"Amy Wilson" is an artist who currently lives and works in Jersey City, NJ. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts/BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 1995, and her MFA from Yale University in 1997. She primarily works with watercolor and pencil on paper, with which she makes drawings, artist’s books, and three-dimensional sculptures. Her work is narrative and often involves the re-telling of stories from the artist’s life. She is represented by BravinLee programs in New York.

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The future is way up in the air right now.

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These are the words that I keep coming back to. This was when I knew the situation would be out of our hands.

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They were always funny, ... She could always make me laugh.

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They don't have any power. The water is still rising as we speak.

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It's not a time for anarchy or trying to make a buck. My real concern is the impoverished people waiting in their houses to be picked up or waiting at the Superdome to get out of the city.

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When I go back, life won't be like it was. If we're lucky, our roofs are still on and our houses didn't catch on fire. If we're not, water came up to our attic and we lost everything.

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[The friendship: With a high school friend,] my alter ego, ... always daring to do what I was too inhibited to do, which is why I enjoyed her company.

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I am still trying to process the experiences I had with the hurricane. The hardest part is that I tell my story from first-hand experience.

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