Sarah Jacoby

A headshot of Sarah Jacoby in her home studio
Faculty

Illustration (BFA)

Sarah Jacoby is an adjunct assistant professor of Illustration at UArts and an illustrator who works mostly on picture books.

Biography

Sarah Jacoby is the award-winning author and illustrator of such picture books as

  • Can I Sit with You?, Chronicle Books, 2021 

  • Rabbit and the Motorbike (art), written by Kate Hoefler, Chronicle Books, 2019 

  • The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown (art), written by Mac Barnett, Balzer + Bray, 2019 

  • Forever or a Day, Chronicle Books, 2018

Jacoby’s work is evocative and delightfully unexpected, playful and effortlessly profound. It is characterized by a deeply felt empathy; a keenly observant eye; and an intuitive ability to capture and convey what it means to think, feel and be in the world as a human.

Jacoby lives and works in a little row home in Philadelphia. Yes, she has a dog that looks like a muppet; his name is Walt. He’s a grump, but he enjoys poetry, which tells you he’s not unkind.

Experience

  • Jacoby now focuses on picture books, but she has also done editorial work for outlets like The New York Times and Washington Post.

  • She has also designed apps and done surface design for organizations like Anthropologie.

Website 

Explore Sarah Jacoby’s website. 

Awards & Accolades

Jacoby has won awards from

  • American Illustration,

  • Communication Arts Best of Illustration, 

  • Creative Quarterly,

  • Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Portfolio Showcase and 

  • Society of Illustrators (gold medal).