Sam Callanta is an artist who holds a BA in Theatre and East Asian Studies from Ursinus College. She has worked for a number of theaters along the East Coast and currently works as a scenic artist and costumer in Baltimore, MD. Currently, she is the charge artist for the Community College of Baltimore County's Essex campus, now showing their summer stock season, Cockpit in Court.
Independent of her theatrical artistry, Sam makes steampunk art, working primarily with leather and brass. Some of her work has been for sale at the Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts in Bethlehem, PA and is currently for sale at the Baltimore Museum of Industry. In addition, her Multi-tool Navigation Bracer was recently on display as part of the  "Steampunk U" exhibit at the Smithsonian-affiliated Antique Automobile Club of America museum in Hershey, PA. 
While interning at Brute Force Studios (www.bruteforceleather.com), she assisted in the build and paint of Jeff Mach's Giant Robot, which can be seen at the Steampunk World's Fair in NJ and on A&E's Shipping Wars, in the Season 6 episode, "Punch-Drunk Love".