Amy Milner

Framed drawing in soft pastels of two people sitting on a flight of steps at the entrance to an apartment building. The walls either side are a reddish brick colour and the steps are grey. The man sits on the top step on the right hand side, playing a guitar. The woman sits on the left hand side, slightly further back from the audience. The colours are warm and there is a dreamy, unfocused quality.

I have two main strands to my creative life – there’s my work as a curator/producer and a member of the Neuk staff team and then there’s my personal practice.

I am currently curating Neuk Collective’s upcoming exhibition, “Together | Apart”. While I try to escape my perfectionist tendencies in my own creative practice, I have found that this critical gaze actually comes in handy when organising an exhibition. I am able to apply my ruthless editor’s hand, my eye for detail, and my obsessive love of jigsaw puzzles to bring complex projects into being.

In my own practice, I am taking a concept-driven approach. Rather than trying to limit myself to a single medium, I am instead choosing a theme/topic and allowing myself to explore this from many different angles. Lately I have been exploring self-portraits and the colour orange. My visual arts practice usually involves soft pastels, charcoal, watercolours and collage.

However, my main creative project right now is song writing with my band, Sun Red Sun. Look out for our gigs! My current creative goals are to pursue my music and to continue developing as a curator/producer.