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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) expected Dec. 2022
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
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
Residencies
The School of the Alternative, 2 week session, Black Mountain, NC 2017
The Visitor Center, Upper Peninsula, Michigan 2016, 2015
Collaborations
Baltimore Experimental Dance Collective, Guns of Steel/Women’s and Non-Binary Costumed Arm Wrestling, The Ark of New Orleans, Effervescent Collective with Dan Deacon Dance Projects