Rita Sabler

Rita Sabler is an artist reporter and reportage illustrator based in Portland, OR. She teaches Documentary Illustrated Storytelling at Parson’s School of Design.

Rita Sabler has presented numerous lectures and workshops around the world inspiring diverse audiences to cultivate a lifelong passion for urban sketching and reportage illustration. Her work has been featured in solo and group local and international shows.

Rita Sabler’s reportage on the Kalaupapa settlement has won two awards–Doctors without Borders Coup De Coeur and International Sketchbook Prize at the 2019 Rendez-Vous Du Carnet De Voyage in Clermont-Ferrand.

Rita Sabler is one of the contributing authors in Pete’s Scully’s "Creative Sketching Workshop" book and the author of "With a Sketchbook Around the World". Her work is also featured in many publications on Urban Sketching. Rita has been teaching Urban Sketching courses at PNCA since the spring of 2016. She has also designed and taught “10x10 Reporting from Portland” workshops introducing over a 200 aspiring sketchers to the movement.

Rita’s main areas of interest are Reportage Illustration, Travel Sketching, and Visual Storytelling are but she is often seen on street corners capturing busy markets, festivals, protestors, musicians, and regular citizens living their life in both ordinary and extraordinary ways. Rita holds a B.A. degree in Psychology and Art, an M.A. in Linguistics, and a Masters in Interface Design from The Elisava School of Design in Barcelona. She is currently working on her Master’s in Multimedia Journalism from the University of Oregon.