Sarah Velas, BFA in Painting '99

Through strategic use of painting, typography, archival research, graphic design, light and sound, Sara Velas, BFA ‘99, creates immersive, interactive artworks that extend, examine, problematize, and reimagine our shared experience of social space, history, and time. Velas founded the nonprofit Velaslavasay Panorama in 2000, where she creates and presents painted panoramas and immersive exhibits. The Los Angeles institution functions as a hybrid history museum, botanical garden, community center, entertainment zone, and contemporary art space.