Sara Tabbert
"I got my press about three years ago. I was looking for something sturdy, well built, and large - while keeping in mind that the price of shipping a press to Alaska pretty much excluded anything that wasn't a tabletop press. I bought a larger sized tabletop press and stand and it has been fantastic for my woodcuts. I like the idea that you can talk to the people who are making your tools for you, rather than just buying something off of the assembly line."
Artist/ Printmaker
Bio
Sara Tabbert
-M.F.A. Printmaking, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
-B.A. Studio Art, Grinnell College
Sara Tabbert grew up in Fairbanks and returned in 2000 to give making art in Alaska a try. She has a degree in studio art from Grinnell College in Iowa and a MFA in printmaking from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Her work can be found in collections at the Anchorage Museum, UAF's Museum of the North, the Alaska State Museum in Juneau, and Swedish Hospital in Seattle as well as other public and private collections. Her prints have been shown around the country in juried shows, and she has participated in art residencies in the US as well as Canada and Argentina. She has completed large commissions for public buildings in Fairbanks, Anchorage, and Talkeetna. Her studio and home are in the lowlands of Goldstream Valley. She shares the compound with carpenter Brandon McGrath-Bernhard and five spoiled skijor dogs. There they ski, pick blueberries, and work on endless building projects.
Tabbert also works actively in the Artist in the Schools program, and has been doing projects with students in public schools across Alaska for the past five years.
