Amanda Brown
"The Magpie Memoirs" - Photography
Artist Reception: Friday, July 25 5:00 - 7:00 pm with acoustic concert featuring Daniel Christian immediately following.
On Display: July - August 2026
This show is available during business hours (Tuesday – Friday from 10 am – 5 pm) or on weekends by advance appointment only.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
For as long as I can remember, I have been collecting moments from behind the lens. Raised in Tecumseh, Nebraska, I learned early from my mother's instinctive eye that ordinary days hold small treasures if one is willing to notice them. Photography became my way of keeping what might otherwise slip away, a private archive of light, place, and feeling.
The Magpie Memoirs is my digital nest, filled with images found along the way, and kept for the quiet comfort they carry. Many of the photographs were made while traveling, though they are less about destinations than about the fleeting moments that linger long after the journey ends.
For this exhibition, each image is accompanied by a brief journal fragment, inviting viewers to experience the photographs as pages torn from a well-worn travel book - intimate, reflective, and touched by time. Together they form a collection of small remembrances: light caught by accident, still water, empty streets, and the geometry of places we almost overlook; a feeling of having discovered something meant only for you.
Today, I live in Lincoln, Nebraska, with my husband, Matt, and our sweet dog, Indy. I still love gathering glints and glimpses wherever they appear.
Thank you for visiting the nest!
