Bio

Sarah “Spee” Parker is a Richmond-based sculptor and jeweler. She received her MFA from the Department of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. Sarah’s sculptures, installations and jewelry focus heavily on Americana, punk, DIY, anti-containment, and questioning authorship through the lens of craft. Spee is a represented artist of the Radical Jewelry Makeover Artist Project. She was a 2022 Post-Master’s Teaching Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University. She was a recipient of the Baltimore Jewelry Center Emerging Artist Residency. She exhibits her works regionally and has managed several artist studios and exhibition spaces in Richmond, Virginia, as well as Boone, North Carolina.