Amos grew up in section 8 housing in Louisville, Kentucky, worked on fishing vessels out of Sitka, Alaska, and briefly resided on an apple orchard in Everson, Washington before returning to the Ohio Valley region. Her interest is in setting new standards for contemporary understanding of American folk art weaving, and specifically strengthening discourse and practice of fiber artists across Kentucky.

Artist Biography

Michelle Amos is a fiber artist and textile historian residing in New Albany, IN. She is the Executive Director for the Little Loomhouse in Louisville, KY and a 2024 Center for Craft (Ashville, NC) Archive Fellow. Amos has a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Louisville in fiber construction, has been a Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Resident Artist, and 2020 Collider Artist in Residence for the South Central Regional Library in Louisville, KY. She is a veteran Berea (Kentucky) Learnshop Instructor, whose design was selected to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Berea Learnshops. After producing six solo and performance art exhibitions (2001-2011), she shifted focus to undertold Kentucky Fiber Artists' stories and influence on contemporary craft. She has curated three exhibitions on the subject for the Lou Tate Gallery at the Little Loomhouse, one of which was covered in Forbes. Amos has taught workshops and presented on Kentucky weaving patterns and history across the state, and virtual national presentations. Her first national article, "Kentucky Weaver Leaves a Legacy" was published in Handweavers Guild of America's, Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot, Fall 2021 with her next one on the "Untraditional and Influential Lives of the Women Weavers at the Little Loomhouse, Louisville, KY" coming out February 2025 in Hyperallergic.