Sarah Farahat

Sarah Farahat received a B.A. in Psychology from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California in 2001 and a B.F.A. in Intermedia Studies from Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2008.{{Cite web|url=http://newpnca.pnca.edu/faculty/meet/sfarahat|title=Pacific Northwest College of Art|website=newpnca.pnca.edu|access-date=2018-11-24}} In 2016 she received an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Fine Art from California College of the Arts in San Francisco, California. She teaches youth and is an adjunct professor at the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

In 2011, Farahat was selected for Ashkal Alwan's Home Workspace program in Beirut, Lebanon in 2011 and produced the publication Beirut Journal for Radical Activation.{{Cite web|url=https://ashkalalwan.org/program.php?category=4&id=131|title=Ashkal Alwan|website=ashkalalwan.org|access-date=2018-11-24}} Her performance in the Home Workspace program was described by Artforum critic Kaelen Wilson-Goldie as "disarmingly sincere, unabashedly feminist, and deceptive in its simplicity."{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/print/201208/ashkal-alwan-s-home-workspace-program-34508|title=Kaelen Wilson-Goldie on Ashkal Alwan’s Home Workspace Program|website=www.artforum.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-29}}

In 2016, Farahat contributed to the international conference and artist project Open Engagement.{{Cite web|url=http://openengagement.info/sarah-farahat-they-need-us-more-than-we-need-them/|title=Sarah Farahat: They Need Us More Than We Need Them* {{!}} Open Engagement|website=openengagement.info|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-24}} Also that year, she self-published A Third for Luck, a speculative fiction set in Cairo in the year 2055.{{Cite book|url=http://www.blurb.com/b/6849720-a-third-for-luck|title=A Third for Luck|language=en}} A Third for Luck is in the permanent of the Arab American National Museum Library and the Pacific Northwest College of Art Charles Voorhies Library.{{Cite web|url=https://dalnet-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01DAL_AANM_ALMA218509450003242&context=L&vid=01DAL_AANM&lang=en_US&search_scope=alma_scope&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=default_tab&query=any,contains,sarah%20farahat&offset=0|title=Arab American National Museum Library listing|date=2016|access-date=2018-11-28}}{{Cite web|url=http://alexandria.pnca.edu/researcher?results=Interface=advanced&SearchField0=sarah%20farahat&SearchType0=Keyword&SearchType1=Keyword&OperatorType0=And&SearchType2=Keyword&OperatorType1=And&SearchType3=Keyword&OperatorType2=And&localCollection=1#_|title=Pacific Northwest College of Art Library listing|date=2016|access-date=2018-11-28}}

In 2017, Farahat was chosen to lead a team of artists to design a mural memorializing the 2017 Portland train attack.{{Cite news|url=http://news.trimet.org/2018/02/trimet-names-artist-selected-to-create-a-tribute-wall-at-hollywood-transit-center/|title=TriMet names artist selected to create a Tribute Wall at Hollywood Transit Center|date=2018-02-01|work=TriMet News|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en-US}} Farahat's design was selected by TriMet's tribute advisory committee from four finalists.{{Cite news|url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/trimet-selects-design-for-tribute-wall-honoring-max-attack-victims/283-513306131|title=TriMet selects design for tribute wall honoring MAX attack victims|work=KGW|access-date=2018-11-24|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://katu.com/news/local/trimet-has-decided-on-a-memorial-design-honoring-max-stabbing-victims-sarah-farahat|title=TriMet picks memorial design honoring MAX stabbing victims|author=KATU Staff|work=KATU|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en-US}} The We Choose Love mural includes excerpts from the poem "Awakening" by Brooklyn, New York-based duo Climbing PoeTree that winds through the space, with each line written in a different language{{Cite web|url=https://trimet.org/tribute/|title=Hollywood Transit Center Tribute}} a western peony, and a quote from victim.{{Cite news|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/index.ssf/2018/03/artist_shows_latest_design_for.html|title=Artist shows latest design for mural honoring MAX stabbing victims and survivors|work=OregonLive.com|access-date=2018-11-29|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/393093-285686-artist-begins-work-on-hollywood-transit-center-mural|title=Artist begins work on Hollywood Transit Center mural|date=2018-04-20|work=Portland Tribune|access-date=2018-11-28}} The mural, which covers 2,000 feet of space, debuted in 2018 and is titled We Choose Love.

In 2018, one of Farahat's screenprint designs was selected for inclusion in the portfolio for the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival.{{Cite web|url=https://justseeds.org/portfolio/poor-peoples-campaign-portfolio/|title=Poor People’s Campaign Portfolio|website=justseeds.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-29}} She also contributed a collection of plant studies to a group show at Pacific Northwest College of Art called Unwalking the West.{{Cite web|url=http://www.orartswatch.org/nature-art-and-activism-on-the-oregon-trail/|title=Nature, art, and activism on the Oregon Trail {{!}} Oregon ArtsWatch|website=www.orartswatch.org|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-29}}

In 2020 Farahat joined the [https://justseeds.org/ Justseeds' Artist Cooperative].

In 2023 Farahat worked with the City of Lake Oswego to create a mural based on community vision for the future of the city titled "Ms. Willie's Dream{{Cite web |title=Mural at City Hall |url=https://artscouncillo.org/mural-at-city-hall |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=Arts Council of Lake Oswego |language=en-US}}" named after community organizer and co-founder of Respond to Racism, Ms. Willie Poinsette. It will be located on the east side of City Hall for three years and then in the permanent collection of the Arts Council of Lake Oswego.

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• [https://trimet.org/tribute/ Hollywood Transit Center Tribute, "We Choose Love"], description and video, via the TriMet website

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