True Local Time (Public art commission, 2016). Canal Convergence Water + Art + Light, presented by Scottsdale Public Art, 2016. Photo by Sean Deckert.
Amy Sansbury Manning lives and works near Denver, Colorado. She exhibits locally, regionally, and nationally. Past projects include cardboard machinery, mixed-media textiles, and a public art installation for the city of Scottsdale. In 2017, she received an Eric Fischl Vanguard Award. Her current work is primarily ceramic, exploring the material nature of the medium with humorous imagery and objects from everyday life. She was a member of the Eye Lounge artist collective in Phoenix, Arizona, from 2019 to 2022. In 2021, she was a Teaching Artist-in-Residence for Scottsdale Public Art. Her work has been collected by Maricopa Community College in Arizona.