Amanda Beard Garcia
(b. Beverly, Massachusetts, 1990)

Education

2012 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Illustration

Select Clients

Asian Community Development Corporation, Beyond Walls, Boston Celtics, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, Endicott College, Isenberg Projects, Medford Arts Council, Montserrat College of Art, National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Boston, North Shore Community Development Coalition, Pao Arts Center, Punto Urban Art Museum

Residencies + Cohorts

2025 Cultural Strategy Cohort Lowell, Assets for Artists
2025 Steering Committee, AAPI Arts & Culture Collaborative | The Boston Foundation
2024 National Civic Impact Fellowship & Incubator Program | Asian American Women’s Political Initiative, Boston, MA
2024 Wedding Cake House Residency | The Dirt Palace, Providence, RI
2023 Assets for Artists + Artists U, Mass MoCA
2022 Residence Lab | Pao Arts Center and Asian Community Development Corporation, Boston, MA

Murals + Public Art

2025 Experience Chinatown, Boston, MA
2025 Year of the Snake, Pao Arts Center, Chinatown, Boston, MA
2024 Nuestro Hogar, Lawrence, MA
2023 Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Needham, MA
2023 Vessel, Punto Urban Art Museum, Salem, MA
2023 On Design Interiors, Gloucester, MA
2023 Edex Provisions, Peabody, MA
2023 Keep Creating II, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2023 Beverly High School, Beverly, MA
2022 A Wish for Chinatown, Hudson Street Stoop, Boston, MA (proposal finalist)
2022 We’re Here, Needham Heights, Needham, MA (proposal finalist)
2022 Boston PaintBox, Roxbury, MA
2022 Coffee is always beautiful, Experience Chinatown, Boston, MA
2022 Sanctuary, Residence Lab, Chinatown, Boston, MA
2022 Sweet Lizzy P Boutique Bakery, Braintree, MA
2022 Farmer Dave’s, Dracut, MA
2022 Trulieve, Framingham, MA
2021 BLDG 89 Dogs, Allston, MA
2021 Make Waves, Mermaid Hair, Beverly, MA
2021 You Belong Here, Ayers Ryal Side Elementary School, Beverly, MA
2021 Por Por, Newton Out Doors, Newton, MA
2020 Art in Print, Zone 3 Western Ave, Allston, MA
2020 VOTE, Salem, MA
2020 Revitalizing Medford’s Squares, Medford Arts Council, Medford, MA
2020 Beverly Barrier Beautification, Beverly, MA
2020 Black Lives Matter, Red Fence Gallery, Beverly, MA
2020 Mill Board at Mill No. 5, Lowell, MA
2020 Keep Creating, Frame 301 Gallery at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2019 REV Kitchen + Bar, Beverly, MA
2019 Bark in the Park, Beyond Walls, Lynn, MA
2019 Public Art Piano, Peabody, MA
2019 Motif No. 1 Day, Rockport, MA
2018 Don’t Quit Your Daydream, Salem Mural Slam, Salem, MA
2015 ArtBox Salem, Salem, MA

Grants + Awards

2025 Sustaining Practice grant, Collective Futures Fund, grant recipient
2025 Cultural Strategy Cohort Lowell, Assets for Artists, grant recipient
2024 ALAANA Artist Grant, Essex County Community Foundation, grant recipient
2024 National Civic Impact Fellowship & Incubator Program, AAWPI, grant recipient
2024 Beverly Cultural Council, grant recipient
2023 STARS Residency, Mass Cultural Council, grant recipient
2023 Beverly Cultural Council, grant recipient
2023 Cultural Sector Recovery for Individuals, Mass Cultural Council, grant recipient
2023 Public Art Learning Fund, New England Foundation for the Arts, grant recipient

Teaching

Pao Arts Center | Boston, MA
2025 Workshop Instructor, Mural Processes with BCNC Youth

Essex Art Center | Lawrence, MA
2024 Visiting Artist/Instructor, Creating on the Canal and Essex Street Alleyway

Punto Urban Art Museum/North Shore CDC | Salem, MA
2023-24 Co-facilitator, Mural Ambassador Program
2023 Pro Artist Mentor, Creative Point Neighbor Program

Montserrat College of Art | Beverly, MA
2023 Pre-college Instructor and Visiting Artist, Graphic Design

Endicott College | Beverly, MA
2023 Instructor, Computer Graphics, partnership with Lynn Public Schools
2020 Adjunct Professor, Intro to Computer Graphics
2020 Workshop Instructor, Hand Lettering
2018 Instructor, Art and the Environment, partnership with Beverly High School
2015-16 Instructor, Computer Graphics, partnership with Lynn Public Schools

Beverly High School | Beverly, MA
2023 Visiting Artist/STARS Residency Cultural Partner

RAW Art Works | Lynn, MA
2020 Workshop Instructor, Pet Portraits

Artist Talks + Panels

2025 Carving Out An Authentic Creative Business, Art of Business series, Rhode Island School of Design
2025 Marketing for Creatives, MassArt
2025 Making Waves: The State of AAPI Arts & Culture in Massachusetts, AAPI Arts & Culture Collaborative at The Asian Community Fund
2024 Wedding Cake House Residency
2023 Entrepreneur, Rhode Island School of Design
2023 At Home in Chinatown: A Residence Lab Retrospective Alumni Spotlight Panel, Pao Arts Center
2023 Pre-College, Montserrat College of Art

Selected Exhibitions

2025 Salon Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
2025 Local Artist Wall Pop-up Exhibition, Punto Urban Art Museum, Salem, MA
2025 Serpentine Celebrations, Pao Arts Center, Boston, MA
2024 Cruise Control, Archive, Framingham, MA
2024 Year of the Dragon, Blue Triangle Gallery, Boston, MA
2023 Solo exhibit, Couch Dog Brewing Co., Salem, MA
2023 At Home in Chinatown: A Residence Lab Retrospective, Pao Arts Center, Boston, MA
2020 The Pre-Vinylettes’ Suffragette Centennial, Ford Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 Solo exhibit, Front Street Coffeehouse, Salem, MA
2019 Pet Projects (solo exhibit), Beverly Public Library, Beverly, MA
2016 CHROMA 2, Montserrat Galleries, Beverly, MA
2015 CHROMA, Visionspace Gallery, Lynn, MA

Artist Assistance

Mia Cross
2025 Logan Express, Framingham, MA

Rebecca Pry and Art Etc New York
2025 MathTalk, various locations, Cambridge, Lowell, and Roxbury, MA
2025 FamilyAid, Newton, MA

Isenberg Projects
2025 Zone 3, various locations, Allston, MA

Lena McCarthy
2025 Recombinant, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA
2022 Life Alive, Davis Square, Somerville, MA
2022 Alexandria, Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA

Yenny Hernandez (Yenny Create)
2024 Joy Lives in the Bold, Boston, MA

Anna Dugan (Annadidathing)
2024 Learning in the Park, Harvard University, Allston, MA
2023 Salem Community Life Center, Salem, MA
2022 Agnes B. Hennessey Elementary School, Providence, RI
2022 Each and None, Allston, MA

Pandr Design Co.
2024 Nasuni, Boston, MA
2024 Dunkin’ + Celtics, Salvation Army, Boston, MA
2023 Dunkin’, Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA

Sophy Tuttle
2023 Greenough Blvd, Watertown, MA
2020 Interconnected, Allston, MA
2020 Rising Tides, East Boston, MA

Amanda B. Hill
2023 Cicada Coffee Bar, Cambridge, MA
2021 Haines Square, Medford, MA
2021 Squirrel Brand Co., Cambridge, MA

Mike Grimaldi (Grimdrops)
2021 Harbor Village, Gloucester, MA
2021 Holy Cow, Peabody, MA
2021 Flip the Bird, Beverly, MA

Interviews + Press

Making Waves: The State of the Massachusetts AAPI Arts and Culture Sector, The Boston Foundation, June 2025

Snake Mural Lets Viewers Send Wishes, Artist Hold onto Chinese Heritage Sampan, February 2025

Meet Amanda 陳 Beard Garcia: Local Artist Collection National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) Boston, September 2024

PHOTOS: Artist Amanda Beard Garcia paints a mural inside Beverly High School Wicked Local, March 2023

Local artist, students paint mural at Beverly High The Salem News, March 2023

Painting a ‘Sanctuary’ in Chinatown The Salem News, August 2022

Black Lives Matter mural finds permanent home The Salem News, February 2022

Beverly students fund supplies for artist to paint mural at Ayers Ryal Side Elementary Beverly Citizen, July 2021

Statement Pieces: Beverly native has put together a vibrant career Beverly Magazine, October 2020

Abstract And Empowering, Medford Utility Boxes Feature New Inclusive Artwork WBUR, September 2020

Local artists add creative touch to Jersey barriers outside Beverly restaurants Beverly Citizen, August 2020

Medford Arts Council has artists paint utility boxes in South, West Medford Medford Transcript, August 2020

Meet the artists revitalizing Medford’s squares Medford Transcript, August 2020

Beautifying barriers: Local artists add color to protective barriers around outside dining The Salem News, August 2020

Beautifying Barriers (video) The Salem News, August 2020