Sarah Adam
sarah@madsahara.com
Greenfield, MA 01301
madsahara.com
Education
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Magna Cum Laude, 2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration
Academic Achievement Honors for Visual Design, 2003
Mount Wachusett Community College
Associate’s Degree in Liberal Arts, 2001
Dean’s List Honors, 1999-2001
Skills
Mac / Windows OS
Adobe Photoshop / InDesign / Illustrator / Acrobat
Microsoft Word / Excel / PowerPoint
Pre-Press: Offset / Digital / Wide format
CTP Plate Processing / Bindery / Finishing
HTML / Content Management / Web Graphics
Photography / Digital Painting / Vector Illustration
Watercolor / Acrylic / Pen & Ink
Exhibitions
Juried Exhibitions/Festivals
StART on the Street/StART at the Station, Worcester, MA 2013 – 2019
The Hive Holiday Makers Market, Greenfield, MA 2019
Trees Trees Trees, LOCAL Gallery, Easthampton, MA 2019
Greenfield Holiday Pop-Up, Greenfield, MA 2018
Amherst Crafts on the Common, Amherst, MA 2017
Noho Pride Festival, Northampton, MA 2017
A Little Bazaar, Mill No. 5, Lowell, MA 2017
Lowbrow Craft Fair, Northampton, MA 2016
North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival, Orange, MA 2014
Turners Falls Block Party, Turners Falls, MA 2014
Featured Artist – TL6 Gallery, New Bedford, MA 2012
Paint & Pixel Festival, Northampton, MA 2011 – 2012
Gallery Walk, Brattleboro, VT 2009 – 2015
Group Exhibitions
Small Works Show, Sawmill River Arts, Montague, MA 2016, 2020
Holiday Art Pop-Up, Madsahara Art & Design Studio, Greenfield, MA 2019
Open Studios at The Web, Greenfield, MA 2019
Amherst Arts Night Plus, Ramboll, Amherst MA 2019
Al Fresco Duet: Artwork by Nancy Baker & Sarah Adam, Artspace Gallery, Greenfield, MA 2018
‘Six Feet Under Vermont’, Latchis 4 Gallery, Brattleboro, VT 2013
‘Chair Dreams’, Group Exhibition, Deerfield Arts Bank, 2014
Local Artist Spotlight, Gallery 2, Vermont Artisan Designs, Brattleboro, VT 2013
Solo Exhibitions
‘Quabbin Walk’, The Burnett Gallery, Jones Library, Amherst, MA 2017
Featured Artist, The Gardner Ale House, Gardner, MA 2017
Featured Artist, NU Cafe, Worcester, MA 2017
Featured Artist, Element Brewing Co, Millers Falls, MA 2017
Various Works, Leelyn Law LLC, South Deerfield, MA 2017
Featured Artist, Green Fields Market, Greenfield, MA 2014 – 2018
Featured Artist, BirchTree Bread Co, Worcester, MA 2016
‘Soft Landscapes’, Athol Public Library, Athol, MA 2015
‘Soft Landscapes’, The Works Bakery Cafe, Brattleboro, VT 2014
Classes & Fundraisers
Transcendent Art show – Benefit for Abby’s House, Petersham, MA 2015
Painted Crafts Workshop – Ivy Child International ‘Mindful Happy Hour’, Worcester, MA 2015
‘Book a Seat’ Greenfield Public Library Fundraiser, Greenfield, MA 2014
‘Fall Into Art: A Benefit for the Windham Childcare Association’, Brattleboro, VT 2014-15
Summer Reading Club Art Workshops, Wheeler Memorial Library, Orange, MA 2009, 2011
Graphic Design
The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Hatfield, MA
Marketing & Design Coordinator, December 2018 – Present
Howard Printing Inc., Brattleboro, VT
Graphic Design/Prepress/Wide Format Specialist, May 2016 – December 2018
Brattleboro Food Co-op, Brattleboro, VT
Graphic Designer, April 2011 – June 2015
The Commons (Vermont Independent Media), Brattleboro, VT
Graphic Designer, May 2011 – January 2014
Mondo Mediaworks, Brattleboro, VT
Illustration & whiteboard animation, 2012 – Present
Franklin County Community Meals Program, Greenfield, MA
Graphic design, social media, marketing, 2012 – Present
Affiliations/Awards
Board Member
Franklin County Community Meals Program
Greenfield, MA 2018-present
Winning Art Design
Great Falls Farmers Market Poster
Turners Falls, MA 2016
‘Your Art Here’
Published in Preview Massachusetts, July 2015
Mural Art
Brattleboro Food Co-op, 2013
KidsPLAYce, Brattleboro, VT, 2012
Arts Council Member
Town of Orange, MA 1999, 2009
Art Studio Volunteer
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Amherst, MA 2007 – 2009
Winning Art Design
Fundraising mug art for WFCR
(National Public Radio Western New England) 2008
