Sarah is a visual artist and puppeteer and founding member of Dog and String Theatre.
She holds a BA Hons in Textile Design, Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design, London and an MA in Visual Arts Practice from IADT, Dún laoghaire, Dublin.
Her work is multi-disciplinary and often collaborative incorporating drawing, animation, puppetry and storytelling.
She is committed to making work for children’s audiences in many forms and has years of experience working as an artist in schools and health care contexts with people of all ages and abilities.
She is currently a Creative Associate for Creative Schools , an Associate Artist with Helium Arts and on the Artists panel with Kidsown Publishing Partnership. She is the recipient of a YPCE Bursary Award and Professional Development Award from the Arts Council 2020. Arts Act Grant Clare Arts Office 2013/16/17, Create Project Award, 2014, Arts Council, Arts Participation Bursary Award, 2012 and a Create Research and Development Award 2012.