Sam Dodie Block is an artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. She received a BA in Design from the University of California, Davis. From 2015-2022 she worked as an experiential graphic designer, designing signage, wayfinding systems, and graphic installations for the built environment. Now, she works primarily in clay. She creates objects & spaces exploring themes of nostalgia and memory. Sam recently completed the core fellowship at Penland School of Craft. She is currently an artist-in-residence at Artfields in Lake City, South Carolina.