Welcome to my Web site. This is the place to come for the latest news on my art and educator activities. Please look around, let me know what you think, and come again! And don't forget to check out the button project update, my calendar and the newest additions to the gallery.

The days are now clearly shorter, the sun is lower in the sky, and there is a noticeable chill in the air. I welcome this shift in seasons with mixed emotions. I love the warm summer sun, yet treasure those cold days when I focus on staying indoors working in my studio.

My artist-in-residence work within the arts in health care field has deepened. I am working on a new section of my website which will be devoted to this area of which I am passionate. Please take a look...

Since this spring, I have had two wonderful residencies at Connecticut hospitals. In June, I was an artist-in-residence at the Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. I worked in collaboration with a poet, a song writer and a story teller to generate artwork, poems, songs and stories that recorded and illustrated the lives of staff, patients and families at the hospital. In my four days at the hospital, we created a large mandala weaving with over 200 clothespin people.

In September, I was an artist-in-residence at the Connecticut Children's Medical Center in Hartford. I worked for five days with patients, staff and families to create another large mandala weaving that was symbolic of the hospital's community. The center of the weaving was made from the children's johnnys, surrounded by a rainbow to symbolize family support, then a ring was woven from doctors' lab coats, next a ring from hospital scrubs, and finally another rainbow to represent the greater hospital community. This weaving included nearly 200 clothespin people to illustrate the diversity at CCMC.

My studio artwork has been recently been exhibited in California, Maine, and New Hampshire; there is also an upcoming show in Connecticut. I have completed new works in the screen art style and also completed my "Praise for Life" series. Please check out my gallery and calendar for details and contact me for any further information.

My works in progress continue to focus on the theme of home. I am moved by the plight of thousands of displaced families, destroyed communities and disrupted lives from recent acts of nature. I was recently awarded a Maine Arts Commission GIG Grant to purchase a spinning wheel. Now I am able to spin paper for my shifu work with speed and efficiency. I welcome your thoughts and input on my work.

And please check out my calendar for current and future exhibits, residencies and workshops.

I hope the beauty of this earth brings you joy.

Peace,
Sarah

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