2024 - Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking

Graduate Assistantship: Microscopy Technician at The Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab
Research Focus: queer ecology, multi-species relationships, making with discard and natural materials, socially engaged art.

2017 - Maine College of Art (MECA), Portland, ME Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking

Minor: Public Engagement

2024 - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Instructor of Record

- Printing Discard and the Natural – A self-designed course for graduate and undergraduate students focused on making prints out of found matrices using various techniques including collagraph, monotype, frottage and etching, as well as research and theory relating to relationships between nature and culture, discard and the natural.

Teaching Assistant

-Introduction to Lithography

-Introduction to Letterpress Print as Installation

2019-21 - AS220 Community Studio (formerly Industries)

Teaching Artist

-Introduction to Etching

-Introduction to Relief Printing

2019 - Shoe Town Art Center, Haverhill, MA

Teaching Artist

- Drawing and Painting (ages 6 – 14)

- Relief Printing (ages 6-14)

2018 - Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

Teachers Assistant

- Intro to Intaglio Printmaking

2022-23 - Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI - Graduate Studio Technician

2020-21 - AS220 Industries, Providence, RI - Education Manager

2020 - Resources for Human Development, Cranston, RI - Direct Support Professional

2019 - Union Press, Somerville, MA - Assistant Printer

2017-18 - Erin Flett Studio, Westbrook, ME - Silkscreen Production Printer

2017-18 - PhoPa Gallery, Portland, ME - Gallery Assistant

2015-17 - Maine College of Art, Portland, ME - Printmaking Technician

2016 - Maine College of Art, Portland, ME - Public Engagement Fellow

2016 - Braddock Tiles, Braddock, PA - Print and Ceramics Studio and Public Engagement Intern

2015 - Pickwick Independent Press, Portland, ME - Printmaking Studio Intern

2020 - Queer Archive Work, Providence, RI - Local Artist in Residence

2020 - AS220 Industries, Providence, RI - Drink & Ink Artist in ResidenceAS220

2018 - Art Farm, Marquette, NE - Artist in Residence

2018 - Green Olive Arts, Tetouan, Morocco - International Artist in Residence

2024 - RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition - RI Convention Center, Providence, RI

2023 - RISD Graduate Printmaking Biennial - Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI

2023 - Demystifying Process - Waterfire Arts Center, Providence, RI

2022 - Providence Prints - Providence College Galleries, Providence, RI

2021 - Corner where the Dunkin’ Donuts used to be - Sprout Coworking Gallery, Providence, RI

2021 - A Seat at the Table - AS220 Resident Gallery, Providence, RI

2020 - State of Urgency - Cohen Gallery at Brown University, Providence, RI

2020 - Print Like You Give a Damn - AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI

2020 - Art of Protest - Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, RI

2020 - Animal Kingdom - Outsider Collective, Pawtucket, RI

2020 - January Show - Public Gallery and Shop, Providence, RI

2019 - Scary Door - House Show, Providence, RI

2018 - Home: Reflections on Place - Portland Public library, Portland, ME

2018 - Give a Sh*t Show - Hope and Feathers, Amherst, MA

2017 - Chill Print Trade Exhibition - Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA

2017 - MECA Printmaking Community Exhibition - Abilene, Portland, ME

2017 - BFA Thesis Exhibition
- Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2017 - Gathering Connections -
Artists at Work Gallery at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2017 - Collective Actions II -
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2016 - Journeys: Translations of Travel & Transience - Artist at Work, Portland, ME

2016 - Maine Emerging Artists -
Frank Brockman Gallery, Brunswick, ME

2016 - Collective Actions -
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2016 - East Meets West -
Portland, ME and Xi’an, China

2015/16 - Merit Exhibition - Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2015/16 - BFA Show - Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

2015 - New York International Miniature Print Exhibit - Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY

2024 - RISD Employee of the Year, Technology and Innovation category

2023 - Somerson Sustainability Innovation Fund

2023 - Ocean Memory Project: Pollution, Forgetting & Loss Grant

2023 - RISD Graduate Commons Grant

2022 - RISD Graduate Fellowship

2017 - MECA Printmaking Department Award

2016 - MECA Professional Development Grant

2013-17 MECA Presidential Scholarship

2013-17 Hildreth Family Endowed Scholarship

2020 - “Print Like You Give a Damn Press Proves Protest Posters’ Power” The People’s Pen, Motif RI

2020 - “Urgency Reader 2: Mutual Aid Publishing During Crisis” -Queer Archive Work

2020 - “10 Emerging New England Artists” Art New England Magazine March/April 2020 Issue

2017 - "Public Engagement: Gathering Connections" - MECA Magazine Summer 2017, Pages 8-9

2017 "MECAmorphosis" - Maine Home and Design, May 2017

2016 - "Public Engagement Fellows" - MECA Public Engagement, meca.edu

2015 - "Sara Inacio '17 Exhibiting in Miniature Print" - MECA News, November 18, 2015