Solo Exhibitions
Blue: The Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, June - July 2010
The Camera Obscura Returns: Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, January - February 2009
Designed and installed camera obscura
Exhibited photography created in camera obscura in 2007
A Walk Inside the Camera: Camera Obscura; Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, August 2007
Designed and installed camera obscura
Directed interactive exhibit featuring the creation of photography inside the camera obscura
Group Exhibitions
Alumni 2010: The Tang Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, June 2010
Members Juried II: Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, February 2010
Inside Out: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, November 2009
Frances N. Roddy Open Competition: Concord Art Association, Concord, MA, November 2009
Artists in the Arboretum: Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, MA, September 2009
Open Studios: Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, April 2009
On Our Own Time: Madison County Courthouse, Wampsville, NY, November, 2008
Artists NOW: Brookline Public Library, Brookline, MA, August - September 2008
Museum of Fine Arts Staff Art Show: School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, August 2008
Open Studios: Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, April 2008
Summer Intensive Exhibition: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, August 1999
Text and Image: Skidmore in Paris, Paris, France, May 1999
Awards
On Our Own Time: first place in photography, November 2008
Parker Prize for excellence in fine arts and sciences, May 2000
Thoroughbred Award for leadership, May 2000
Curatorial Experience
Ephemeral Memory: Singer Editions, Boston, MA, January - September 2008
Celebrate Art: Conservatory Lab Charter School, Brighton, MA, June 2007
Bibliography
America Learns Newsletter, America Learns Strategy of the Month, Kosman, Gary, October 2007
The Brookline Tab, A Trick of Light: BAC exhibits camera obscura, Simpson, Neil, August 22, 2007
The Boston Globe, Center turns room into Giant Camera, Masis, Julie, August 19, 2007
Professional Experience
Owner, Sarah Gaw Consulting, Boston, MA, 2001-present
Advise fine artists on conceptual development, marketing strategies and artistic expression
Work with painters and photographers to streamline organization, imaging and printing
Assistant Manager, Mac Lab, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2006-present
Provide specialized fine-art printing services to faculty, students and staff
Train and supervise employees; maintain printing and scanning equipment valued at $60,000
Instructor, Photography, Brookline Arts Center, Brookline, MA, 2006-2007
Taught film-based photography classes to children ages 5-12
Designed and installed darkroom on a limited budget
Program Coordinator, After-School, Conservatory Lab Charter School, Boston, MA, 2006-2007
Directed program, developed curriculum, managed grant funding for an arts program for 10-35 elementary students
Fine-Art Digital Printmaker: Artist & Studio Manager, Singer Editions, Boston, MA, 2000-2006
Worked with creative professionals to ensure accuracy in color, contrast and tonality in professional imaging
Prepared images to exhibit in museums, galleries and private collections
Instructor, International Center of Photography, New York, New York, 2004
Taught Digital Portfolio Printmaking, a four-day course on Photoshop and printing
Freelance Photographer, Saratoga Springs, NY and Boston, MA, 1999-2002
Contracted private portraiture and documentary jobs
Darkroom Specialist, Emma Dodge Hanson Photography, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1999-2000
Maintained private darkroom and hand printed over 150 final silver gelatin prints per week
Education
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1996-2000
Psychology Major, Studio Art Minor, Summa Cum Laude, GPA 3.9
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Periclean Honor Society, Psi Chi Honor Society, Filene Music Scholarship
Skidmore College Study Abroad, Paris, France, 1998-1999
