Sarah Jameson

jamesonsarah20@gmail.com 

sarahjamesonart.com

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Education

The Pennsylvania State University, College of Arts and Architecture, 2020

• Bachelor of Fine Arts

• Minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Focus in Arts Entrepreneurship) 

 

Extracurricular and Volunteer Experience

IFC / Panhellenic Dance Marathon for Pediatric Cancer (THON) , 2016-2020

Operations Committee (OPP) Member

• Responsible for maintaining a clean and safe environment during the weekend-long event

•  Attended weekly meetings with committee to prepare for THON

 

Trilogy THON Organization, 2016-2019

Member and Graphics Chair

• Participated in canning, canvassing, and other fundraisers to raise money for THON

• Designs and creates all graphics and images used in for the organization 

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Skills 

Technical:

• Painting in acrylics, oil, and watercolor 

• Sculpting & glazing ceramics

• Life Drawing

 

Personal:

•  Team work, leadership, communication

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Experience

Center for Arts and Crafts,  Fall 2019

Oil painting instructor for the Penn State Center for Arts and Crafts

• Prepared and taught weekly oil painting classes for fellow Penn State students and faculty. 

 

 SACI (Studio Arts College International) Florence, Italy, Spring 2019

Education Abroad program 

• Advanced by artistic skills in painting, drawing, and ceramics 

• Expanded my knowledge of contemporary art, art history, and Italian film

• Gained cultural and historical experience

 

Commissioned Work,   2015-Present

I have been commissioned to create dozens of custom art pieces for clients.

• Learned how to collaborate with clients to reach a final product

• Have completed drawings, paintings, murals, and ceramic works. 

 

Arts Entrepreneurship, 2017-2020

Through my Arts Entrepreneurship minor, I have learned many valuable skills and lessons about how to become a successful artist.

• Classes included a mix of formal business classes, and art-focused classes

 

POPUP Galleries, 2019-Present

Using my knowledge of Arts Entrepreneurship, I created an online arts business, POPUP Galleries. 

• An online platform that connects artists and venues to host pop-up art galleries. 

• Created a virtual art gallery and has curated and created dozens of online art exhibitions. 

 

Exhibitions

Clay Cafe, December 2018

• An undergraduate show held by the Advanced Ceramics course that focused on creating a space for conversation, about the relation of ceramics to everyday life. - work sold

 

SACI Collaborative Art Show, April 2019

• A show displaying all of the work done by the SACI class over the course of the

semester. I featured paintings and ceramic work.

 

HOT, December 2019

• A group exhibition held in the Humpday Gallery by an Arts Entrepreneurship class.

• Our class was completely responsible for producing artwork, curating, and promoting the show.

 

Penn State SOVA Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, February 2020

• Was selected to show work at the annual juried show at Penn State, curated by visiting artist Sharon Butler.

 

POSED,  March 2020

• A solo show displaying a new body of work from my final semester in college 

• My first solo show that taught me about the process of having an exhibition.