Sarah Archer

Phiadelphia, PA USA

Professional Experience

I am an experienced arts writer who covers contemporary art, design, food, and lifestyle topics for a variety of print and online magazines. I relish topics with a rich cultural background, from the history of European porcelain to the origins of the Peeps diorama phenomenon.

Total Media Industry Experience

16 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Slate (1-2), Hyperallergic (6-10), New Yorker (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

KB Park Real Estate Marketing & Advertising (10+)

Other Work History

I have worked as a curator and arts administrator in NYC and Philadelphia.

Foreign Language Skills

French, intermediate

Computer Skills

MS Office, Adobe Creative Suite

References

Jillian Steinhauer, Hyperallergic Senior Editor

General

The Prehistory of the Peeps Diorama
(Hyperallergic 4/3/2015)
Peeps dioramas sit, wide-eyed, at the intersection of consumerist kitsch and a surprisingly earnest engagement with current events and history.
(1/14/2026)
50 Shades of Beige: Why The Americans’ set design is far less simple than it looks
(Slate 1/28/2015)
FX's Cold War spy thriller The Americans benefits from the sort of reverse novelty that made early Mad Men so enchanting: It lets us remember (or imagine) what it was like to live in the days of phone booths, cabinet-sized computers, and TVs with rabbit-ear antennae.
The Meaning of Clay at the Whitney Biennial
(Hyperallergic 4/24/2014)
While the mainstream art press was busy embarking on its never-surprising skewering of the exhibition as a whole, ceramists were alternately rejoicing that there was so much clay in the biennial and expressing bafflement that works like Ruby's seem to shrug off ceramic craftsmanship altogether.