Centering Asian Americans through creative arts programming on the North Shore of Massachusetts

Upcoming Events

Postcards for Protest

Saturday, April 19, 2025
11 am - 1 pm
at Panethnic Pourovers, Quincy, MA

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.

Illustration by Katelyn Lipton

Foster connections

Illustration by Katelyn Lipton

Create and play

Illustration by Katelyn Lipton

Celebrate authentically

Illustrations by Katelyn Lipton

Amanda Beard Garcia

FOUNDER

Amanda Beard Garcia (she/they) is a multiracial, second-generation Chinese American muralist and brand designer. 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. Most recently, 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.

@amandabeardgarcia

Photo by Mel Taing

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