I Am Sara Artist

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BIO.

Sara Nicole Edwards. (formerly “Christine Malsbary”) is a visual artist, painter and private model. As an abuse survivor, Sara is a passionate advocate for mental health awareness and a sought after spokesperson.

Formerly a professor at Vassar College, Sara holds a doctorate in Anthropology & Education from UCLA and an M.A. in Anthropology of Art and Visual Culture from University College London, as well as a B.A. in Art History from Temple University.

As an ethnographer, Sara conducted research in India, the Middle East, London and the United States. She is most widely known for Coming of Age in Hyperdiversity, a 6 year ethnography of youth, identity and culture (click here to read more). Between 2010 - 2016, Sara collected data in collaboration with multilingual youth researchers among the indigenous of American Samoa and immigrant communities of New York City and Los Angeles.

Supported by the National Academy of Education and Fulbright among others, Sara has spoken for international audiences in New Zealand and across the United States. She has published 13 articles in top-tier journals and books (under her former name Christine B. Malsbary), and her blogging on subjects as far ranging as mental health, to race and culture, to make-up application and style has gone viral.

After leaving academia in 2017, Sara pivoted and founded Sara Christine Executive Styling, a fashion styling and image consulting studio located in West Hollywood, California, in 2017. She closed her fashion business during the 2020 pandemic, and now devotes herself full-time to painting.

 
 

Painting

Red City With Yellow. Oil on Canvas. 1 of 1. 37 x 40 inches.

Red City With Yellow. Oil on Canvas. 1 of 1. 37 x 40 inches.

 
 
 
 
 
 

Photo Credits: Sara Edwards