"SCUM MANIFESTO by Valerie Solanas"(Vol. 2) - Read by Rahim Salaam

Amateur Arts Productions is a collective of Artists of various degrees, genres, techniques, cultures, ideologies, etc.. In the spirit of the many amateur artists that came before us and paved the way to new experiences such as Henry Darger, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel, William Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Grote Reber and Guglielmo Marconi, just to name a few;  Amateur Arts Productions' goal is to seek out, create, produce and distribute original, unknown and/or undiscovered "art". By using the word "Amateur" to describe our arts production we are implying that an amateur may be in a position to approach a subject with an open mind and therefore will be able to provide themselves and their audience a free and original experience unclouded by formal skill/training and financial concerns/worries.  Amateurs are serious about the work they do, providing outstanding examples of contributions to society. But whereas professionals obtain licenses as their “measurability of the excellence of service provided”, amateurs break taboos by loving their work. From here, it can be argued that, to the extent amateurs threaten the professional industry by providing free services, the professional industry has an interest in making its counterpart amateur activity shameful.  Below are a set of links for a few Amateur artists we support. Check them out! There will be many more to come!  If you would like to share your art, join in creation of art, or just say hello; email us at amateurartsproductions@gmail.com

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