Sara Hickman collection

This collection consists mainly of photographs documenting Sara Hickman's musical career.

Sara Hickman grew up in Houston, Texas and attended the famed High School for the Performing and Visual Arts [HSPVA] in the late 1970s. For college, she moved away from Houston to attend North Texas State University (University of North Texas) and graduated with a BA in painting in 1986. After graduation, she relocated to Dallas and embarked on her musical career, playing at venues like Uncle Calvin's, Club Dada, and Poor David's Pub.

After recording and promoting her first album "Equal Scary People," Hickman signed with Elektra. While with the major label, she re-released that album and put out a new one, "Shortstop." Due to a variety of factors, she parted ways with the company in 1993.

Since her third album masters were Elektra property, she raised money from family, friends, and fans to buy back her masters and went on to release her fourth album, "Necessary Angels." Around the same time, she formed the trio Domestic Science Club with Robin Macy, formerly of the Dixie Chicks, and Patty Lege, which ended up putting out two albums.

In 1995, she left Dallas for Austin and has lived there ever since. She released 15 more albums over the next 20 years, including four children's albums. In 2010, the Texas State Commission on the Arts named her the Official Texas State Musician.

Since her days at HSPVA, Sara has devoted her time to a myriad of charitable activities including Habitat for Humanity, House the Homeless, Race for the Cure, and the Uganda Fistula Foundation. She retired from music in 2017, but occassionally performs and continues her charity work and does vocal work for national commercials.

The original materials are held by the Woodson Research Center in Fondren Library. Search the finding aid/inventory for the Sara Hickman collection, MS 718.