Master’s of Fine Arts (May 2017)
Photography
Elective in Fiber
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Master’s of Business Administration (July 2028)
Spec. Marketing
Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI

Bachelor’s of Arts (July 2015)
Journalism & Studio Art – Photography
Oakland University, Rochester Hills, MI
- Departmental Honors
- Dean’s List 2011 – 2012
- Graduate of Oakland University’s Honors College (April 2015)

Professional Affiliations
2022 - Present, Artist Member - Embrace Creatives
2020 - Present, Juried Artist Member - Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA)
2017 - 2020, Artist Member - Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA)

Selected Residencies
2021, Darkroom Oracle - Virtual. Jan-Feb.

Selected Fellowships
2017, Peripheral Vision Arts, Online

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023, Featured Artist - Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, Sept. 22-Oct. 21
2023, All Shook Up - Massillon Museum, Studio M, Massillon, OH, Jun. 10-Jul. 23
2021, Basement Babe - 934 Gallery, Columbus, OH, Jun. 4-Jul. 24
2020, Ideal Form - Oakland University - Oakland Center, Feb. 1-29
2018, Remediation I - Gallery 2987. Detroit, MI, Aug. 5-Sept. 15
2015, A Silence - Huron Valley Council for the Arts Gallery, Highland, MI, Nov. 4-28

Selected Two Person Exhibitions
2019, Access Controlled/Contested, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH, Aug. 17

Selected Curated Exhibitions
2024, MICROCOSMIC ARTIFACTS, Critical Stuff Collective, TBD, Online
2023, Pause: Works from the Michigan Region of Studio Art Quilt Associates, Traveling Exhibition TBD
2020, Protest and Protect, Feminist Art Museum, Online
2016, KEITH BOADWEE: POSTERS, Rocksbox Pontiac, Pontiac, MI, Nov. 12
2016, JENNIFER LOCKE: DROMOS, Rocksbox Pontiac, Pontiac, MI, Oct. 29
2016, Forever 14, Studio 14, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Oct. 21-28

Group Exhibitions
2024, Recollection, Janice Charach Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI, Nov. 3 - Dec. 11
2024, BODY FREEDOM FOR EVERY(BODY), Project for Empty Space, USA, Ongoing.
2024, Detroit Lens: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, Aug. 23 - Sept. 21
2024, Hot DAM!, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI, Jul. 12 - Aug. 10
2024, COSMIC GROOVE, EC Detroit, Royal Oak, MI, May 1-Jun. 28
2024, Metaphysique, Buckham Gallery, Flint, MI, Apr. 5-May 4
2024, MICROCOSMIC ARTIFACTS, Critical Stuff Collective, TBD, Online
2023-24, COMM[UNITY] II, PLAYGROUND DETROIT, Detroit, MI, Dec. 2-Jan. 14
2023, Life Lines, Surface Design Association, Online
2023, Selected Pieces, EC Detroit, Hazel Park, MI, Jul. 1-Sept. 25
2023, Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Apr. 8-Jun. 24
2023, Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition, The Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, Mar. 22- May 6
2023, Get Together, Reyes Finn, Detroit, MI, Feb. 25-May 6
2022, Fiber Art Now - Excellence in Quilts 2022, Iowa Quilt Museum, Winterset, IA, Sept. 27-Dec. 18  
2022, Fiber: Art, Fashion and Business, Chroma, Detroit, MI, Sept. 21-Oct. 21
2022, Fantastic Fibers 2022, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Apr. 19-Jun. 18
2022, Artist as Quiltmaker, FAVA, Oberlin, OH, Apr. 2-Jul. 3 
2021, Studio Art Quilt Associates Michigan Member's Exhibit, GFAC Gallery, Flint, MI, Oct. 8-Nov. 5
2021, Cynosure, Scene Metrospace Gallery, East Lansing, MI, Aug. 6-29
2021, With Eyes Opened: Cranbrook Academy of Art Since 1932, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Jun. 18-Sept. 19
2021, Unraveled: Confronting The Fabric of Fiber Art, Untitled Space, New York City, NY, Apr. 17-May 28  
2020-2021, Womxn in 3D, KINK Contemporary, Cleveland, OH, Nov. 20-Jan. 15 2020, BIG and Abstract, Norwest Gallery, Detroit, MI, Jul. 31-Oct. 24
2020, Art Mile Detroit, Online, Jul. 28-Aug. 5. Link
2020, Fantastic Fibers 2020, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY, Apr. 10-May 30 2020, Art NOW: Photography 2020, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor (Online due to COVID-19), MI, Apr. 3-May 2
2020, Women’s Works, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL, Mar. 1-Apr. 11  
2020, Nude Nites, Tampa, FL, Feb. 27-29   
2020, make me love you in 10 jpgs or less, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, OH, Feb. 14-23   
2020, Celebration, WomensWork.Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY, Jan. 10 -Feb. 1 2019, Loading Festival - The Wrong Biennale, Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL, Miami Art Week - Miami Basel, Opening: Dec. 4  
2019, Threaded, Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ, Sept. 3-Nov. 7 2019 - 2020, Showcase, Honigman, Detroit, MI, Jun. 2019-Apr. 2020 2019, Safe Space, we__are__familia, Detroit, MI, Mar. 30-May 3 2019, Subception, KINK CONTEMPORARY, Cleveland, OH, Mar. 9-Apr. 19
2019, http://www: a birthday celebration, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR, Feb. 1-24  
2019, You Can’t Touch a Ghost, Galleri 2987, Detroit, MI, Jan. 19-31
2017, United We Quilt, web  
2017, Show me the Money, Huron Valley Council for the Arts, Highland, MI, Nov. 1-29  
2017, Photography Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, Oct. 4 - Nov. 11 2017, http://, The Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, May  
2017, Cranbrook Academy of Art Graduate Degree Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Apr. 22-May 14  
2016, CONTEXT: CRANBROOK PHOTO MDA DAs, Rocksbox Pontiac, Pontiac, MI, Dec. 10
2016, Welcome to the Thunderdome. The Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Sept. 23-25  
2016, Content Aware, The Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Apr. 1-3 2016, Something/Nothing, The Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Feb. 19-21 2015, PAIN, The Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI, Oct. 30-Nov. 1 2015, Senior Thesis Exhibit, Oakland University Art Gallery, Rochester Hills, MI Apr.-May  
2014, Women in Focus Atlanta, International Women’s Exhibit, Web 2014, Anchor Bay High School Relay for Life Benefit, Exhibited Artist, Fair Haven, MI, Nov. 22  
2013, Poetry and Art Night Exhibit, Village Fine Arts Association, Milford, MI Apr. 13-22  

 Selected Private Collections
-Julie Reyes Taubman and Robert Taubman, Bloomfield Hills, MI
-Nicole and Stephen Eisenberg, Bloomfield Hills, MI
-Paul Gamble, Bloomfield Hills, MI
-Frank Edwards, Bloomfield Hills, MI
-Judy Lindstrom, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Selected Interviews and Features (print and digital - see press page for full list)
2024, Art Quilting Studio, Winter Issue, Magazine, Print.
2024, Art Quilting Studio, Summer Issue, Magazine, Print.
2024, Patchwork Professional, Magazine, Print.
2022, Fiber Art Now - Fall 2022, Magazine, Print.
2021, Artist to Watch: Sarah C. Blanchette, Art Quilt Quarterly (#25) Magazine, Print. 
2021, Conversations with the Artists: Intersect Chicago, Textile Talks, Web. 
2020, Social Unity: Volume I Issue 2, CelebrateWomxn845, web
2020, Rinse Before Loading Vol. 1, Collaborative Zine by Evey Joan, Print. 
2020, Social Unity: Volume I Issue I, CelebrateWomxn845, Web.
2020, This House of Mine Zine, 2020. Print.
2020, LVL3, Artist of the Week: Sarah C. Blanchette. Web. 
2020, Runner Detroit, Art Mile by Ashley Cook, Web. 
2020, Artfare, Sarah C Blanchette LIVE Virtual Studio Visit & Interview with Artfare Curator Carolina Wheat, Web. 
2019, Pretty Girls Making Cool Shit Artist Feature, Web. 
2017, Thesis Book. Sarah C Blanchette, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Print.
2017, Salon 2017. Georgia Erger - Peripheral Vision Arts, Web.
2016, Best of Photography 2016, Photographer’s Forum, Print.
2015, Fragmented. Sarah C Blanchette, Rochester Hills: Oakland University, Print.
2015, Best of Photography 2015, Photographer’s Forum, Print.

Selected Awards/Scholarships/Grants
2024, Oakland University 10 within 10 Alumni Award, Rochester, MI
2021, Creator of Culture Grantee, Culture Source, Detroit, MI  
2020, Fantastic Fibers Awardee, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY  
2019, February Micro Grant Awardee, Red Bull House of Art, Detroit, MI 
2016, Finalist, Best of Photography 2016, Photographer’s Forum  
2015, Second Place in Photojournalism, Department of Communication and Journalism Student Showcase, Oakland University  
2015, Mark Murphy Endowed Scholarship for Photography, Oakland University
2015, Marion Adams Bunt Endowed Fund in Art and Art History, Oakland University  
2015, Finalist, Best of Photography 2015, Photographer’s Forum  
2014, The Oakland Press Scholarship, Oakland University  
2014, Handleman Tuition Scholarship, Oakland University Honors College  
2008, Huron-Clinton Metro Parks Photography Competition, Youth 1st Place – Nature

Lectures
2017, Alumni Talk: Sarah C Blanchette. Oakland University - Rochester Hills, MI. Mar. 23
2016, Second Year Presentations. Cranbrook Academy of Art - Bloomfield Hills, MI. Oct. 18

Workshops
2018, DIY Embroidered Patches with Lucia and Sarah. Public Pool Gallery, Hamtramck, MI. Jun. 2.