Sarah Workneh is an arts administrator and currently serves as the co-director of Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Madison, Maine. She has lectured on her work as a residency director, including at Hauser & Wirth in partnership with BFAMFAPhD,[1][non-primary source needed] the 2009 Alliance of Artist Communities conference,[2][non-primary source needed] the International Studio & Curatorial Program,[3][non-primary source needed] Wassaic Projects,[4][non-primary source needed] and others.[5][non-primary source needed][6][non-primary source needed]

Workneh is involved in the Maine art community beyond her work at Skowhegan. She served as the co-curator of the 2018 Portland Museum of Art Biennial in Portland, Maine.[7] The exhibition was co-curated with Nat May, Theresa Secord, and Mark Bessire.[8][9] She also juried the Maine Farmland Trust 2019 artists residencies.[10]

Workneh is active in promoting and supporting Black artists through her work with Theaster Gates, Carrie Mae Weems, and Eliza Myrie on the organizing committee for Black Artist Retreat[11] and through her work as a guest editor of Art Papers with an issue focusing on Art in the African Diaspora. [12]

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  1. ^ "Events — Making and Being: Group Agreements - Hauser & Wirth". www.hauserwirth.com. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  2. ^ "2009 Annual Conference | Alliance of Artists Communities". www.artistcommunities.org. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  3. ^ "Rethinking Residencies: Publics and Counterpublics". iscp-nyc.org. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  4. ^ "Ask a Residency Director with Sarah Workneh". Wassaic Project. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  5. ^ Interactive, Capacity. "CI to Eye Live". ideas.capacityinteractive.com. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  6. ^ "Cerebral Women | Art Talks Podcast". Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  7. ^ Valentine, Victoria L. (December 27, 2017). "Next: 23 Art Curators to Watch Who Took on New Appointments in 2017". Culture Type. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  8. ^ McQuaid, Cate; April 19 2018. "Old and new meet at Portland Museum of Art Biennial - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Kany, Daniel (2018-02-04). "Art review: Portland Museum of Art 2018 Biennial is a political, provocative, excellent show". Press Herald. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  10. ^ Bonneville, Brenda; editor (2019-01-02). "MFT's Fiore Art Center Announces 2019 Residencies & Jury Panel". MAINE ART SCENE MAGAZINE | Your Online Maine Art News!. Retrieved 2020-07-23. {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "Next: 23 Art Curators to Watch Who Took on New Appointments in 2017". Retrieved 2020-08-02.
  12. ^ "An Editor Departs, and Various Others Take Over – Art Papers". www.artpapers.org. Retrieved 2020-07-23.