Sarah Nassif has served as MWMO’s Artist in Residence since 2021. She invites us to view water and habitat protection as a creative challenge, offering a fresh perspective on watershed work. In this role, she designs programming and fosters conversations that help staff and community members engage with complex environmental issues in innovative, accessible ways. Sarah also developed and is now implementing the Creative Watershed Plan.
Sarah leads Weaving Water Workshops with partners and community groups across the watershed. These fiber-arts gatherings invite people to connect with the Mississippi River, learn hands-on skills like spinning and dyeing, and share stories that build community and understanding.
Bio
Sarah is a self-taught social-practice artist living in Minneapolis. She received her B.S. in Botany from the University of Washington in 1997 and worked in environmental education, urban forestry, and data analysis before becoming an artist. In her community-engaged art projects, Sarah Nassif connects people, plants, and place through sensory exploration of natural and human-built environments, hands-on skills practice, and person-to-person sharing.
Podcast
Check out our interview with Sarah on River of Ideas: