STAGELESS ARTS - GALLERY
AMANDA KELLY ESPIRITU
CELEBRATE • CREATE • COLLABORATE
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STAGELESS ARTS & OPEN BRAIN: NYC
A founding member of the global artist collective and 501c3 non-profit Stageless Arts, Amanda and the other SA founders bonded over their love of spoken word and sharing poetry. What started as a gathering in warehouses off the Wilson L stop deep in Bushwick, circling up on a corner in the East Village on E7th and C, and gathering on a rooftop in Chinatown became a global community that organically spread to 12+ cities across the world since 2014 including Columbo, Sri Lanka.
When half the founding team moved to Sri Lanka, Amanda stepped up as the NY City Director to host and produce the Stageless Arts community and the NY “synapse” of SA’s main bi-weekly series Open Brain: NYC, writing circles, and art & wine nights in her apartment, bars, and out in parks like Washington Square Park, Central Park, and the High Line. Gatherings feel intimate, no matter if they’re 30 people squeezed into a an apartment or 80-100 people out in the park.
Amanda upholds the founding idea of SA - creativity and self-expression doesn’t need a stage, microphone, or set list to thrive. SA exists as a center for creative expression: This world is our stage, our canvas, our film set, our darkroom. We all have a fire and story burning inside. Why wait for the stage to share it?
CRACK OPEN YOUR CRANIUM
PRESENCE ITSELF IS PARTICIPATION