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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · 15d

New ACEOs available in the online shop.

Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · 22d

I will forever love this man.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · 24d

Three new mid-century-inspired ACEOs, available later this evening at amandawirig.com.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · 29d

Today’s mid-century-inspired ACEO.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Sep 9

New mid-century-inspired ACEOs from Sunday and Monday.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Sep 7

Today’s ACEO. Now available at amandawirig.com.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Sep 6

Five days, five mid-century-inspired ACEOs. All available at amandawirig.com.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Sep 4

Today’s ACEO, featuring mid-century enamelware designed by Catherineholm of Norway. Available for purchase at amandawirig.com.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Sep 4

I hopped on the ACEO bandwagon this week, and now I’m dedicating a half hour a day to creating a little tarot card-sized piece of art. I can’t remember the last time I enjoyed a practice this much.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Sep 2

I’m hosting a painting party in Minneapolis on October 13th!

Fall Scene Painting Party www.eventbrite.com/e/fall-scene...

Fall Scene Painting Party

Join your friends for a night out painting a fall landscape in a beginner-friendly setting with an experienced art instructor!

www.eventbrite.com

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fuck this country. Fuck its guns. Fuck the patriarchy that enables men to destroy people’s lives because they’re too weak to go to goddamn therapy instead of killing innocent people. We are a failed state.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Aug 24

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5 Things Keeping Me Sane This Week

How are you doing? I mean, really doing? Yeah, me either. Thank the universe for good art in times like these. If you're in need of a little creative therapy, here are the five things that have been ...

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Aug 10

Result of this week’s artist date:

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Resisting Authoritarianism for Introverts: An FAQ for Staying Human in Loud Times

A lot of resistance advice sounds like it's meant for someone louder. But what if your strength lives in quiet — and that's exactly what this moment needs?

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Jul 28

Two new mid-century-inspired paintings finished this weekend. They’ll be available on my website tomorrow. “Basic I” and “Basic II,” acrylic, 20” x 16,” $400 each.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Jul 26

So damn wrong on so many levels.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Jul 26

😆

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Jul 26

With everyone talking about the rerelease of “Buckingham/Nicks” and how originals go for $80 on Discogs, I’m eternally grateful to have bought my copy for ten cents back in college when record collecting was cheap.

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Beatles Books Podcast @beatlesbookspod.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ozzy Osbourne meets Paul McCartney for the first time, 2001.

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Jul 21

That’s hilarious

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Amanda Wirig @amandawirig.bsky.social · Jul 21

Kazoo Master Graham Parker playing “I’m the Urban Spaceman” at Brit’s Pub this evening. I was hoping to hear “Local Girls,” but if ever there was an acceptable replacement, this would be it.