Amaranta Ibarra-Sandys

Amaranta is  a South Seattle based Artist and Teaching Artist. She grew up in Mexico City and after living  2 decades in the PNW, she calls it my home.  I am a Ceramist graduate from Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.

Amaranta’s artistic work intertwines as a Teaching Artist as the founder of  ArtMaranth School. As a performer and  Artistic  Director of Frida Kahlo live installation for  Dia de Muertos  in Burien and  Yakima. All these different components of my artistic practice, go hand and hand, connecting PNW Nature, bold colors and textures and celebrating my  Mexican  heritage,  sharing community experiences  and creating aesthetic forms .

As a Teaching Artist for over 15 years, her work has been dedicated to make art accessible to underrepresented communities, offering bilingual Arts Integrated lessons while adapting new technology such a video tutorials and hybrid school models and library zoom programs.

Her Youth & Community Mural Apprenticeship  had helped facilitate this  from intro to materials and techniques,  applying 21 century skills: critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity that responds to each site, beautifying open spaces.

My studio practice weaves through multidisciplinary mediums clay, glass mosaics,   acrylics, paper sculptures etc.  Her paintings had gloomy  background landscapes, whimsical goddesses , paper sculptures.

Learn more

www.artmaranth.com