Sarah D.

Woodworker and Teaching Artist

New York City

• I studied art in the same art school as Michelangelo in Florence Italy. I walked through the halls with one of his fresco paintings on the ceiling.
• I play piano and love to quilt in my free time.
• I have climbed to the highest point of the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty, I love to travel.

Sarah is an multi-disciplinary artist raised in Iowa, currently working as an arts educator in New York City. Sarah has been involved in arts education for 5 years, teaching across many mediums of art. She has painted for the mural arts community of Iowa and Illinois. Working for Quad City Arts, a youth arts mural painting organization, she was both an apprentice and lead teaching artist. Sarah has spent multiple years as a student life coordinator for the Minneapolis College of Art and Design’s pre-college summer sessions. She has worked for non profit art centers like Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village Colorado, assisting in teaching woodworking, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, and digital fabrication workshops. Building, crafting, and sculpting has been a form of art she has explored all her life. Sarah's background is in woodworking and furniture design. Sarah has studied art nationally and internationally, having taken courses at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Italy. Sarah holds a bachelor's degree in fine arts studio furniture design, as well as a teaching artist Minor from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The desire to teach art and improve the quality of art education drives her practice and career. Learn more about Sarah on her website! https://sarahdyar.myportfolio.com