Samantha Eckert was born in Glen Cove, NY and raised in Brownsville, VT. Her imagination and artist voice are inspired by childhood days spent roaming the pastoral Vermont landscape. Eckert earned her MFA in Visual Art in 2015 from Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, VT. Additionally, she holds a Bachelor’s degree from Vermont College of Norwich University in Montpelier, VT, and a Certification in Museum Studies from The Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, NM.