Amanda Chestnut

@blkamanda.bsky.social

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Curator, artist, publisher, arts administrator, educator. They/them.

My honey-colored hand holding a small, 5x7 chapbook. The background is cozy with furniture, blankets, and the corner of my laptop. The book has a full spread image of artist Luvon Sheppard sitting in his studio.
The cover of the book, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg.
An image of a Costco storefront, with racks of shopping carts and a few customers milling around
A wooden table with a scene of boomer chaos. Two sides are framed by the edge of the table. One side of the chaos is framed with a glass bowl-styled pipe and a personal sized torch-style lighter. The other is framed by a pink dentures case, open and full of ground marijuana, tipping into a silver ashtray. The chaos includes a mini lighter, an empty plastic bag, a weed grinder labeled “Randy’s” (I don’t know where he got this from), a tv remote, and concentric circles of spilled devil’s lettuce.
A screen grab of a notification from Apple maps says “7 min to the Richmond take Monroe Ave, traffic is light”
A rainbow ikea bag in the front seat of a car, stuffed to overflowing with groceries. Easily visible are Kirkland tortilla chips, bacon wrapped jalapeño poppers, and a box of shrimp cocktail
A cyanotype of a handsome tabby cat, wearing a bow tie and lounging on furniture. His eyes are bright and clear, his whiskers are long, and the soft fluff of his fur glows in the spot of sunlight over his arm.
A glass jar, being held in front of a wall of glass jars of herbs, spices, and teas. This jar is for Mullein Leaf, and it is empty.
A quote from the article reads, “In December 2023, six university officers surrounded and threatened to handcuff him when he was walking on a public sidewalk near his home which was adjacent to university property, the lawsuit claims. DeGuzman allegedly faced another threat when he covered a press conference and a public march about campus protests that took place on and off campus.”
A sheer rock face dotted with evergreens and snow rises into a thick fog. The bare trees in the foreground give the idea that it is some distance away.
A photograph of a magazine on a small round table. The glossy pages are open to the image of a man with weathered Black hands holding a blazing red guitar. He wears black pants, a white dress shirt and a thin black tie. The background behind him is bifurcated, red on the bottom and white on the top. The magazine is spread between two cups of coffee, each with a generous amount of cream.
A website with the cover of The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story by Richard Preston. The image on the cover is a single Ebola virus.
The interior of The Little Cafe. The room is cream painted brick, decorated with string lights. There are a couple people seated at cafe tables, facing the performer. Taurus Savant stands in front of a large piano, wearing brilliant blue, and singing into a microphone.
“Jack’s” is written in neon light script, with an outline of a jack, like the children’s toy, at the end. It is hanging on a wall with dark green leafy and floral wallpaper. There is a red fire alarm beneath the neon sign.
A screenshot from en.wikitonary.org for the question “what does skeeted on mean in slang?” The definition reads, “(African-American Vernacular, slang)” in grey text. In white text with blue highlight it says, “To Ejaculate.” I can’t believe I just typed that.