholé House.

Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art? // Amanda Dalla Villa Adams