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 Operating Systems
Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop | InDesign | Illustrator | Acrobat | Bridge | Premiere Pro
Microsoft Office 365: Word | Excel | PowerPoint | Publisher | One Drive | Outlook | Teams
Web: HTML | CSS | WordPress | Joomla | Trello | JotForm | Email Marketing
Social Media: Content management | Analytics | Hootsuite | Google Ads | Google Analytics
Pre-Press: 4-Color Offset | Digital | Wide format | Computer-to-Plate Processing | Bindery & Finishing
Graphic Arts: Infographics | Photography | Digital Painting (Procreate) | Traditional Media
Exhibitions
Juried Shows & 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
10×10 Real Art Party, Berkshire Art Museum, Pittsfield, MA 2021
Small Works Show, Sawmill River Arts, Montague, MA 2016, 2020
Holiday Art Pop-Up, Madsahara Art & Design Studio, 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
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
Pathways For Change, Worcester, MA
Logo rebrand and style guide, web graphics.
Franklin County Regional Housing & Redevelopment Authority, Turners Falls, MA
Logo rebrand and style guide.
Franklin County Community Meals Program, Greenfield, MA
Graphic design, social media, marketing, 2012 – Present
Community Action Pioneer Valley, Greenfield, MA
Web graphics and promotional collateral for Look 4 Help program launch.
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 – 2020
Affiliations/Awards
Board of Directors
Franklin County Community Meals Program 2018 – Present
Juried Public Art – Greenfield, MA
Painted electrical box and Bee Fest sculpture 2020
Winning Poster Design
Great Falls Farmers Market Poster 2016
Art Studio Volunteer
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art 2007- 09
Winning Art Design
Fundraising mug art for WFCR
(National Public Radio Western New England) 2008
