sara kaltwasser is a multidisciplinary artist, and community art educator. Invested in Community Art & Practice, sara's foundation is rooted in socially-engaged modalities and collective community development. sara uses painting, installation, assemblage, research, and facilitation to create works that explore the confluence of education, art, history, and activism. Her work investigates the role of power in the classroom, and the aesthetics of knowledge.

sara acquired a degree in Painting and Drawing from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2006. She moved to Baltimore to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art, where she graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts in Community Arts in 2018. She is a 2017/2018 recipient of the Libby Bowerman 82’ Teaching Fellowship. sara is board member with Art Against Ageism, an alliance that confronts and tackles damaging stereotypes and misperceptions about age.

sara has served as faculty at MICA since 2019, and is also the Associate Director of Community Art & Service with the office of Mission & Community.