Sarah R Glaser is a comic artist, illustrator, and printmaker from Norfolk, Virginia with a passion for storytelling. Drawing from the elastic, in-between spaces of glitch feminism and gothic folklore, her cross-genre narrative works invite contemplation, laughter, and awe. She employs both digital and traditional techniques unique to each project, experimenting with a variety of mediums to create art zines, mini-comics, and prints. She is the illustrator of the Bosley the Beach Cat series as well as another children's picture book based on Norfolk’s beloved Scotch and Soda, the Lions.
Sarah currently serves as Program Manager for the Arts at Old Dominion University and is the Founder of studioSHIFT, a community print shop and art studio in Coastal Virginia.
Education
CT Old Dominion University, Arts and Entrepreneurship, May 2023
Relevant Coursework: Arts Administration, Fundraising for the Arts, Museum Studies, Public Art, Social Entrepreneurship
MA Old Dominion University, Humanities, May 2022
Concentration: Visual Studies
Relevant Coursework: Superheroes and Society, Spanish Graphic Novels, Printmaking, Politics of Social Media
BA Old Dominion University, English, May 2015
Concentration: Language and Linguistics
Experience
Lionbyrd Art, Norfolk, VA, 2021
- 2nd Place, Summer Camp Juried Art Show, For All Handkind, 2022
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 2019
Program Manager for the Arts, College of Arts & Letters
- Market on Monarch Concert Series, VEER Nomination: Best Live Music, 2021
- Staff Member of the Year Award 2022 - 2023, College of Arts and Letters
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 2018 to 2019
Office Manager, Philosophy & Religious Studies Department
- CEPE 2019: Symposium Co-Organizer
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 2016 to 2017
Graduate Assistant, College of Arts & Letters
- Arts Box Office Manager, Arts@ODU
- Research Assistant, Baron and Ellin Gordon Art Galleries
- Research Assistant, Institute for the Humanities
Stan’s Firehouse Grill, Virginia Beach, VA, 2013 to 2018
Assistant Manager
- The Pilot Reader’s Choice Awards Best of, Gold, Dining & Dancing, 2016
Publications
Children’s Books – Illustration
Short, Bennett. Scotch & Soda the Lions: 2023.
Shipp, Tamara Hoffmann, Bosley the Pilot Cat: CoastWriter Publishing, 2022.
Shipp, Tamara Hoffmann, Bosley the Pirate Cat: CoastWriter Publishing, 2022.
Shipp, Tamara Hoffmann, Bosley the Beach Cat: CoastWriter Publishing, 2021.