Sarah Archer (curator)

Sarah Archer is an American writer and curator based in Philadelphia, United States. She is the author of Midcentury Christmas, a book about the material culture of Christmas in the post-war United States published by Countryman Press, and a frequent contributor to Hyperallergic.[1]

Sarah Archer
Born
New York City, US
NationalityAmerican
OccupationWriter and curator

Biography

Archer is a graduate of Bard Graduate Center in New York City,[2] she has her MA, 2006, in Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture. She left her position as the director of Greenwich House Pottery[3] to join the Philadelphia Art Alliance as senior curator in 2011. Archer previously worked at the Museum of Art and Design MAD [4] in New York City as a curatorial assistant. Her articles and reviews have appeared in Slate,[5] The New Yorker[6] online, The Washington Post,[7] The Journal of Modern Craft,[8] American Craft,[9] Artnet,[10] Ceramics: Art and Perception,[11] Hand/Eye,[12] Modern Magazine[13] and The Huffington Post.[14] She guest-curated Bright Future: New Designs in Glass at the Pratt Manhattan Gallery[15] (February 10 through May 5, 2012).[16]

References
  1. Sarah Archer, "Ceramic Vases that Contain All the Beauty and Ugliness of US History", Hyperallergic, June 8, 2016.
  2. "Alumni News (May 2011)". Archived from the original on February 4, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  3. "Greenwich House Pottery". Greenwichhouse.org. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  4. "The Museum of Arts and Design". Madmuseum.org. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. Sarah Archer, "This Hilarious Star Trek Podcast Perfectly Captures the Spirit of The Next Generation", Slate, July 29, 2016.
  6. "The New Ten’s Two-Body Problem", The New Yorker, June 29, 2015.
  7. The Washington Post.
  8. "The Journal of Modern Craft". Archived from the original on June 17, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  9. "Magazine - American Craft Council". Bergpublisher.com. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  10. "Fine Art, Decorative Art, and Design - The Art World Online: artnet". Artnet.com. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  11. "Ceramics: Art & Perception - Technical". Ceramicart.com.au. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  12. "HandEye". Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  13. "Modern Magazine". Modernmag.com. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  14. "Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  15. "Bright Future / Pratt Manhattan Gallery". ArchDaily. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  16. "Spotlight on BGC Alumni: Sarah Archer". Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
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