Sarah Gerlach
The appreciation of individual human experiences within our natural world inspires my artistic process. As an artist, I explore themes of identity, mental health, human experience, and our natural world through a variety of art materials. Art making is an anchoring point to the present moment through the tactile experience of art materials, igniting a sense of comfort in me. It comforted me to express my internal experiences in a visual language. This collection of work highlights the variability in my therapeutic art process over the course of my college career, capturing the beautiful complexity within us, each other, and our natural world.
Sarah Gerlach
Art Therapy ‘23
Sarah Gerlach is a first-generation college student from Bainbridge, Pennsylvania and is currently creating in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She will graduate in May of 2023 with her BA in Art Therapy. Originally pursuing fine art, she switched to art therapy to fully commit to learning the therapeutic benefits of art making. Sarah primarily works in mixed media as she enjoys the process of experimenting through art materials. Once graduated, she plans to pursue a clinical psychology graduate program while continuing to utilize the artistic process in a therapeutic lens.
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