EDUCATION

Massachusetts College of Art Boston, MA

September of 1996 - May of 2000

Bachelor of Fine Arts degree

Illustration and Communication Design

Graduated with Academic Distinction & Departmental Honors



PUBLISHED WORK

"CALL TO FAITH" : Grade Six
School Student Edition and Parish Student Edition
Harcourt Religion Publishers, Harcourt Inc.
Orlando, Florida - USA
Textbook featured "Jesus 2000 Digital Collage"
Page 65 School / ISBN: 0-15-901306-2
Page 61 Parish / ISBN: 0-15-901232-5
paperback 8"x 11"


"The Templar's Daughter : Tipilaea Trilogy Book One"
A fictional novel by Douglas Vincent Greenfield
AuthorHouse Publishing
Bloomington , Indiana - USA
Featured Full Book Cover Design and Illustration
Also featured Interior Chapter Header Illustration
ISBN: 1-4208-4590-X / paperback 6"x 9"


"Work : Ford Madox Brown's Painting and Victorian Life"
A Historical Narrative by John A. Walker
Francis Boutle Publishers
United Kingdom, London
Featured the painting "Sailor's Stein" and Contextual Information
ISBN: 1-903427-29-0 / hardcover


“National Catholic Reporter” Magazine
Jesus 2000 Christmas Supplement
Jesus Digital Collage featured


“Scholastic Scope” Magazine
National Public School Magazine )
Sculpture "Shim" featured on Cover


Massachusetts College of Art
Admissions Catalog
Boston, MA - USA
Aerial over Birmingham" painting featured


Massachusetts College of Art
Portfolio Open House Postcard
Illustration on front & Graphic Design on Back of Card



EXPERIENCE :

THE CELEBRATED GIFT, INC. - Weymouth, MA

Title : Web Site Creator

Responsibilities : Developed E-Commerce Web Site for the Celebrated Gift. Created all page layout designs and graphics (icons, logos, buttons, tiles etc). Digitally enhanced all gift item pictures featured on the web site and created unique graphic backgrounds for products.

Programmed and customized Miva Merchant ™ shopping system for The Celebrated Gift.

Contact: Jenni Milanoski and Nan Limbacher



MORTON ARTS - Westwood, MA

Title : Digital Printmaker, Website Designer, Graphic Artist & Image Archivist

www.mortonarts.com

Responsibilities : Digital printmaker of Morton Arts Giclée prints. Designer / Web Master of the Mortonarts.com web site.
Digital archiver of Artist James Morton's showcase of acrylic paintings for professional printing and internet display.Created all logos and graphics for the mortonarts.com web site. Graphic Designer for James Morton's promotional materials



MUNROE CENTER FOR THE ARTS - Lexington, MA

Title: "Sculpture Teacher "

Grades : Pre-Kindergarten - 5th Grade

Vacation Classes in Mixed-Media Sculpture

In these classes I helped students learn the techniques of mixed-media sculpture construction. Projects consisted of creating backyard bugs, animals and plants out of recycled and found objects. Through this working process, students learned to recognize everyday objects that resembled organic forms; then arranged and assembled these objects in a manner that constructed a creature or plant.

Contact: Art Span Director - Jeffrey Lipsky



UNIVERSAL CREATIVE / UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
Universal City, CA

Title: "Universal Creative Intern"

Description : Intern for the creation of “Men In Black Alien Attack”.
An attraction at Universal Studios Florida.

Responsibilities: Collaborated with animators, designers, and character developers. Produced concept sketches, illustrations, and 3D model for developing animatronic characters.

Contact: Jimmy Pickering
Universal City, CA



COURSE ASSISTANTSHIP - MASS COLLEGE OF ART
Boston, MA

Assistant to Teacher Robin Wiseman in Drawing Studio Course. Aided students in development of drawing techniques and skills.Contributed to class critiques

Contact : Robin Wiseman



MURALS AT JOYCE KILMER ELEMENTARY
West Roxbury, MA

1. "Genre Tree" Mural 10' ft x 8'ft - Designed and Painted Mural

2. "Favorite Places to Read" Mural 40'ft x 9'ft - Designed, Painted and Orchestrated a mural depicting children's favorite places to read.

Composed mural scenes by digitally collaging elements from children's drawings .Orchestrated and Collaborated with selected students from grades 1-5 in the process of painting the mural.

Contact : Principal Thomas Burne



WEB SITE DESIGN

www.templarsdaughter.com
Promotional and informational website for the fictional novel "The Templar's Daughter"

www.thecelebratedgift.com
Eight page E-Commerce web site for The Celebrated Gift, Inc.
This website is no longer available, The Celebrated Gift is no longer in business.

www.mortonarts.com
Ten page showcase featuring 100 paintings and Giclée prints by James Morton

mortonarts.com/saramorton.html
A five page showcase of various illustrations by Sara Morton .

LINKS TO SARA'S PAGES :

mortonarts.com/sarafolio.html - Illustrations

mortonarts.com/orlando.html - Virginia Woolf's "Orlando"

mortonarts.com/jesus.html - Digital Jesus Collage

mortonarts.com/psychodel.html - Psychodelic Selections

mortonarts.com/psychodel2.html - Psychodelic Selections Two

mortonarts.com/lookatme.html - Buddy Holly Portrait



AWARDS

Seybold Seminars Boston :
Digital Art Contest & Gallery - April 2001
Winner and Exhibitor in Non-Student Category

Mass College of Art: 2000
Academic Distinction and Departmental Honors

Mass College of Art :
Art School Excellence Award -May 1999

1998 GameWorks/ World Studio Foundation:
Scholarship and Internship Awards:
1 of 8 students chosen nationally for internship

Mass College of Art :
Certificate of Excellence 1996-1997
For high achievement in the Studio Foundation Program

1996 Boston Globe Scholastic Art Awards
Two Gold Keys:
Sculpture Award and Portfolio Nominee Award

1996 National Scholastic Art Awards
National Gold Award : Sculpture



DIGITAL MEDIA EXPERIENCE

Mac OS X Tiger & Power PC

Professional Wide Format Giclée Printmaking

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe ImageReady

Adobe Go-Live, Macromedia Dreamweaver

Painter, Quark X-Press ,

Macromedia Director and Flash

Flat-Bed Scanning and 35mm. Slide Scanning

Wacom Pen and Tablet



EXHIBITIONS

Seybold Seminars Boston: Digital Art Contest & Gallery : Hynes Convention Center - Boston, MA April 2001

National Catholic Reporter : Traveling Exhibition of Top Selections from NCR's "Jesus at 2000" Contest.

Bon Secours Spiritual Center - Marriotsville, MD (12/00-1/01)

Our Lady of the Snows Shrine - Belleville, IL (8/00 - 9/00)

Catholic Theological Union -Chicago, IL (7/00 - 8/00)

Yangtze Repertory Theater and Schimmel Center for the Arts - New York, NY (5/00 - 6/00)

Massachusetts College of Art : Boston, MA - Four Juried Exhibitions : (Sept - Dec 99) (April - May 2000)
Tower Gallery, President's Gallery, Bakalar Gallery

Summer Art Exhibition 1996 - Ogunquit Arts Center/ Ogunquit, ME. : (July - August 1996)

National Exhibition of Gold Award Winners : Corcoran Gallery of Art / Washington, D.C. ( May - June 1996 )



FINE ART MEDIA EXPERIENCE

PAINTING - Acrylics , Oils , Watercolor and Water-Based Oils

Collage and Montage

DRAWING - All Mediums

SCULPTURE - armatures, soft foam, wire, sculpy, plastilina, found objects, wood

MIXED-MEDIA - 2D/3D