Amanda Manitach

Amanda Manitach is an artist, freelance writer and curator at Seattle's Hedreen Gallery.

Recent Articles

May 21, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

Mystery plays for the godless

I saw Ryan Mitchell get shot this weekend. Already it’s a point of contention amongst both Mitchell’s lovers and detractors. “Unethical! Outrageous! Pointless!”...
May 14, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

Er, two weeks in the arts!

I am only bringing this up because everyone I know has brought it up to me, their mouths agape as though it were soap-opera grade scandalous: Tessa Hulls’ work...
April 30, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

Falling in love with a manicurist

Last weekend I spent two full days at Frye Art Museum. I was assisting a workshop on writing about art. The other teacher was a poet who works extensively with...
April 26, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

Scenic Driver

Rachel Ravitch transforms natural materials into big statements. WHO Rachel Ravitch, the 27-year-old architectural designer, accessories artist and entrepreneur who...
April 26, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

Saloon Nouveau

E. Smith Mercantile revives a neighborhood tradition. For all the talk of the Pioneer Square renaissance, many of the neighborhood’s newly sprouted offerings aren’...
April 23, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

Honey, please!

Remember back when Regina wrote? Though I liked her sharp-witted, purple prose, one of the things I didn’t especially like about her reviews was the side-by-side,...
April 16, 2013 | by Amanda Manitach

Sturm und Drang und Blitzing

What do you do when April showers turn into apocalyptic hail storms? Make hailstone vodka crans, thankyouverymuch! Thank goodness it wasn’t hailing for the Blitz...