Amy Jackson graduated from UT Austin in 1925 with a BS in Home Economics, then went on to attend the university law school from 1926-1928. Jackson was also a graduate of the Art Institute of Chicago, and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, the American Academy in Rome, and the Academie Colarossi in Paris. Later, she taught at Amarillo College and UT. She taught at the Palo Duro School of Art in Canyon 1936-38. West Texas State College sponsored the Palo Duro School of Art during the 1930s and 1940s, with faculty that included Adele Brunet, A. W. Mack, Amy Jackson, Isabel Robinson, and H. D. Bugbee.