She holds a PhD in comparative literature from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, specializing in Renaissance studies.

"[1] Sider's body of work references traditional quilting with the use of block forms and repetition, but also pays homage to more recent artworks by employing techniques and approaches often associated with postmodern art characteristics.

In applying photographic methods to piecework, Sider seems to have absorbed the ubiquitous influence of innovative 20th-century artists – most notably, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol – as well as the language of traditional quilts.

"[1] Her most recent solo exhibition, exclusively of cyanotype quilt art, took place in 2023 at Artifact Gallery in New York City.

When an artist, collector, or dealer attempts to sell or donate a quilt to a museum, the acquisitions committee usually asks the curator, "How does this work fit into our collection?

That curator needs to be able to come into the acquisitions meeting with solid information about other works in the same medium, and she or he hardly ever has enough time to make an exhaustive foray into the collection.