HONORS BACHELOR'S THESIS RESEARCH AND ART EXHIBITION
2024 – 27
When the Witch Becomes the Hunter: Illustrating Shared Characteristics of Contemporary United States Politics and the European Witch Hunts of the 15th–18th Centuries
This body of artworks explores power dynamics informed by research into the European witch hunts and contemporary political events in the United States. Parallels are found then analyzed through the lens of social reproduction theory and intersectional feminism. Each artwork takes on a different topic and mediums range from drawing, fiber media, printmaking, and metals. The final project culminates in an exhibition in the on-campus compARTment Gallery of selected artworks. An accompanying written document details the research conducted as well as the methods for artwork creation.

2025
Attendee | Lego Printing Workshop | Naomi Velasquez, Idaho State University
Pinyon Jay Press | Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
A workshop available to the community by Naomi Velasquez, Professor of Art and Chair of Political Science. Velasquez demonstrates how to create accessible and kid-friendly letterpress prints with legos. The lego plates are used on provisional presses as well as traditional presses. Each attendee creates their own design and prints it with guidance.

2025
Attendee | Lecture: Printing Outside of the Pressroom | Steve Garst, Provisional Press
Pinyon Jay Press | Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
A virtual guest lecture for the ISU community by Steve Garst, creator of the Provisional Press. Garst discusses the origin of the provisional press during the Covid-19 pandemic as a way to teach printmaking for less than $50 per kit; deciding to make the kit plans open source; how relief prints can be made with legos, wood type, wooden type forms, wood blocks, and linocuts.

2024
Attendee | Visiting Artist Lecture: Brian D. Collier, Saint Michael's College
Department of Art | Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
A guest lecture for the ISU community by Brian D. Collier, Professor of Art and Design. Collier discusses combining his art practice with ecology, and how elements of the non-human natural world and human-altered habitats interact. The lecture opens his exhibition Unlawning America: History and Future in the compARTment Gallery and he conducts a seed bomb workshop.

ORGANIZATIONS
Since 2025 | Pocatello Art Center | Pocatello, Idaho
Since 2024 | TRIO Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program | Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Since 2024 | University Honors Program | Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Since 2024 | TRIO Student Support Services | Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
2010 – 18 | American Institute of Graphic Arts, Colorado Chapter | Denver, Colorado
2010 – 18 | American Advertising Federation, Southern Colorado Chapter | Colorado Springs, Colorado

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Since 2025 | Weekly Front Desk Volunteer | Pocatello Art Center, Pocatello, Idaho
Since 2024 | Volunteer | Bannock County Democratic Party, Pocatello, Idaho
Since 2023 | Blood Donor | American Red Cross, Pocatello, Idaho
2025 | Volunteer | Bengal Visit Day, Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho
2024 | Volunteer | Idaho Food Bank Thanksgiving Box Distribution Day, TRIO Student Support Services, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
2024 | Get Out the Vote Phone Bank Volunteer | Bannock County Democratic Party, Pocatello, Idaho
2024 | South Bannock County Caucus Volunteer | Bannock County Democratic Party, Pocatello, Idaho

WORK EXPERIENCE
Since 2025 | Web Development Envoy | University Honors Program, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Since 2025 | Student Designer | Kasiska Division of Health Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Since 2024 | Gallery Attendant Work-Study | Department of Art, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho
Since 2022 | Founder and Designer | Self-Employed Design Studio, Mythstruck, Pocatello, Idaho
2018 – 21 | Production Designer | Entertainment Creative Services, coloredge, Los Angeles, California
2016 – 18 | Graphic Designer | Marketing Department, Bold Technologies, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2015 – 16 | Senior Designer | Marketing Department, PSA Worldwide, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2014 – 15 | Marketing Coordinator | Marketing Department, PSA Worldwide, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2011 – 14 | Graphic Designer | Art Department, PSA Worldwide, Colorado Springs, Colorado

DESIGN TECHNOLOGICAL SKILLS
Adobe Creative Cloud
Since 2005 | Adobe Photoshop
Since 2008 | Adobe Illustrator
Since 2008 | Adobe InDesign
Since 2008 | Adobe Dreamweaver
Since 2019 | Adobe Premiere Rush
Since 2021 | Adobe Express

Operating System (OS) Software
Since 1998 | Microsoft Windows
Since 2008 | Apple macOS

Website Front-End Development Languages
Since 2005 | HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
Since 2005 | Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Website Content Management Systems (CMS)
Since 2015 | Squarespace
Since 2020 | Adobe Portfolio
Since 2025 | Terminalfour

Office Environment Software
Since 2000 | Microsoft Office
Since 2006 | Google Workspace

ART STUDIO MATERIALS
Drawing and Painting Media
Graphite: dry and water-soluble
Charcoal: dry and water-soluble
Colored pencil: dry and water-soluble
Wax pastel: water-soluble
Ink: waterproof and water-soluble
Gouache and acryla gouache paint
Acrylic paint
Silverpoint

Printmaking
Screen printing (serigraphy)
Letterpress on a provisional press

Fiber Media
Bookbinding: coptic, Japanese stab, screw post
Dyeing: natural plant dyes
Embroidery
Sashiko mending
Weaving: jack floor loom

PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATION
2011 – 2018
Tori M. (she/her) | Former Manager at Bold Technologies and PSA Worldwide | Read on LinkedIn
“You won't find a better designer than Amanda Coburn. Period. Amanda lives and breathes design. Some people do it for their job and set it aside at the end of the workday. For Amanda, it is woven in various ways into the fabric of everything she does: her hobbies, her correspondence, even her observations. And it shows in the meticulous ways she goes about her process. I worked with Amanda at two organizations and both times her style builds and organizational methods were second only to the design work itself, which was always a perfect fit to the project scope. If you need beautiful design work tailored to your specific needs, I highly recommend Amanda Coburn.”