Ceramics

Mother of God Studio is the collaborative practice of self-taught ceramicists Diana Welch + Amanda Rivera. The studio focuses on creating collectible, limited-edition pieces that live somewhere between sculpture and functional work. (2014 - ongoing)

Music

Home Recordings Austin Texas (2020)

Stormshelter: EP released by Monofonus Press (2013)

Stormshelter: Jam Farm selected tracks from an unreleased album (2015)

Stormshelter: Stonatopia video released by Monofonus Press (2011)

Editorial

Transgressor Magazine (Founding Editor) was a celebration of outsider philosophies and cultural trespassers. Featuring work by: Tom Spanbauer, Lee Relvas, Scott Tankersley, Hyenaz, Igor Siddiqi, Silky Shoemaker, Autumn Spadaro, Eleanor Moseman, Acid Sweat Lodge, Hazel Hill McCarthy, Genesis BREYER P-Orridge, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Christeene, Linnea Sjoberg, Askar Brickman, Victoria Sambunaris, Hisham Shirabi, Leyla Shirabi, Nath Ann Carrera, Vivian Bond, Patrick Johnson, Amber Martin, Jill Pangallo, Matthew Connors, Jonathan VanDyke, Caroline McCloskey, Vladimir Karaleev + Karen Sharkey, Jackie Lee Young, Otis Ike, Harmony Korine, Elliott Hostetter, Diane Wilson, The Tar Sands Blockade, Olivia Wyatt, Ottessa Moshfegh, Allison Pharmakis, Dagan Barrett, Abram Himelstein, Aubrey Edwards, Justine Kurland, Rebecca Bengal, Kitra Cahana, Amy Touchette, The World Famous BOB, William Z. Saunders, Ana Klausmann. Published digitally by Monofonus Press. (2012-2015)

Haoma Journal (Founding Editor) explored the creative connections between humans + nature. Featuring work by: John Cage, George Washington Carver, Mark “Frosty” McNeill, Sophie Parker, William Padilla-Brown, Rebekah Miles, Anouk van Kalmthout, Alexis Georgopoulos, Olive Ardizoni, Lani Trock, Suzanne Ciani, Dan Anderson, Nahanni Arntzen, Carlos Niño, Black Belt Eagle Scout, Agnes Denis, Ami Dang, Milford Graves, Mileece, Ana Mendieta, Ann Brigman, Veronica Ortuño. Published digitally by Haoma Earth. (2019-2022)

Books

The Kids are All Right (author) a family memoir by Diana Welch, Liz Welch, Amanda Welch, and Dan Welch. (2009)

Not Quite What I was Planning (contributor) Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. (2008)

Let Me Entertain You (contributor) a collection of essays by various artists accompanying a performance of the same name by the artist Jill Pangallo (2010)

GayBiGayGay: Portraits of a Backyard Gaytopia (editor) a snapshot of the community that created the legendary Austin festival. (2011)

Other Writing

The Gatherer (essay) exhibition catalog for Virginia Yount’s Unsustainable Attainment at Women & their Work (2010)

Who We Are: Howard Zinn on the Uses of History (interview) originally published in the Austin Chronicle (2008)

The Searcher: Wim Wenders on his Sense of the Right Direction (interview) originally published in the Austin Chronicle (2008)

The Informant: Revolutionary to Rat (reportage) originally published in the Austin Chronicle (2009)

This Ain’t No Picnic: The Minutemen on Patrol (reportage) originally published in the Austin Chronicle (2005)