Sarah is an educator and practicing artist residing in Athens, GA. She received her BA in Philosophy and Studio Art from Coastal Carolina University. She received her MFA from the University of Georgia, where she is currently an instructor of jewelry and metalsmithing courses. Sarah also teaches frequent workshops at the Lyndon House Arts Center, as well as teen summer camps through the Georgia Center Summer Academy.

With the use of metal as the primary material, I have developed a set of tools to question, critique, and reimagine the confines of gender, domesticity and performativity. By referencing the domestic space as the tethering point, this work seeks to perverse its outdated and discriminatory traditions by advocating for a standard that has no bounds and refuses to conform to heteronormativity. Ultimately, this work is about traversing identity. The tools allow for me to navigate and perform through an identity that is both authentic and made up—to reclaim one’s own agency by fabricating the space to do so.

 

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  • Education

    2018-2021 Bachelor of Arts; Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC

  • Awards

    2021 Departmental Award Recipient—Art Studio: Outstanding Graduate, Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC

    2021 Carter Aspiring Metalsmith Scholarship, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC

    2020 Martha Baker Thomas Scholarship, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC

  • Solo Exhibitions

    2021 The Cube Galleries: Inaugural Exhibition, Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery, Conway, SC

  • Exhibitions

    2022 Handcrafted, Maria V. Howard Art Centre, Rocky Mount, NC

    2021 Your Place at the Table II, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC

    2021 Spring 2021 Visual Arts Exhibition: Best in Show Award recipient, Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery, Conway, SC

    2021 Metals Exhibition, The In Art Gallery, Online Exhibition

    2019 East Carolina University Metalsmithing Symposium, Greenville, NC

  • Collaborative Projects

    2021 Teal Alley Mural Internship, Conway, SC (a collaborative project between Coastal Carolina University and the city of Conway)