Art Lovers #11 Stick Sculpture Museum by Sarah Carlier

Create your own stick sculpture with artist Sarah Carlier

Art Lovers is back at the atrium of The Hague University of Applied Sciences! From May 14 - 19, artist Sarah Carlier will showcase her project HOOVM (Haags Organisch Openlucht Volksmuseum), The Hague Organic Open-Air Folk Museum.

Come and meet Sarah and learn about her work. You will also have the opportunity to create your own sculpture, which will even be added to the museum's collection. The artist will be present on May 14.

About Sarah

Sarah Carlier (1981) explores how we assign meaning to the world around us and how we shape it. She feels a growing need to create space for slowing down, wonder, and attention—qualities that are often under pressure in a society driven by efficiency and control.

Inspiration from the everyday

Carlier draws inspiration from the everyday: the traces people leave in public spaces, objects, and repetitive actions like traditions and rituals. By collecting these and following her imagination, she establishes new connections and opens up perspectives on things that would otherwise go unnoticed.

Re-seeing

Her work ranges from photographic or cinematic installations in museums to performances or interventions in public spaces, always with the intent to blur the lines between the personal and the collective, the everyday and the museum. For her, art is an invitation to relearn how to look, slow down, and discover new perspectives. It’s never just for looking at but also for engaging with and reflecting on the structures in which we live.

Sarah Carlier studied Photography at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and earned a master’s in Photography from AKV/St. Joost in Breda. Her work has been exhibited at Stroom The Hague, Noorderlicht Groningen, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and FOMU Antwerp.

Photo © Sarah Carlier