CV
Education
2017 MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University, Boston, MA
2013 BA, Visual Art Studies (VAST), Minor: Women’s Studies, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, PA
2023 Bok Teaching Certificate, Harvard University
Selected Exhibitions
2023
Slate Lines, Boston Children’s Museum, 6 month solo exhibition
Passing Time, A.D. Gallery at the University of North Carolina Pembroke
2022
Perspectives: Micro to Macro, Emerson Contemporary, Emerson College, Boston, MA
Making Moves: Gallery 236, Cambridge, MA (virtual exhibit)
Museum Exhibition, Extraction: Earth, Ashes, Dust, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA (Publication and Website)
Nature Vs. Nurture, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
2021
Extraction: Earth, Ashes, Dust, The Mothership (HQ) SUPERCOLLIDER, Los Angeles, CA (publication)
Animated Frames: Sarah E. Jenkins, Montserrat Galleries, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
DAZZLESHIP, Umbrella Art Center, Concord, MA
Screening Scholarship Media Festival, CAMRA at UPenn, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, Artist Lecture
2020
Postcards from the Pandemic, Beard and Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
a nerve is not a nerve but a bundle of fibers, curated by Elizabeth Hoy, Beard and Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, MA, January 30 - March 28, 2020
2019
(Collaborator and Animator) A Father’s Lullaby, an exhibition by Rashin Fahandej, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, August-December 31 2019
The Skin has Eyes: Animated Visions, curated by Maya Erdelyi, Mills Gallery, Boston Center For the Arts
2018
Mapping Worlds, Spaceus Gallery, curated by Isabel Beavers, Roslindale, MA
Lesley Green 2018: Environmental Arts @ Lesley, Juror Beth Galston, Parker Gallery, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
Tiny Acts Topple Empires, Woksob Family Gallery, State College, PA
Solo Exhibition, Small Labors, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA
Solo Exhibition, Patch Work, McClanahan Gallery, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA
2017
In Conversation, Performance, Remis Sculpture Court, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA
Patch Work, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cyclorama at Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
In Conversation, Performance series, Anderson Auditorium, SMFA/Tufts, Boston, MA
(Collaborator) Mark Cooper, Uncertainty, Lesley University, Roberts Gallery, Boston, MA
Trying to Talk with Humans, Performance, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA
Museum Exhibition, In Conversation, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Screenings
2023
(forthcoming) Queer Fear Film Festival, Screening of Disappearing Acts
Boston Short Film Festival, Screening of Disappearing Acts
Somerville International Film Festival, Screening of Disappearing Acts
Boston Underground Film Festival, Screening of Disappearing Acts
Ciné Culture Screening Series, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Screening of complete body of moving image work, 1/24/2023, Artist Lecture 1/31/23
2022
GRRL HAUS Cinema, Screening of Disappearing Acts, Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 12/11/2022
Freedoms Found and Made, screening of Disappearing Acts and Slate Lines, Wonzimer, Los Angeles, 9/1/2022
2021
BLAA Presents: A screening of queer time-based media, Screening of Slate Lines, Collidge Corner Theatre, Boston, MA (presented by Boston LGBTQIA+ Artist Alliance), September 22, 2021
Pride on Screen, Screening of Patch Work, Lesben- und Schwulenverband in Deutschland (LSVD), Berlin, Germany, September 1, 2021
Screening Scholarship Media Festival, Screening of Patch Work, CAMRA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2019
GRRL HAUS Cinema, Screening of Patch Work during the 2019 film festival, Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA, December 4, 2019
The Two Directions of a Split, GRRL HAUS CINEMA, Curated by Eleni Tongidou,
Screening of Patch Work, RAW studios, Berlin, Germany, May 25, 2019
Screening of Patch Work and Slate Lines at the SESI (Salon for Experimental Sound & Image) during the exhibition The Skin has Eyes: Animated Visions, curated by Maya Erdelyi, Mills Gallery, Boston Center For the Arts, 4/6/19
Screening of Patch Work with live accompaniment by composer Timothy Melbinger, Featured in 'Hymns to Less Obvious Gods', Misciagna Center for Performing Arts, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona campus, 3/31/19
Artist Residency
2023
Santa Fe Art Institute, Thematic Residency: Changing Climate, Santa Fe, NM (Summer)
2022
Marble House Project, Dorset, VT (Summer)
2021
Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, Oregon (Winter)
MacDowell, Peterborough, NH (summer)
2019
The Studios at MASS MoCA, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, MA, May 1-28
2018
Stiwdio Maelor, Corris, Wales, UK, May - June
Grants and Awards
2022
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, Spring 2022
2021
Harris Center Fellowship from MacDowell
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard University, Fall 2021
Awesome Grant, Awesome Foundation Boston, Grant for Disappearing Acts
2020
Evelyn Danzin Haas ‘39 Visiting Artist, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
Bibliography/Print
2024
Queering Appalachia's Visual History: A Collection of Queer Appalachian Photographers, University of Kentucky Press, Edited by Julie Rae Powers
2022
“EXTRACTION: Earth, Ashes Dust at the Torrance Art Museum”, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, Issue 29, Alitza Oros, https://contemporaryartreview.la/print/
“Extracting the Global and Offering the Intimate at TAM”, art and cake, May 11, 2022 https://artandcakela.com/2022/05/11/extracting-the-global-and-offering-the-intimate-at-tam/
Sarah E. Jenkins- Doing my Sneaky Stuff, Interview on I Loved This Conversation podcast by Alex Salsberg, produced at CCTV, all major podcast platforms
2021
Innovation Showcase: The Umbrella Arts Center, NewTV (Newton Community Television), Interview about Dazzleship exhibition, July 16
The Wildcrafting our Queerness Project, Interview and feature on Maxwell Cloe’s ongoing digital archive and exhibit of queer Appalachian artists, https://maxwellcloe.com/education/wildcrafting/sarah-e-jenkins
Sarah E. Jenkins & Animation, Episode of Art Uncovered Podcast by Kimberly Ruthpublished on BTRtoday and all major podcast platforms, 4/13/21
EXTRACTION: Art of the Edge of the Abyss, The Megazine Catalog and Exhibition Guide, https://www.extractionart.org/megazine
2019
Murray Whyte, “At the ICA’s 2019 Foster Prize exhibition, an artist breaks out with ‘A Father’s Lullaby’”, Boston Globe, December 5, 2019. Link
Cate McQuaid, “Animation, with human charm”, Boston Globe, April 10, 2019, Link
Two Thangs, “Went there: The Skin has Eyes @ the BCA”, Boston Hassle, April 3, 2019, Link
Recent Teaching Experience
2023
Assistant Professor or Animation, Creative Arts, and Visual Culture, Hampshire College
Lecturer, Parsons School of Design | The New School: Core Seminar 4D
Lecturer, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University:Animation 1
Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, Faculty Ruth Lingford, Courses: Fundamentals of Animation and Intermediate Animation
2022
Lecturer, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University: Animation 1
Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, Faculty Ruth Lingford, Courses: Freshman Seminar in Animation and Intermediate Animation
Graduate Mentor, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, MFA Low Residency Program
Animation Consultant, Consultation for animation syllabus, course design, and pedagogy
Instructor, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Summer workshop: The Outdoor Animation Studio
Graduate Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, MFA Low Residency Program, Summer Intensive: Animation Out of Bounds
Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, Faculty Ruth Lingford, Courses:Fundamentals of Animation and Intermediate Animation
2021
Graduate Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art & Design MFA programs, Experimental Animation: Theory and Practice
Lecturer, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Intro to Digital and Experimental Animation
Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, Faculty Ruth Lingford, Courses: Animating Science and Fundamentals of Animation
Assistant Professor of Digital Media and Animation, Alfred State College, courses: Senior Studio Project II, Advanced Animation, 2D Animation
Teaching Assistant, Harvard University, Faculty Ruth Lingford, Freshman Seminar in Animation: Getting Your Hands on Time
2020
Assistant Professor, Alfred State College, SUNY, Digital Media and Animation
Lectures/Critiques
2023
Artist lecture and Q&A, Ciné Culture Screening Series, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, 1/31/2023
2022
Panelist, Feminism and Animation, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, 11/8/2022
Graduate Critic, Massachusetts College of Art & Design LowRes MFA Program, 8/11-12
2021
Sitka Resident Talk, Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR, 12/16
Artist talk with Wayne White, James Baldwin Library, MacDowell, Peterborough, NH, 8/5
Artist talk and screening, Screening Scholarship Media Festival, Screening of Patch Work, CAMRA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 4/17/21
Guest Lecturer, Lesley University College of Art & Design, Business of Animation, Professor Alex Salsberg, 3/15/21
2020
Guest Lecturer, RISD - Rhode Island School of Design, Animation: Beyond Entertainment, faculty Laine Rettmer
Visiting Artist, Recipient of the Evelyn Danzig Hass ‘39 Visiting Artist Program, held three Sewing Conversations during a nerve is not a nerve but a bundle of fibers at Wheaton College, Norton, MA, 1/30/19 - 2/7/20 - 2/16/20
Collections
Wheaton College Permanent Collection, Norton, MA
Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus, Altoona, PA