The Staff

Amanda Verbeck is the master printer and publisher at Pele Prints. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. After working with several presses in the St. Louis area, including Wildwood Press, Island Press, and Evil Prints, she started Pele Prints in 2006. Work from Pele has been exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally, and the prints can be found in numerous corporate and private collections.

Maria Verbeck is the mère de l'imprimante and studio assistant extraordinaire. In addition to assisting with printing, she helps to manage the business side of the studio, creates many of our Pele Projects, and works at all of our shows and exhibits. Maria has worked in the printing industry for over 30 years as a typographer, pre-press expert, and graphic designer, and she owns Ambrilis Graphics.

Holly Childress is our great Pele intern turned assistant printer. She received her Bachelor of Fine Art in Printmaking (with minors in French and Art History) from Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis, IN.

Carly Kurka is a wonderful addition to the Pele studio assistant crew. She attended the University of Missouri Columbia, and graduated with her Bachleor of Fine Art in Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking (with a minor in Art and Archeology).