$eed Market

 A One-work Solo Exhibition by Amy Bird

$eed Market* is a 12-panel collage constructed from a single U.S. dollar bill. This exhibition is an example of “making a dollar stretch” by valuing every part of the whole. Where do we look for stories of abundance rather than scarcity; generosity rather than greed; humility rather arrogance? What if a story like that can be found inside a dollar bill?

Amy Bird is an artist, storyteller and perennial wayfarer. Inspired by the understanding that art is essential to healthy individual and cultural life, Bird has served as a leader in education and social finance non-profits for nearly three decades while maintaining a focus on the arts as an integral and centering constant. After learning how many traditional philanthropic foundations grant out only 5% of their corpus annually while continuing to invest and maintain control of the remaining 95%, Bird began searching for a way to visualize the impact of so much accumulated wealth being held onto in perpetuity rather than flowing back into the economy as gift. This inquiry, initiated in 2019, has become an ongoing project of creating collages from a single dollar bill – no more and no less. Bird is a past board chair of Local First Arizona (2022 – 2023) and has been a member of Eye Lounge since 2024.

“$eed Market” will be on display from November 21 to December 14, 2025. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

 *The text used in $eed Market comes from Coleman Barks’ version of Rumi Jalaluddin’s Mathnawi (IV, 2611 – 2625) published in 1991 as “The Seed Market” (One-Handed Basket Weaving, MAYPOP, Athens, GA)

Opening Reception

Date: November 21, 2025

Time: 6-9pm

Gallery Hours 

Fridays: 6 PM-  9 PM

Saturdays: 1 PM-  5 PM

Sundays: 11 AM - 3 PM

About Eye Lounge:

Eye Lounge is a collective, artist-run, contemporary art space committed to fostering emerging and established visual artists in downtown Phoenix.