Amy Hedrick

Art in the cafe...

Tamara Lea Kaufman


"pretty ~ ugly"


February 2026



Artist Statement Tamara Lea Kaufman’s personal artwork ranges from serious to quirky, dark, adult-themed humor. She creates multimedia assemblage, collage, and dioramas made from HO-scale railroad hobby miniatures, preserved insects, paint, embroidery, found objects, and typically discarded materials such as candy wrappers and the overlooked debris of everyday life. Her work explores topics of consumption, waste, desire, relationships, psychology, politics, societal pressures and the levity of humor needed to survive it all. It gives her joy to repurpose materials into something new, useful, or...
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Saturday, October 27, 2007

n the tradition of Alix Olson, but with her own brand of delivery, Amy uses poetry to express her frustrations with politics, love, and relationships. Don't tell anyone, but on ocassion, beauty has been known to seep out of this angry political poet! Influenced by an eclectic blend of artists including, but not limited to Maya Angelou, Jim Morrisson, Indigo Girls, Billy Collins, Rachel Kahn...the list goes on and on. Politics and sex have been traditional topics, but Amy spins a unique, and sometimes uncomfortable picture of any subject that will lead you away from the truth you think you know. Always sticking to her activist roots, she doesn't shy away from controversial subjects such as gay and womyn's rights, abuse, and the oh so frequent jab at "The Man." Amy takes spoken word to a new level...and sometimes a new low as well, but all in the spirit of creating thought and instigating change.