Sarah Nesbitt
www.smnesbitt.com
snesbitt1@gmail.com
Education
2009-2011
Master of Fine Arts in Photography. School of Visual Arts. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania. Summa Cum Laude
2003-2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and Drawing. School of Arts. State University of New York, College at Oswego, Oswego, New York. Cum Laude. 2001-2003
Associate in Arts. Humanities and Social Sciences Department. Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, New York.
Career-Related Experience
Fall 2011-Present
Communications Specialist, ArtServe Michigan. Assisting Cezanne Charles, the Director of Creative Industries and in the aid of coordinating the Creative Industries program activities, including, supporting the professional development component of the Kresge Artist Fellowship program and support for the state-wide Creative Many Professional Practice Seminars funded through a grant by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. In addition to assisting Jennifer Goulet, the Director of ArtServe Michigan with managing, researching content and updating their website and social media sites (including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vimeo and the Kresge Professional Development Blog).
Fall 2012- Present
Photographer. University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities documenting NPR Journalist Michele Norris and artists such as Lynne Avadenka, Richard Barnes, Amanda Krugliak, Nigel Poor, and Charles Atlas while they install and exhibit their work during their residencies at the institute.
Spring 2012- Present
Photographer. University of Michigan, Multidisciplinary Design Program. Supporting the communication goals of the Multidisciplinary Design Program and Wilson Student Team Project Center by taking, editing and delivering digital images suitable for use in particular web and print formats.
Spring 2012
Assistant Videographer. Assisting in the video documentation of the Ann Arbor Film Festival and the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities with Filmmaker Sharad Patel, documenting artists such as Nigel Poor, Canan Tolon, Paul Kaiser of the OpenEnded Group, Scott Hocking and Charles Atlas while they install and discuss their work during their residencies at the institute.
Spring 2011
Project Manager, Learning as Playing: An Animated, Interactive Archive of 17th-19th Century Narrative Media For and By Children. National Endowment for The Humanities Level II Start- Up Grant proposed by Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Professor of Education, Language and Literacy Education at Pennsylvania State University and Andrea Immel, curator of the Cotsen Library at Princeton University.
Fall 2010- Spring 2011
Instructor, Department of Arts and Architecture, Pennsylvania State University. Instruction of ART 390: Introduction Into Chemical Photography and held the position of Darkroom Lab Monitor.
Summer 2010
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Arts and Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, Assisted Jean Saunders with instruction of ART 090: Introduction to Visual Studies.
Spring 2010
Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania State University. Assisted Photographer Cody Goddard in the instruction of Wet Plate Collodion Workshop.
Fall 2009, Spring 2010
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Arts and Architecture, Pennsylvania State University. Assisted Professor Lonnie Graham with instruction of Introduction Into Chemical Photography and held the position of Darkroom Lab Monitor.
2006
Teaching Assistant, Department of Art, State University of New York at Oswego. Assisted Paul Pearce with instruction of Photography I (two sections) and Photography II (one section). Assisted in individual and group student project development, critiques, and prepared setting up for demonstrations.
2004-2006
Photography Lab Monitor, Department of Art, State University of New York at Oswego. Tasks included helping students on projects when needed, general organization and maintenance of the darkroom, and mixing black and white photography chemicals.
2005
Teaching Assistant/Peer Educator, Foundations Area, Department of Art, State University of New York at Oswego. Assisted Foundations Coordinator, Professor Richard Metzgar, with instruction of 2 Dimensional Design I (one section). Participated in student project development and critiques, generated vocabulary/concepts quizzes, evaluated exams, and prepared slide presentations. Additionally, evaluated student projects with Professor Metzgar.
Assistant. Aided visiting artists Cynthia Pachikara and Charles Gick in assembling their Multimedia Installations. Locations: Four Multimedia Installations. Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York.
Assistant Coordinator. Coordinated About Face: A Contemporary Approach to the Portrait. Hat Factory Artists Space, Oswego, New York.
2000
Assistant. Success by Six Program. Hastings-Mallory Elementary, Hastings, New York. Assisted coordinator by instructing, aiding, and disciplining students 4-6 years old in the development of their primary education.
Awards and Honors
2013
Second Place Award. Codicology: The Art and Study of the Book. Cultural Arts Building, University of North Carolina Wilmington.
Juried by Book Sculptor Daniel Essig.
2010
Finalist. 30th Annual Spring Photography Contest. Photographer’s Forum. Publication in Best Of Photography 2010.
2009
Full Graduate Assistantship. Awarded by School of Visual Arts at Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Fund for Excellence in Graduate Recruitment. Awarded by the Graduate SchoolPennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
2007
Honorable Mention. Lakeside Statewide Juried Art Exhibition. Art Association of Oswego. Oswego, New York.
2006
President’s List. State University of New York College at Oswego, Oswego, New York. 4.0 GPA
Critic’s Choice. 2006 Spring Student Art Exhibition. Gallery State University Plaza, Albany, New York. Invitation from Faculty Sponsor. Chosen for placement for Best of Show State University of New York Art Exhibition.
Grant Arnold Award. Bachelor of Fine Arts Student Exhibition. Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York
Best of Show. 10th Annual Lakeside Statewide Juried Art Exhibition. Art Association of Oswego. Oswego, New York.
Al Bremmer Art Award. Awarded by Emeritus Professor of SUNY Oswego, Al Bremmer. 43rd Annual Juried Student Exhibition. Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York.
Society for Photographic Education Conference Scholarship. Awarded by Jim Ramer, Associate Chair/Director of Graduate Studies in Department of Photography at Parsons School of Design.
Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant (SCAC) 2005-2006. Six Degrees Of Separation and Attending the Society for Photographic Education National Conference, Awarded by the State University of New York, College at Oswego SCAC Committee.
2005
Presidential Purchase Award. 42nd Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition, Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York.
Exhibitions
2013
PPAC’S 4th Annual Contemporary Photography Competition and Exhibition. Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Juried by Lesley Martin, Publisher of the Aperture Book Program and Andy Adams, Creator of FlakPhoto.com
Codicology: The Art and Study of the Book. Cultural Arts Building, University of North Carolina Wilmington. Juried by Book Sculptor Daniel Essig. Second Place Award.
Straight Trippin’. Altered Esthetics. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
2012
Sum of Parts. Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography. Detroit, Michigan.
Oswego Art Alums Exhibition. Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York.
2nd Annual National and International Juried Photography Exhibition. Viridian Artists Gallery, New York, New York. Juried by Jennifer Blessing, Curator of Photography at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Where We Are: Tectonic Shifts and Dissolution of Boundaries [Exploring the Tension and Transitions in Contemporary Visual Art Today] Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri. Juried by Elaine A. King, PhD Art Historian at Carnegie Mellon University, Critic and Curator.
Illusion and Chemistry: The Alternative Process. The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, Virginia. Juried by Christopher James, Author of The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes.
2011
Making Sense of What We Have. Thesis Exhibition. Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
2010
Soho Photo Alternative Process Competition. Soho Photo, Tribeca, New York. Juried by France Scully Osterman, educator at Scully and Osterman Studio and Mark Osterman, process historian at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film both specializing in the Wet-Plate Collodion Process.
Second Year MFA Exhibition. Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Unbound. Coleman Burke Gallery, New York, Chelsea, New York.
5th National Juried Exhibition. Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California. Juried by Joe Amrhein, Director of Pierog Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
Photos With Words. Vermont Photography Workplace, Middlebury, Vermont. Juried by Liz Lee, Department Chair of Visual Arts and New Media at the State University of New York at Fredonia.
Made In New York 2010 Exhibition. Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York. Juried by Joan Lyons, Founding Director of the Visual Studies Workshop Press and John von Bergen, cofounder of Sculpture Space in Utica, New York.
Graduate Research Exhibition. Hetzel Union Building Art Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Free Ice Cream- Second First Year MFA Exhibition. Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Focal_Resolution_01. Climate Gallery, Long Island City, New York.
First Year Masters In Fine Arts Exhibition. Borland Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
2009
Made In New York 2009 Exhibition. Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York. Juried by Todd McGrain, Associate Professor of Art at Cornell University and Sylvia de Swaan, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow 1994, 2000 and 2006.
Momento Mori: Contemporary Manifestations. Claypool-Young Art Building. Morehead State University. Morehead, Kentucky. Juried by Eleanor Heartney, Contemporary Art Critic and Scholar.
2008
2008 Lakeside Statewide Juried Art Exhibition. Art Association of Oswego, New York.
2007
Made In New York 2007 Exhibition. Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York. Juried by Michael A. Sickler, Professor of Art and Art History at Syracuse University and Buzz Spector, former Professor and chair of the Department of Art at Cornell University (at the time of exhibition).
2007 Lakeside Statewide Juried Art Exhibition. Art Association of Oswego, New York. Honorable Mention.
2006
Autumn Annual Juried Show 2006. Worcester Artist Group Gallery. Worcester, Massachusetts. Juried by Nato Thompson, curator of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MOCA)
National Photography Exhibition ’06. Main Street Gallery. Groton, New York. Juried by Nicolai Klimaszewski, Chairman of the Photography Department, Tompkins Cortland Community College, Dryden, NY and Roger Smith, Director of The Main Street Gallery
Bodyscapes: Exploring the Multidimensional Aspects of The Human Figure. Studio 7 Gallery. Rockaway Center for the Arts. Fort Tilden, Gateway National Recreation Area, Rockaway, Queens, New York.
Best of Show State University of New York Art Exhibition. New York State Museum, Albany, New York. Juried by State University of New York Chancellor.
Bachelor of Fine Arts Student Exhibition. Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York. Approved by Faculty. Grant Arnold Award.
Quest Student Grant Exhibition. Hewitt Student Union, State University of New York College at Oswego, Oswego, New York.
2006 Spring Student Art Exhibition. Gallery State University Plaza, Albany, New York. Invitation from Faculty Sponsor. Critic’s Choice.
2006 Lakeside Statewide Juried Art Exhibition. Art Association of Oswego. Oswego, New York. Juried by Richard Zakin and Helen Zakin, Head of the Art Department of State University of New York at Oswego. Best of Show.
43rd Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York. Al Bremmer Art Award.
2005
Appendix: 15th Annual Member’s Exhibition. Rochester Contemporary Gallery. Rochester, New York.
2005 Society for Photographic Education Northeast Regional Conference: Students from Central New York Exhibition. Hartell Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Oswego Independent Art & Music Exhibition. State University of New York College at Oswego, Oswego, New York.
Everyday Dream: Translating the Moment with Hat Factory Art Collective of Oswego. Art Association of Oswego, Oswego, New York.
About Face: A Contemporary Approach to the Portrait. Hat Factory Artists Space, Oswego, New York.
2nd Annual Great Lakes Emerging Artist Competition. Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center, Fredonia, New York. Juried by Louis Grachos, Director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
42nd Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York. Juried by Kathryn Martini, associate curator at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, and Elizabeth Brownell, a graphics art professor at Finger Lakes Community College. Presidential Purchase Award.
2004
Convergences. Artist’s Palette Gallery, Oswego, New York.
41st Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition. Tyler Art Gallery, State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego, New York. Juried by Elizabeth McDade, executive director of the Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, and Cara Thompson, a professor at Bryant & Stratton in Syracuse.
Publications
Upcoming December 2013
Book of Alternative Photographic Processes. Third Edition. James, Christopher. Image of Working Harder to Reclaim That Context. Delmar Cengage, New York, New York. Expected Print: 2013
2013
Sarah Nesbitt: Making Sense of What We Have. Photomedia Center, Contemporary Imagemakers Program. In the running for Photomedia Center’s micro grant, in addition to series of publications brought forth by the Photomedia Center.
Alumni Exhibit Success in All-Oswego Show. Oswego Magazine. Article by Shane M. Liebler.
2012
Sum of Parts at DCCP. ArtHopper.com Exhibition Review by Ron Scott.
Student Engagement and the Academic Library. Quoted in a chapter named: Undergraduates of Opportunity: Capitalizing on Talent and Crafting Undergraduate Projects at the Pennsylvania State University Libraries. Libraries Unlimited, Santa Barbara, CA. Pages 68-69
Reframing Photography Theory and Practice. Resources: Artists: Sarah Nesbitt. Website by Rebekah Modrak and Bill Anthes.
Illusion and Chemistry: The Alternative Process, exhibition catalog. Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA. Blurb Publishing.
Kiernan Gallery Illusion & Chemistry: The Alternative Process. December 4, Image #7
2010
Best of Photography 2010. Photographer’s Forum, Santa Barbara, CA. Serbin Communications. Page 189
Winners Gallery- Best of Photography-Finalists. Photography Forum Magazine.com, Image of Working Harder To Reclaim That Context.
Exhibit features work of students, recent graduates of MFA program. Live psu.edu, July 22.
MFA Students and Recent Alumni Emerge in UnBound Exhibition. Arts and Architecture.psu.edu, July 22.
5th National Juried Exhibition, exhibition catalog. Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA.
Unbound, Exhibition Catalog. Coleman Burke Gallery, Chelsea, New York City, New York.
Photos With Words, exhibition catalog. Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT. Blurb Publishing. Pages 22, 62
Photos With Words. Works chosen for exhibition at Photoplace Gallery.
Focal_Resolution_01, exhibition catalog. Climate Gallery, New York, NY. Blurb Publishing.
First-Year MFA Students to Show Their Boundaries in Borland Exhibition. Arts and Architecture PSU.edu, January 26.
Graduate research displayed in HUB. The Daily Collegian, March 29.
Master of Fine Arts Students Show Work in Borland Exhibition. Live PSU.edu, January 27.
Portfolios/Sarah Nesbitt. Alternative Art and Culture Magazine, Spring 2010. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. Pages 56-65
2006
Online Art Gallery Spring 2006 State University of New York Student Exhibit. Image of Inner Frustration.
BFA Brillance- Tyler Art Gallery Features Student Exhibition. Oswego State University website news. April 13. Photo.
Fine Arts- Oswego State Students Exhibit Their Crafts. The Post Standard/Neighbors Oswego. Page 3. Photo. April 27.
Quest ‘06 A Symposium Catalog. State University of New York at Oswego. April 19.
2006 State University of New York Student Art Exhibition Catalog. Image of Inner Frustration. State University of New York.
AAO Announces Lakeside Art Show Winners. DiscoverOswego.com, April 3.
In Print-.Campus Update. Volume 17, Number 13. March 22.
Funded Student Scholarly, Creative Work Sees Big Jump This Year. Campus Update. Volume 17, Number 12. March 8.
Collections
Pennsylvania State University Library, Eberly Family Special Collections Library, Rare Books and Manuscripts. Purchased a print and the book from Working Harder to Reclaim That Context.
Charles Garoian, Professor of Art and Art Education at Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania. Acquired Working Harder To Reclaim That Context.
B. Stephen Carpenter II, Professor of Art Education at Pennsylvania State University. State College, Pennsylvania. Purchased Reinterpreting Interpretation.
Graham Sullivan, Director of the School of Visual Arts at Pennsylvania State University. State College, Pennsylvania. Purchased Quickly Disappearing.
Deborah Stanley, President of the State University of New York at Oswego. Oswego, New York. Purchased Bathing.
Paul Pearce, Instrutor of Photography at the State University of New York at Oswego. Oswego, New York. Purchased Under Construction.
Daniel Rioz, Instructor of Foundations at the University of Northern Colorado. Greeley, Colorado. Purchased Inner Frustration.
Michael Moncibiaz, Cofounder of The Sweet Meat Co. Artist Collective. Rochester, New York. Purchased Inner Frustration.
Related Skills/Experience
My experience includes Digital Software and Equipment such as- Imacon Flextight 848 Scanner, Better Light Super 6K-HS Digital Scanning Back, Epson Expression 10000xl Photo Scanner, a wide array of Digital SLR Cameras (still and video), including: Canon 5D Mark II, Canon 7D Sony Digital Handycam Video Camcorder, Sony Mini DV/HDV Camcorder, Casio Exilim Pro EX-F1: 60fps, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Aperture, Adobe Illustrator, SilverFast Ai. 44” HP Designjet z3100ps GP Photo, Epson Stylus Pro 9900, Epson Stylus Pro 7600, Epson Stylus Pro 4880, and Epson 3880 printers. WordPress, Microsoft Powerpoint, Word, Excel; Apple Pages, Numbers; Adobe Acrobat, Dreamweaver and Bridge, Epilog 50W laser cutter. Hasselblad Medium Format Cameras, 35mm and Large Format Photography, Silver Gelatin Processes, Darkroom Color Print Processing, Wet Plate Collodion, Cyanotype, Gum Bichromate, Serigraph and Palladium Printing.