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Amos has been making mixed-media hybrid prints on both paper and fabric for 25 years and "continually challenges traditional notions of printmaking, both physically and intellectually," according to the statement announcing the award.
The prize was established
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Her work, Bui said in a statement, "evokes a wonderful synthesis of form and matter ... Each work asserts its monumentality while maintaining a sense of intimacy, and calls forth particular places or experiences, while suggesting deep symbolic significance of sensation and memory.”
Amos earned a bachelor's
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“Using thread as a metaphorical web, I intertwine the realms of printing and drawing, aiming to create works that reflect meticulous attention to detail, materiality, and the passage of time," Amos wrote in her award application. Pattern plays a central role in her work, she said, citing inspiration from Persian carpets, the Gee’s Bend quilt makers of Alabama, Japanese Kabuki theater, sashiko stitching and Katsushika Hokusai’s prints.
Past Vermont Prize winners include Will Kasso Condry of Brandon and Terry Ekasala of East Burke.
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