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Rod Sawyer

Art Work By Sage Smith
Posted inVisual Arts

Sage Smith Discusses The Therapeutic Process of Linework, Motionwork, and Pattern-Making in Her Art

by Rod Sawyer August 19, 2020August 22, 2020

mid a pandemic and civil uprisings, many artists are trying to figure out how to make social and personal impacts through their work. For Sage Smith, her work both speaks to the importance of her identity and transcends the idea of being mono-cultural. She grew up on the South Side and is currently pursuing a […]

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