Season 6 | Episode 5 : Interview with Artist Sam Roberts

Sam Roberts is a Birmingham born interdisciplinary artist, informal educator, and curator. They graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with their Bachelor of Fines Arts. Sam currently works as the Youth Program Coordinator at Studio by the Tracks, the assistant gallerist at Canary Gallery, and as a teaching artist with UABs Artplay and various independent partnerships.

Their creative process blends organized chaos with research, helping them explore themes of healing trauma, identity, neurodiversity, processing, and connection. Through a balance of conceptual planning and intuitive practices, Sam delves into layered approaches to art, using their work to process emotions, thoughts, and understand the world around them. They've been heavily experimenting with upcycling fabrics into new things and various mixed media processes.