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Sandra Wiley Profiled in University Record

February 4, 2025
A photo of a woman sitting at a table showing a plate of food and holding an iced coffee drink
Sandra Wiley, director of international study programs at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, visited Seoul, South Korea, wearing a shirt she made with Liberty of London fabric she purchased while in London. (Photo courtesy of Sandra Wiley) 

Stamps Director of International Study Programs Sandra Wiley is featured in a new University Record profile by Genevieve Monsma. In the article, Wiley discusses her lifelong love of sewing and knitting, and how her time at Stamps has helped her see this work as a creative, artistic practice.

Sandra Wiley has been sewing and knitting since she was a child. But it wasn’t until she joined the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design in 2012 that she began to see herself as an artist.

​“Being at Stamps helped me affirm the fact that I am a maker and an artist because I never would have described myself as an artist before,” said Wiley, the director of international study programs at Stamps.

In her previous roles in the School of Public Health and the School of Kinesiology, Wiley said her creative projects were not a secret, they just never came up. At Stamps, however, she has found colleagues who inspire her — and are inspired by her.

​“They’ve made me realize and appreciate the scope of what I do, even though art is not my educational background,” she said.

Stamps helped Sandra Wiley see herself as an artist | The University Record