Embodiment & Poetry
Process Before Production with Amber Imrie
Step out of overthinking and into making. In this two-hour workshop, Amber introduces breathwork, sensory awareness, and improvisational writing to help artists unlock intuitive connections before entering the studio. You’ll generate short, unpolished texts that act as primers—anchoring presence and opening new pathways into visual form.
Amber Imrie (they/she) is a queer interdisciplinary artist, curator, and co-founder of TAAS. Their work explores queer rural belonging through photography, textiles, sculpture, and writing, with recent exhibitions in the U.S. and abroad. Amber has taught and mentored artists internationally since 2020.
November 20th, 2025
Amber Imrie is a queer artist, art educator, and co-founder of The Alternative Art School. She received her BA from UC Berkeley and MFA from Stanford University. She’s received many awards, fellowships, and residencies including the Murphy Cadogan Award and Anita Squires Fowler Award in Photography. Amber Founded and was editor-in-chief of the art magazine, Venison Magazine from 2014-2017, ran a pop-up art residency Camp Venison in 2015, and has facilitated critique sessions in and outside formal education. Imrie has taught at various institutions, including UC Berkeley and Stanford University. Since 2020 Amber has worked alongside Nato Thompson building the Alternative Art School. Imrie lives in Winslow, Arkansas, and is developing a new body of artworks centered on queering the rural American South. In 2023-2024 Amber spoke at ArtBo, was a curatorial ICI fellow at EXPO, and curated multiple exhibitions focused on queer rural artists.
