Sandra Bertrand
Travel & Culture Editor
SANDRA has been immersed in the arts all her life, as a theater actress, playwright, painter, photographer, book reviewer, editor and art critic. She was born in Bakersfield, California and has been residing in New York City for over four decades.
Sandra is Travel and Culture editor for Sanctuary and Chief Art Critic for Highbrow Magazine. She is former founding editor of NAWA NOW, a quarterly magazine published by the National Association of Women Artists, Inc.
In theater, her accomplishments are numerous. Her plays include Manikin, The Transformation of Aura Rhanes, Days and Nights of an Ice Cream Princess, The Sentry and the Laughing Ladies and many others. Her plays for television include Chameleon and Coming Attraction. She has been a Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference electee, and her plays have been performed Off-Off Broadway at the Courtyard Playhouse, The Viridian and elsewhere.
Sandra’s artwork has been selected for solo and group exhibitions in Connecticut and New York. Her portrait painting of Louise Nevelson was exhibited at the acclaimed Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM) FAR + WIDE Annual. She was elected to membership in the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) in 2014, the first women’s fine art association in the U.S., and has participated in several of the organization’s anniversary exhibitions and others in New York and elsewhere. She is also a proud member of the Art Students League of New York.
In her spare time, she loves attending live performances, reading as many great novelists as a lifetime allows, and traveling wherever the fates can take her with her life partner, Joanne. She adores her two cats, and if space allowed, would probably add a canine or two.
Statement: There’s as much wonder to be had in a cat’s brief and unexpected pose as spotting a woman’s yellow sunhat in old San Juan. Thank you for making me a part of Sanctuary. I know it will be a great journey!
Sandra is Travel and Culture editor for Sanctuary and Chief Art Critic for Highbrow Magazine. She is former founding editor of NAWA NOW, a quarterly magazine published by the National Association of Women Artists, Inc.
In theater, her accomplishments are numerous. Her plays include Manikin, The Transformation of Aura Rhanes, Days and Nights of an Ice Cream Princess, The Sentry and the Laughing Ladies and many others. Her plays for television include Chameleon and Coming Attraction. She has been a Eugene O’Neill National Playwrights Conference electee, and her plays have been performed Off-Off Broadway at the Courtyard Playhouse, The Viridian and elsewhere.
Sandra’s artwork has been selected for solo and group exhibitions in Connecticut and New York. Her portrait painting of Louise Nevelson was exhibited at the acclaimed Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM) FAR + WIDE Annual. She was elected to membership in the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA) in 2014, the first women’s fine art association in the U.S., and has participated in several of the organization’s anniversary exhibitions and others in New York and elsewhere. She is also a proud member of the Art Students League of New York.
In her spare time, she loves attending live performances, reading as many great novelists as a lifetime allows, and traveling wherever the fates can take her with her life partner, Joanne. She adores her two cats, and if space allowed, would probably add a canine or two.
Statement: There’s as much wonder to be had in a cat’s brief and unexpected pose as spotting a woman’s yellow sunhat in old San Juan. Thank you for making me a part of Sanctuary. I know it will be a great journey!
