MISSING! Lament for Sarah Ann, 1985 
mixed media, graphite, photo-stats, various papers

In addition to developing and teaching in the Arts Core Program for Women, Fisher was an early WARM member, a founding gallery member and constant community organizer and arts advocate.

An excerpt from Fisher’s notes explains the subject of the MISSING! series:
“Sarah Ann, from northeastern MN, who was sexually abused for years, then killed by her father”

"Carole Fisher is an artist, teacher, and political activist. Her art asks us to examine our identity as women and as artists. It questions the violence and vulnerability of a culture which increasingly depends on experiences provided by mass media. Her art reveals the contradictions of schoolbook learning and "home economics"—of cultural roles and stereotypes created in our personal and public lives. Fisher’s works are both autobiographical and documentary. Using narratives excerpted from radio, television, conversations and love letters, she creates stories that both provoke and educate her viewers. When asked about the goals of her work and activities, Fisher responded: "My work is about women educating women, women helping women, making art to prepare ourselves for the world in order to understand and change our cultural identities.""

– from Diane Shamash’s essay “Personalized Politics” for the 1983 catalog, Carole Fisher, published by the Minneapolis Institute of Art