Paper-Making Performance by Amy Leigh

Artist Civil Service participant Amy Leigh continues her paper-making practice, bringing it from the studio into the gallery for an afternoon. Come observe her making paper with materials collected for the project.
Amy Leigh (she/her) is a queer, disabled, settler of Scottish and Irish descent who graciously resides in amiskwaciywâskahikan via tkaronto. She is a maker, agitator, and arts administrator whose creative praxis centers on community + capacity building through printmaking, papermaking, and textile-based epistolary research-creation. From 2017 to 2020, Amy curated The Zine Machine Project — a roaming gold vending machine that distributes small zines. Amy holds a Diploma in Arts & Cultural Management from MacEwan University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the University of Alberta, and yes, she would like to pet your dog.