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Sarah Sproule, Artist – Hamilton

Sarah Sproule is an artist and cultural worker who holds a BFA in Studio Arts and a BA in Art History from McMaster University. She is a member of the artist co-operative The Assembly Gallery and has worked in arts administration and public programming in various capacities in Hamilton. In 2023, she received the Hamilton Arts Awards – Creator Award. Her work has been shown nationally and internationally, most recently at Tangled Art + Disability in Toronto, and the Grand Valley State University Art Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her solo exhibition A Restless Spectre is on view at Art Windsor-Essex until June 28th.

  1. Performative reading

I think we should all be reading more, and why not read in public places? I am a huge bookworm, and right now I can’t get enough of folk horror, ghost stories, and unlikable women in literary fiction.

  1. Baking

I love baking disproportionally elaborate cakes for small occasions like casual dinners and book clubs. My most recent cake was a pistachio-raspberry cake with pistachio buttercream. I nearly lost a fingernail shelling a pound of pistachios.

  1. Tubi

Cancel all your subscriptions because all you’ll ever need is free on Tubi. It truly has some of the very best and some of the very worst of film and TV, and I can’t stop watching pulp horror movies. Lately all I want to watch is sexy vampires flounce around in technicoloured gothic castles.

  1. Magnolia season

I think magnolia season is one of the prettiest times of year, and I love going for walks around my neighbourhood and stealing petals from my neighbours’ trees to make magnolia syrup.

  1. Interview with the Vampire

My great crusade in this life is trying to convince everyone I know to watch Interview with the Vampire. (Yes, I am just generally obsessed with vampire media.) This show is so incredible, and I have been harassing my poor friends and family about it for years now. The costumes, sets, and effects are all gorgeous. It’s queer as hell, tastefully gory, and the dialogue is so melodramatic it’s camp. What more could you want?

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