Sarah Spengler earned her Master of Fine Art in Photography from the University of New Mexico and holds a BA in cultural anthropology from Bates College.  Her artwork often examines culture and technology through the use of antiquated optical devices and emerging media.  She feels equally ecstatic when viewing stereoscopes from the 1800s as she does immersing herself in a virtual reality headset. She has exhibited her work throughout the United States including: Galleri Urbane in Marfa, Texas; Red Eye Gallery in Providence, Rhode Island; Tamarind Institute and the Albuquerque Art Museum in Albuquerque; and Form and Function and Currents International New Media Festival in Santa Fe. Sarah has also taught art at colleges and universities throughout California and New Mexico. Sarah served as the Lennox Visiting Young Artist at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas for the 2004-2005 academic year. From 2011 through 2018, she developed and led the digital art curriculum at New Mexico School for the Arts.  Her goal as an artist and educator is to encourage others to “make the familiar strange” by focusing on their visual perception and questioning societal norms.