Sarah Harrelson

Sarah Harrelson (née Sarah Goldsmith in 1972) is an American magazine editor, founder and editor-in-chief of the arts magazine Cultured since 2011. She was editor-in-chief of the magazine Ocean Drive from 2007 to 2011, and launched the Home and Design section of the Miami Herald in 2002 that she headed until 2007.

Biography

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Sarah Goldsmith grew up in Rumson, New Jersey. She studied at NYU where she earned a BA in political science and government in 1994, and minored in journalism.[1] She did an internship at the office of New York governor Mario Cuomo, and then at the magazine Elle. She moved to Miami in 1994 and became a style editor for the magazine South Florida, where she was promoted executive director in July 1996.[2] A few months later, she moved to Los Angeles to work for Women's Wear Daily and W,[3] then back in New York to work as entertainment editor at Seventeen, and then back in Miami in 2000 where she launched the Home and Design section of the Miami Herald in 2002 the she directed for five years. In 2007, she left the Miami Herald and became editor-in-chief of both Ocean Drive and Art Basel Magazine.[4][5]

Harrelson founded the magazine Cultured in 2011, which quickly found an audience and turned into her life's new venture.[1][4] She also launched the Fort Lauderdale high-luxury magazine Venice in 2015[6] and the Los Angeles-focused magazine LALA in 2017.[7]

She collects art, including work of Spencer Sweeney, Lucy Dodd, Tschabalala Self, Ella Kruglyanskaya, Bunny Rogers, Arthur Jafa, Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Donna Huanca, Neil Baloufa, Janette Mundt, Elle Pérez, and Josh Kline.[8][5][9]

Other roles

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Private life

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She is married to the interior designer Austin Harrelson. They have three children.[4] Her son Quinn also works in arts.[11]

References

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  1. ^ a b Eldor, Karin (2023-12-19). "Art, Fashion And Fran: How 'Cultured' Magazine's Sarah Harrelson Is Proving That Print Is Thriving". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  2. ^ Levine, Felicia (8 July 1996). "Movin' on up". South Florida Business Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  3. ^ Levine, Felicia (18 November 1996). "As the page turns". South Florida Business Journal. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  4. ^ a b c "Sarah Harrelson". thegeniuslist.com. 2020. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  5. ^ a b c Mendelsohn, Meredith (2018-03-02). "'Cultured' Mag Founder Takes Us Inside Her Home and Her Mini Media Empire". 1stDibs Introspective. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  6. ^ Krischer Goodman, Cindy (9 March 2015). "Lifestyle magazines in South Florida: glossy, glamorous and growing". Miami Herald. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  7. ^ Hanlon, Patrick. "New LALA Arts And Culture Magazine Helps ReBrand LA". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  8. ^ Sheets, Hilarie M. (2019-01-17). "Take Your Child to Work Day Is Every Day for This Collector". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  9. ^ Cascone, Sarah (2022-11-28). "What I Buy and Why: 'Cultured' Magazine Founder Sarah Harrelson on the Art She Admires for Her Walls and in Print". Artnet News. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
  10. ^ "Barnard Advisory Council". barnard.edu. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
  11. ^ Diehl, Travis (2023-01-13). "Turning Trash Into Poetry". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-01.