Amanda Matthews

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| education = University of Louisville

| occupation = Sculptor, painter, CEO of Prometheus Foundry

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Amanda Matthews (born 1968) is an American sculptor and painter from Louisville, Kentucky, United States, who lives in Lexington, Kentucky.

Early life, education and family

Amanda Matthews was born in 1968 in Louisville, Kentucky to James (Jim) Matthews III and Brenda Matthews. She attended Bullitt East High School in Mt. Washington, Kentucky and graduated in 1986. Matthews earned her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art with a minor in Philosophy from the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky in 1990.{{cite web |title=Linkedin profile |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-matthews-1542695b |website=Linkedin |access-date=July 23, 2024}} She studied abroad in Paris, France in 1989 with the University of Louisville, studying Fine Art and Architecture while abroad.

Career

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Matthews is known for her award-winning work that honors women and celebrates diversity and inclusion. She began her career as a painter and faculty member for the Louisville Visual Arts Association. She founded Wild Honeysuckle Studio in 1998,{{cite web|url=https://app.sos.ky.gov/ftshow/(S(dcs45fovoz2vmglacyj3je3t))/default.aspx?path=ftsearch&id=0451253&ct=06&cs=99999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923032745/https://app.sos.ky.gov/ftshow/(S(busok35qj0lp4tg3hwclx3ni))/default.aspx?path=ftsearch&id=0451253&ct=06&cs=99999|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 23, 2021|title=Fasttrack Organization Search – THE WILD HONEYSUCKLE, LLC|website=Kentucky Secretary of State Online Services|publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky|access-date=December 3, 2016}} which merged with Prometheus Bronze Foundry, LLC in 2009.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Matthews received her first grant as part of the Sister Cities International program and travelled to Mainz, Germany in 2006 to represent the City of Louisville, Kentucky and the United States during the tenure of Mayor Jerry Abramson. She participated in the Kunst in der Stadt, Kuenstlerarbeiten Public Exhibition at Gutenbergplatz, Mainz, Germany. Fourteen artists, two artists each from seven countries, were selected to participate. Her work while in Mainz was a permanent gift to the City of Mainz, Germany from the City of Louisville, KY.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} Later that year, she participated in the Kentuckians for the Commonwealth Appalachian Mountain Witness Tour for Artists and Writers in the fall of 2006,{{cite web|url=https://www.kftc.org/issues/mountain-witness-tours |title=Mountain Witness Tours | Kentuckians for the Commonwealth |website=Kftc.org |access-date=October 26, 2016}} which marked the beginning of her decades-long body of large scale bronze Dryads, titled Messengers.{{cite web |url=http://www.prometheusart.com/dryad-series.html#.Vy45hyMrKS4 |title=Dryad Series Messengers by Amanda Matthews |publisher=Prometheusart.com |access-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-date=October 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027123620/http://www.prometheusart.com/dryad-series.html#.Vy45hyMrKS4 |url-status=dead }} In 2007, on Earth Day, she completed a 210' long Ephemeral Environmental Sculpture Installation, called Water is Life for the Louisville Zoo, an AZA and AAM Museum, with the help of 20 volunteers. Diane Heilenman, Visual Arts Critic for the Courier Journal stated, "The work, 'Water is Life,' fits the context of all her sculptures and paintings, which are often about environmental issues."{{cite news|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/ |title=Louisville News, Sports, Business |newspaper=The Courier-Journal |access-date=October 26, 2016}}

In 2015, she founded the Artemis Initiative, an IRS approved 501(c)(3) Public Charity.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

In 2018, her work honoring Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first African American female to receive White House and Congressional credentials, was unveiled at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.{{Cite news |last1=Zraick |first1=Karen |date=August 23, 2018 |title=Alice Dunnigan, First Black Woman to Cover White House, Will Get Statue at Newseum |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/23/us/alice-allison-dunnigan-newseum-statue.html}} The statue of Alice Dunnigan traveled extensively{{Cite web |title=Alice Dunnigan Bronze Sculpture for Russellville, Kentucky |url=https://www.artemisinitiative.org/alice-dunnigan |access-date=March 5, 2021 |website=artemis-initiative |language=en}} and was featured for programming at Kentucky State University, University of Kentucky, and the Truman Presidential Library.{{Cite web |title=Alice Dunnigan Statue Stops at the Truman Library on National Tour |url=https://www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org/about-us/news-releases/alice-dunnigan-statue-stops-at-the-truman-library-on-national-tour/ |access-date=March 5, 2021 |website=Truman Library Institute}} The bronze sculpture of Alice Dunnigan now permanently stands at the SEEK Museum in Russellville, Kentucky, which was added to the United States civil rights trail in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Alice Allison Dunnigan Statue at the SEEK Museum – US Civil Rights Trail |url=https://civilrightstrail.com/attraction/alice-allison-dunnigan-statue-seek-museum/ |access-date=March 5, 2021 |language=en-US}}

In 2019, she was selected to create a monumental sculptural installation titled, "The Girl Puzzle", in New York City on Roosevelt Island honoring investigative reporter Nellie Bly, which was planned to be unveiled in 2020, but due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, was completed and unveiled on December 10, 2021.{{Cite web |title=HOME |url=https://www.thegirlpuzzle.com/ |access-date=March 5, 2021 |website=The Girl Puzzle |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Governor Hochul Announces Opening of the Girl Puzzle Monument Honoring Nellie Bly {{!}} Governor Kathy Hochul |url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-opening-girl-puzzle-monument-honoring-nellie-bly |access-date=June 12, 2022 |website=www.governor.ny.gov |language=en}}

On November 14, 2021, at Kentucky's COVID-19 Memorial Ceremony to mourn the over 10,000 Kentuckians who lost their life to the COVID-19 Pandemic, it was announced that Matthews design proposal "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" (based on the Kentucky State Motto){{Cite web |last=Kane |first=Jack |title=COVID-19 Memorial unveiled at Kentucky State Capitol |url=https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/covid-19-memorial-unveiled-at-kentucky-state-capitol/article_98253d5c-459d-11ec-aaed-cbf835e97bf1.html |access-date=November 17, 2021 |website=WPSD Local 6 |date=November 14, 2021 |language=en}} was chosen for the permanent Team KY COVID-19 Memorial Monument.{{Cite web |date=November 15, 2021 |title=Ky. Remembers 10,000+ Lost to COVID-19; Permanent Memorial Planned |url=https://www.rcnky.com/articles/2021/11/15/ky-remembers-10000-lost-covid-19-permanent-memorial-planned |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115154254/https://www.rcnky.com/articles/2021/11/15/ky-remembers-10000-lost-covid-19-permanent-memorial-planned |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |access-date=November 17, 2021 |website=The River City News |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=New art installation to honor over 10,000 Kentuckians lost to COVID-19 |url=https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2021/11/14/team-kentucky-coronavirus-memorial-gov-andy-beshear-amanda-matthews |access-date=November 17, 2021 |website=spectrumnews1.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Wolf |first=Stephanie |date=November 14, 2021 |title=A new monument in Frankfort will honor the Kentuckians who died from COVID-19 |url=https://wfpl.org/a-new-monument-in-frankfort-will-honor-the-kentuckians-who-died-from-covid-19/ |access-date=November 17, 2021 |website=89.3 WFPL News Louisville |language=en-US}}

Matthews is Nettie Depp’s great-great niece, and a bronze statue of Nettie created by Matthews was approved for display in the Kentucky Capitol. It is the first permanent large-scale monument of a woman inside that state capitol. While Nettie's influence was not statewide, the Historic Properties Advisory Commission considered her a representative example of Kentucky women who achieved professional and personal success. The statue’s unveiling occurred in November 2022.{{cite news|last1=Brammer|first1=Jack|title=In 2018, Kentucky's Capitol will finally get a life-size statue of a woman|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article191206714.html|access-date=December 27, 2017|work=Lexington Herald-Leader|date=December 22, 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/10/us/kentucky-first-woman-statue-state-capitol/index.html|title=Kentucky unveils statue of Nettie Depp, the first woman to have a permanent large-scale monument inside the state Capitol|first1=Aya|last1=Elamroussi|first2=Amy|last2=Simonson|date=November 11, 2022|work=CNN|access-date=September 12, 2024}}

Selected public works and collections

2021–present: Team Kentucky COVID-19 Memorial Monument, "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" for KY Capitol Monuments Collection
2014–2022: Life Size Bronze Portrait of Nettie Depp, public education champion from Kentucky, for KY State Capitol Building for KY Capitol Monuments Collection
2019–2021: Monumental Sculptural Installation honoring Investigative Journalist, Nellie Bly, New York City, Roosevelt Island, titled "The Girl Puzzle" at Lighthouse Park,;{{Cite press release |url=https://rioc.ny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2902/Amanda-Matthews-of-Prometheus-Art-Selected-to-Create-Nellie-Bly-Monument---10-16-19 |title=Amanda Matthews of Prometheus Art Selected to Create Monument to Journalist Nellie Bly on Roosevelt Island |date=October 16, 2019 |publisher=Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation |access-date=September 12, 2024 |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023224844/https://rioc.ny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2902/Amanda-Matthews-of-Prometheus-Art-Selected-to-Create-Nellie-Bly-Monument---10-16-19 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|last=Eblen|first=Shannon|title=This massive monument to women is quietly taking shape in New York City|work=Washington Post |date=November 2, 2021 |url=https://www.thelily.com/this-massive-monument-to-women-is-quietly-taking-shape-in-new-york-city/|access-date=November 12, 2021|language=en-US}} Collection: New York City Public Art Collection
2020–2021: Giant Ginseng Shade Sculpture for Legacy Grove Park,{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://legacygreenscapes.org/ |access-date=June 12, 2022 |website=Legacy Greenscapes |language=en-US}} Collection: Greater Clark Foundation
2016–2019: Life Size Bronze Portrait of Alice Allison Dunnigan for Russellville, Kentucky Collection: SEEK Museum (part of US Civil Rights Trail)
2018–2019: 3D Letters and Plaques for "John Lewis – Good Trouble" Tribute Wall at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, part of a team of artists that collaborated on the construction of the installation;{{Cite web|title=Project: John Lewis: Good Trouble|url=http://www.prometheusart.com/project-john-lewis-good-trouble.html|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=www.prometheusart.com|archive-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821123942/https://www.prometheusart.com/project-john-lewis-good-trouble.html|url-status=dead}} Collection: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport Collection
2015–2016: Life Size Bronze Portrait of Capt. Solomon Lee Van Meter Jr., pioneer aviator whose backpack parachute invention is featured in the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C., for the Aviation Museum of Kentucky and Bluegrass Airport Permanent Collection{{cite web |url=http://www.kyforward.com/aviation-museum-to-unveil-bronze-sculpture-of-aviation-pioneer-van-meter |title=Aviation Museum to unveil bronze sculpture of aviation pioneer Van Meter |publisher=KyForward.com |date=June 22, 2016 |access-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-date=October 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027124257/http://www.kyforward.com/aviation-museum-to-unveil-bronze-sculpture-of-aviation-pioneer-van-meter/ |url-status=dead }}
2014: Life Size Ancient Greek Boxer Olympian Bronze Reproduction, Jasmine Hill Gardens, a Public Botanical & Sculpture Garden & Museum, Montgomery, Alabama, Jasmine Hill Gardens Permanent Collection
2013: Bronze portrait of Dr. George Zach, retired conductor of Lexington Philharmonic installed in Singletary Center for the Arts, University of Kentucky Art Museum Permanent Collection{{cite web |url=http://copiousnotes.bloginky.com/2011/11/12/zack-honored-with-singletary-center-plaque/ |title=Zack honored with Singletary Center plaque | Copious Notes |publisher=Copiousnotes.bloginky.com |date=November 12, 2011 |access-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027060457/http://copiousnotes.bloginky.com/2011/11/12/zack-honored-with-singletary-center-plaque/ |archive-date=October 27, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
2012: Good Shepherd Catholic Church Baptismal Font, Frankfort, KY, Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington Permanent Public Collection
2010: Life Size Bronze Stephen Elrod Memorial Sculpture installed at Georgetown College in Permanent Public Sculpture Collection{{cite web |url=http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/galleries/galleries/public-sculpture/other-sculptures/ |title=Other Sculptures – Fine Art Galleries |publisher=Georgetowncollege.edu |access-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508025459/http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/galleries/galleries/public-sculpture/other-sculptures/ |archive-date=May 8, 2016 |url-status=dead }}
2009: St. Paul Catholic Church Baptismal Font, Lexington, KY, Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington Permanent Public Collection{{cite news |url=http://martinabros.com/saint-paul-catholic-church/ |title=Saint Paul Catholic Church | Martina Brothers Company, Inc |newspaper=Martina Brothers Company, Inc. |publisher=Martinabros.com |date=June 20, 2014 |access-date=October 26, 2016 |archive-date=October 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027061733/http://martinabros.com/saint-paul-catholic-church/ |url-status=dead }}
2007: Louisville Zoo, an AZA and AAM Museum, 210' Ephemeral Environmental Sculpture Installation, Water is Life
2006: City of Mainz, Germany Permanent Collection{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}

Nominations and awards

2023 – Awarded 2022 Governor's Award in the Arts, Artist Award{{Cite web |title=KY: Kentucky Arts Council – Governor's Awards in the Arts: Recipients |url=http://artscouncil.ky.gov/KAC/Showcasing/gov-awards-current-recipients-2022.htm |access-date=January 16, 2023 |website=artscouncil.ky.gov}}
2022 – Elected Chair of the Kentucky Oral History Commission
2022 – Elected Vice Chair of the Kentucky Oral History Commission{{Cite web |title=Kentucky Oral History Commission {{!}} KY Historical Society |url=https://history.ky.gov/participate/kentucky-oral-history-commission |access-date=August 23, 2022 |website=Kentucky Historical Society |language=en}}
2021 – Small Business Association (SBA) Pacesetter Award; awarded to Amanda Matthews, Prometheus Art for The Girl Puzzle Monument
2020 – Appointed as member of the Kentucky Oral History Commission by Governor Andy Beshear{{Cite web|date=May 15, 2020|title=Governor Beshear Makes Appointments to Kentucky Boards and Commissions|url=https://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=170|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=kentucky.gov}}
2019 – Board/Committee Member, Monumental Women of Kentucky{{Cite web|title=The Committee|url=https://www.monumentalwomenky.com/committee-members|access-date=October 27, 2021|website=Monumental Women KY|language=en}}
2018 – NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) Kentucky Chapter awards Matthews 2018 "Strive Business Owner of the Year" Award{{Cite web|date=March 21, 2018|title=Business Briefs|url=https://voice-tribune.com/_/news/business/biz-briefs/business-briefs-47/|access-date=March 15, 2021|website=The Voice-Tribune|language=en-US|archive-date=September 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920001337/https://voice-tribune.com/_/news/business/biz-briefs/business-briefs-47/|url-status=dead}}
2018 – National Association of Women in Construction (Lexington Bluegrass Chapter 367) Bluegrass Diamond Award

Public mentions and media

2022 – CNN: Kentucky unveils statue of Nettie Depp, the first woman to have a permanent large-scale monument inside the state Capitol
2022 – LEX18 News: Nettie Depp statue unveiled at the Kentucky State Capitol{{Cite web |date=November 10, 2022 |title=Nettie Depp statue unveiled at the Kentucky State Capitol |url=https://www.lex18.com/news/nettie-depp-statue-unveiled-at-the-kentucky-state-capitol |access-date=January 16, 2023 |website=LEX 18 News – Lexington, KY (WLEX) |language=en}}
2021 – Office of NY Governor: Governor Hochul Announces Opening of the Girl Puzzle Monument Honoring Nellie Bly{{Cite web|title=Governor Hochul Announces Opening of the Girl Puzzle Monument Honoring Nellie Bly|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-opening-girl-puzzle-monument-honoring-nellie-bly|access-date=January 1, 2022|website=www.governor.ny.gov|language=en}}
2021 – NBC News Now: How Roosevelt Island sculptures amplify stories of strong women{{Cite web|title=How Roosevelt Island sculptures amplify stories of strong women|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/how-roosevelt-island-sculptures-amplify-stories-of-strong-women-128979013845|access-date=January 1, 2022|website=NBC News|language=en}}
2021 – CBS Saturday Morning News: Monument honoring journalist Nellie Bly opens: "This installation is spiritual"{{Cite web|title=Monument honoring journalist Nellie Bly opens: "This installation is spiritual"|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nellie-bly-monument-opens/|access-date=January 1, 2022|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=December 11, 2021 |language=en-US}}
2021 – Office of KY Governor: Kentucky Artist Amanda Matthews to construct permanent Team Kentucky COVID-19 Memorial{{Cite web|url=https://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=1054|access-date=January 1, 2022|website=kentucky.gov|title=Gov. Beshear, Lt. Gov. Coleman Hold Memorial Ceremony for More Than 10,000 Kentuckians Lost to COVID-19 }}
2021 – Lexington Herald Leader: 'Not just a number.' Kentucky art installation will honor 10,000-plus COVID-19 deaths{{Cite news|last=Chisenhall|first=Jeremy|date=November 14, 2021|title='Not just a number.' Kentucky art installation will honor 10,000-plus COVID-19 deaths|work=Lexington Herald Leader|url=https://www.kentucky.com/news/coronavirus/article255812161.html|access-date=November 16, 2021}}
2021 – The Courier-Journal: 20 Months, more than 10,000 deaths: Kentucky memorializes those who have died from COVID{{Cite web|last=Yetter|first=Deborah|title=20 months, more than 10,000 deaths: Kentucky memorializes those who have died from COVID|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/ky-legislature/2021/11/14/kentucky-honors-more-than-10-000-people-who-died-covid/6354831001/|access-date=November 17, 2021|website=The Courier-Journal|language=en-US}}
2021 – The Lily (Washington Post): This Massive Monument to Women is Quietly Taking Shape in New York City
2020 – New York Times: Placing Women on a Different Sort of Pedestal{{Cite news|last=Eblen|first=Shannon|date=October 21, 2020|title=Placing Women on a Different Sort of Pedestal|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/arts/25sp-more-public-statues-women.html|access-date=March 5, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}
2020 – Smithsonian Magazine: Kentucky State Capitol Will Unveil Its First Statue Honoring a Woman{{Cite web|last=Machemer|first=Theresa|title=Kentucky State Capitol Will Unveil Its First Statue Honoring a Woman|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/kentucky-announces-plans-state-capitols-first-monument-honoring-woman-180975600/|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Smithsonian Magazine|language=en}}
2020 – Smithsonian Magazine: The Must-See Outdoor Art Installations of 2020{{cite news | title=Must-See Outdoor Art Installations of 2020|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/must-see-outdoor-art-installations-2020-180974033/}} Amanda Matthews' The Girl Puzzle, New York City, listed 3rd on worldwide list of 9
2019 – C-SPAN: African American Journalist Alice Allison Dunnigan{{cite news | title=African American Journalist Alice Allison Dunnigan|url=http://www.c-span.org/video/?459753-1/african-american-journalist-alice-allison-dunnigan}} Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, Dr. Nancy Dawson, Amanda Matthews, Soraya Dunnigan presented
2019 – Winchester Sun: Shade Sculpture will soon 'grow' at Legacy Grove{{Cite web|date=August 21, 2019|title=Shade sculpture will soon 'grow' at Legacy Grove|url=https://www.winchestersun.com/2019/08/21/shade-sculpture-will-soon-grow-at-legacy-grove/|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Winchester Sun}}
2018 – Politics: First black female White House reporter gets Newseum statue, The Washington Post{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/7b5368b9bf704e86af45ed099a13f066|title=First black female White House reporter gets Newseum statue|date=September 22, 2018|website=AP NEWS}}
2018 – NATIONAL: Alice Dunnigan, First Black Woman To Cover White House, Gets Statue At Newseum, NPR, All Things Considered{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/21/650508374/alice-dunnigan-first-black-woman-to-cover-white-house-gets-statue-at-newseum|title=Alice Dunnigan, First Black Woman To Cover White House, Gets Statue At Newseum|website=NPR.org}}
2018 – Alice Dunnigan, First Black Woman to Cover White House, Will Get Statue at Newseum, The New York Times
2017 – Kentucky Historic Properties Advisory Commission approves life-size sculpture of Nettie Depp for Kentucky Capitol{{cite news|last1=Brammer|first1=Jack|title=Kentucky's Capitol will finally get a life-size statue of a woman|url=http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article191206714.html|access-date=December 27, 2017|work=Lexington Herald-Leader|date=December 22, 2017}}
2016 – Dunnigan to be honored with bronze statue{{cite news|first=OJ|last=Stapleton|url=http://newsdemocratleader.com/news/6707/dunnigan-to-be-honored-with-bronze-statue|title=Dunnigan to be honored with bronze statue|work=News-Democrat & Leader|date=September 29, 2016|access-date=November 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105095845/http://newsdemocratleader.com/news/6707/dunnigan-to-be-honored-with-bronze-statue|archive-date=November 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}
2016 – Aviation Museum to unveil bronze sculpture of aviation pioneer Van Meter
2015 – Lexington sculptor seeks – and starts creating – more statues of notable Kentucky women, minorities, Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, KY{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Eblen |url=https://www.kentucky.com/entertainment/visual-arts/article44612055.html |title=Tom Eblen: Lexington sculptor seeks – and starts creating – more statues of notable Kentucky women, minorities |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |publisher=Kentucky.com |date=July 25, 2015 |access-date=September 12, 2024}}
2015 – Appeared in Documentary Film, Dreamers and Doers: VOICES of Kentucky Women{{cite web|url=https://www.ket.org/series/KDRDO/ |title=Dreamers & Doers: Voices of Kentucky Women « KET |publisher=Ket.org |date=June 15, 2015 |access-date=October 26, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.artemisinitiative.org/nettie-depp|title=Lifesize Bronze Statue of Nettie Depp, Kentucky Education Reformer|publisher=The Artemis Initiative|access-date=December 3, 2016}}
2015 – Restored Gratz Park 'kids' return to James Lane Allen fountain{{cite web|url=http://tomeblen.bloginky.com/2015/06/24/restored-gratz-park-kids-return-to-james-lane-allen-fountain/ |title= Restored Gratz Park 'kids' return to James Lane Allen fountain |website=The Bluegrass and Beyond |publisher=Tomeblen.bloginky.com |date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=December 3, 2016}}
2013 – Dr. George Zach bronze portrait unveiled at Singletary Center for the Arts, in Lexington, KY, University of Kentucky Art Museum Permanent Collection
2010 – Stephen Elrod Memorial bronze sculpture unveiled at Georgetown College
April 22, 2007 – Water is Life Ephemeral Environmental Art Installation at the Louisville Zoo, Courier Journal, Critics Pick by Diane Heilenman, visual art critic
July 2006 – Amanda Matthews (Fields) work featured in Germany's Der Mainzer Magazine{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
May 2006 – Art World News magazine lists Amanda Matthews (Fields) on their Artists Worth Watching list.Art World News Magazine, May 2006, Page 47, Artists Worth Watching List featured image of Reforestation by Amanda Matthews Fields with size, price, details, and website