Sierra Weir is a ‘pigment practitioner’ working with wild pigments and industrial waste found near waterways in historically polluted Southwestern Pennsylvania. She creates records of mineral pigments, makes multimedia work that tells stories of people and place, develops research methods and ritual practices that dissolve boundaries between disciplines, and explores bio-social relationships between local riparian ecologies and industrialization. Sierra’s practice is heavily influenced by her studies in pigment biochemistry, her work advocating for local waterways with Three Rivers Waterkeeper, and her own ancestral folkways.
Drawing/Painting Studio Instructor