bio

Amber’s solo and group exhibitions include: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MassArt Art Museum, Boston, Smith College, Lesley University, Amherst College, APE Gallery, WORKS, San Jose, Harvey Milk Inst. CA, ArtSpace, CyberArts Festival, Essex Arts Center, Boston Public Library, ArtSTRAND, Danforth Museum, Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, Circa Gallery, Montreal, and Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, Amber recipient of Massachusetts Cultural Council, Faculty Fellowship Grant.

Amber received her MFA University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1998. And BFA University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Photography and Art History, attending consortium colleges: Smith, Amherst, and Hampshire College.

Amber has been a visiting speaker at numerous schools including, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Hampshire College, Tufts University, Harvard University, and presented interdisciplinary panels serving both faculty and students researching the LGBTQ Family Movement at the Kahn Institute, Smith College, Emerson College, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Family Equality Council, Disney World, FA.  Amber is involved with several activist and legal coalitions serving queer families/community, include GLAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), HRC (Humanity Rights Campaign), FamilyPride and COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere). Amber’s photography has been featured in countless fundraiser exhibitions, including many gay, lesbian, and transgendered targeted publications, Newsweek, CNN, Fox News, and academic journals.