A local muralist and social practice artist, Sarah has been engaging communities in the public art process across the Pacific Northwest for the last 10 years. With an affinity for creating works of art that are interactive, dynamic, colorful and engaging, they often depict native plants and animals that share urban space with all of us. Her medicine work involves, much like hazel’s, a deep awareness of the healing potential of cultivatiing reverence and respect for other creatures and and how they interact with the world, and emulating their energies in our own lives.

“Bees are the alchemists of sunlight; they weave the sunlight and caputre it in beeswax. They are natural artists and bringers of beauty.” Sarah Snediker

Inspired by a vision shared by Sarah Snedeker, and with an interaction with the bee in her medicine work, hazel created this stencil. The words “Bee Beauty” were integral to the vision,. These had the impactful feeling of a teaching around encouraging people to follow their creative instincts, and trust the beauty of the result.

Birth: January 2016, Winter Gathering, Whidbey Island