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Sarah Magida (b. 1979 Baltimore City, MD) is an active fiber artist, life coach for artists and reiki practitioner. She experiments in the wide array of fiber art techniques such as embroidery, natural dye, tufting, batik and quilting and works in painting landscapes translated through pattern and extreme color. She grows a dye garden in her front yard, a busy neighborhood in Baltimore City.

Education

University of Baltimore, MA, Publications Design 2014
The Maryland Institute College of Art, BFA, General Fine Art 2005

ICF (International Coaching Federation) 2022, running programs in marketing, self care and foundational growth for artists
Reiki Master
Reiki I, Reiki II…Jambo Dragon School
The Little Volcano School of Bizcraft and Coachery Certification Program

Exhibitions

Showcased at local shops and galleries Bohemian House, Tortuga, Get Shredded, Double Dutch, Fringe Hair Salon all in Baltimore City 2019-2022

Contemporary Embroidery, Virginia Quilt Museum, Dayton, VA, June-Sept. 2025

The American Craft Council, Baltimore City March 2023, Upcoming 2024

The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NYC May 2023

Doong-ji, virtual exhibit through the Baltimore Natural Dye Symposium & Rosa Chang, April 2021

Volcanoes, Holland Project Gallery, Reno, Nevada, group exhibit May 2019

Soft Focus, Carnegie Arts Center, Alliance Nebraska solo exhibit May- August 2019

Loose Threads, Freeform Arts Space, Santa Fe, NM July 2017

Contemporary Perspectives: Drawing on Big Ideas, Lewis Art Gallery, Millsaps College, MS, curated September 2016

Shape, Line, Color, St. Pauls School for Girls, Baltimore, MD, juried, September 2016

JAM, Platform Arts Gallery, Baltimore, MD, juried, November 2015

Light Industrial Ecosystem, Garner Arts Center, Garnerville, NY May 2015

Shows from 1997 - 2014 have been omitted

Residencies

The School of the Alternative, 2 week session, Black Mountain, NC 2017

The Visitor Center, Upper Peninsula, Michigan 2016, 2015

Collaborations

Guns of Steel/Women’s and Non-Binary Costumed Arm Wrestling, founding Member, Baltimore City, MD 2018

Effervescent Collective with Dan Deacon Dance Projects, performing and choreographing “Cove Folder” at 2640 Space, Baltimore City, MD 2011

Baltimore Experimental Dance Collective, a collective of women artists and dancers, 2009- 2012

The Ark of New Orleans, organized by consensus by a myself and a core group of organizers, a collective of community organizations such as Recycle for the Arts, New Orleans Bike Project, a theater, dance space and book shop all under one roof, New Orleans, LA, member from 2000-2001

Collectives

Goxxip Girl Collective, 2024- current, a Baltimore based art collective of 30+ women artists who show and curate regularly

OARA (Our Art Room Agency) 2024 cohort, currently on the programing and support crew, OARA, founded by Savanah Imani Wade, works to provide professional development classes, support, guidance and opportunities to artists in need of a social platform, Baltimore City based