Discipline: Visual Art – sculpture

Alex Sax

Discipline: Visual Art – sculpture
Region: Portland, ME
MacDowell Fellowships: 1999, 2001

Alex Sax is an American artist who draws inspiration from nature and history. Working in different mediums from drawing to installation, Sax captures the spirit and energy of her subject. Her historical fiction projects have been exhibited in New York, Maine, and Connecticut and her permanent bronze and mosaic installation “Turtle Migration” commissioned by New York City Percent for Art and School Construction Authority, is at Learners and Leaders School, NY.

Portrait courtesy of Pequot Library

Studios

Eastman

Alex Sax worked in the Eastman studio.

Thanks to the generous support of MacDowell Fellow and board member Louise Eastman, this century-old farm building was reinvented as a modern, energy efficient live and workspace for visual artists. Originally built in 1915 to house a forge and provide storage when the residency program was expanding, this small barn was simply converted for…

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