Centering Asian Americans through creative arts programming on the North Shore of Massachusetts
Photo by Ebersole Photography
Upcoming events
How to Play Mahjong
with Rob Chin
NEW DATE Sunday, March 15 from 2 - 4 pm
at Espacio, 105 Congress St, Salem, MA
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AANHPI Book Club: Tomb Sweeping by Alexandra Chang
with Aya
Monday, March 23 from 6 -7 pm
at Jade of All Trades, Beverly, MA
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Our vision for Lucky Knot Arts is to sustain a homebase where AANHPIs (including multigenerational, multiracial, and transracially adopted folks) can take up space, create together, and celebrate authentically.
Self-Portraiture as Self Love workshop with Mel Taing, Lynn Museum, June 2024. Photo by Mel Taing.
Foster connections
Create and play
Celebrate authentically
Illustrations by Katelyn Lipton
Amanda Beard Garcia
FOUNDER
Amanda Beard Garcia (she/they) is a Chinese American muralist, brand designer, illustrator, and cultural worker. She was born and raised in Beverly, MA and currently lives in Dracut.
Amanda has been a visiting artist and educator at Essex Art Center, Punto Urban Art Museum, RISD, Pao Arts Center, Montserrat College of Art, Endicott College, and Beverly High School. In 2024, she was a co-facilitator for the Mural Ambassador Program at Punto Urban Art Museum/North Shore CDC, a six-week cohort that empowers residents to lead guided tours highlighting the murals and deep cultural legacy of The Point “El Punto” neighborhood in Salem, MA. Amanda was also a 2024 National Civic Impact Fellowship & Incubator fellow and grant recipient of Asian American Women’s Political Initiative (AAWPI), of which Lucky Knot Arts is her brainchild.
Amanda is co-founder and principal of Likemind Design, a custom mural and design studio with a mission to elevate the brands of independently-owned businesses “just like us.” She has been a participant of many local public art initiatives and has designed custom artwork and brand identities for small businesses all over Greater Boston. A practicing artist herself, Amanda’s creative work reclaims and repaints her Chinese American identity by investigating the invisible history and heritage of her ancestors.
When she’s not creating, you can usually find Amanda at rock concerts, home-improving, cozy gaming, and being trailed by her pets Pica and Mei-Mei.
Photo by Mel Taing
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Photo by Ebersole Photography