Born Chautauqua, NY
Lives in Irvine, CA
EXHIBITS
2024 Drawing from Perception, Invention, and Memory, Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries,
Wright State University, Dayton, OH (Juror: Eve Mansdorf)
2023 Prophecies and Promises, St. Paul Lutheran Church, Melrose Park, IL
Faculty Exhibit, John and Linda Friend Art Gallery, Concordia University-Irvine, Irvine, CA
2022 Day by Day (solo), John and Linda Friend Art Gallery, Concordia University-Irvine, Irvine, CA
Out of Nothing, ExNihilo Gallery, Savannah, GA (virtual exhibit)
2021 Hope, (Award of Excellence), Art Saint Louis (virtual exhibit) (Juror: Robin Hirsch - Steinhoff)
Missouri Top 50, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO (1 of 4 top awards; Juror: Hannah Reeves,
Director, Sager | Braudis Gallery, Columbia, MO)
Winter Pop-Up Exhibit, Morris Gallery, Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO
2020 Prince Street Artists 50th Anniversary Exhibit (catalog), Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Americas 2020: All Media, Northwest Arts Center, Minot State University, Minot, ND (Juror:
Guillermo Guardia, artist)
Art Faculty Show: Carley Cullen and Sara Fletcher, Morris Gallery, Missouri Valley College,
Marshall, MO
Sara Fletcher and Carson Rauschenberg, Chemistry Coffee, Marshall, MO
2019
Preparations (solo), Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Prince Street Artists, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Missouri Top 50 (First Place) (Juror: Douglass Freed) , Fine Arts Building, Missouri State Fair,
Sedalia, MO
2018
carefully out of Nowhere, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
The Artist and Educator Women’s Collective Show, Montminy Gallery, Boone County History and Cultural Center, Columbia, MO
Five Visions, Prince Street Gallery, New York,NY
Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
Holiday Show, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Sara & Chris Fletcher, Ashby-Hodge Gallery of American Art, Central Methodist University, Fayette, MO
Eighth National Juried Exhibition, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY (Juror: Graham Nickson, artist and Dean, the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY)
Firmly Rooted, M.S. Rezny Studio/Gallery, Lexington, KY (Juror: Stuart Horodner, Director, The Art Museum, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY)
2016
2015
58th Chautauqua Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua, NY, Honorable Mention (Juror: Hrag Vartanian, Editor-in-Chief, Hyperallergic blogazine and critic/curator, New York, NY)
16th Annual Juried Exhibition, Nelson Gallery, Lexington, VA, Honorable Mention (Juror: Leila Cartier, artist and curator of exhibitions, William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, VA)
11th Annual Small Works Exhibition, Mamaroneck Artists Guild, Larchmont, NY (Juror: David Dunlop, Artist, Wilton, CT)
Chris and Sara Fletcher, Orr Street Studios Gallery, Columbia, MO
Beauty and the Beholder, Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO
2013
Summer Exhibition, Hain House, Boonville, MO
2012
Faculty Exhibit, Davis Gallery, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2008,10,12
Sara Fletcher, (solo) Columbia Entertainment Company Theater Gallery, Columbia, MO
2011
Sara Fletcher: Paintings, (solo) Boone County National Bank Gallery, Columbia, MO
2010
Art by Stephens Faculty, Dunklin Street Gallery, Jefferson City, MO
2008
Sara Fletcher: Paintings, (solo) Thomas Commons Gallery, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
2007
Sara Fletcher: Paintings, (solo) Eve Drewelowe Gallery, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Patterns and Light: Paintings by Greta Songe, Sara Fletcher, and Sarah Goffstein,Leger Gallery, Davenport, IA
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibit, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
2006
University of Iowa Graduate Painters, Marvin Cone Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA
2005
Jane T. Walsh Juried Exhibition, Burlington Art Guild, Burlington, IA
2004
CURATED EXHIBITS as Gallery Director, Morris Gallery of Contemporary Art, Missouri Valley College
2021 James Reid: Paintings
Day and Night: paintings and sculptures by Ali Halane and Byron Smith
2020 Vanitas: A Life in Pause, digital drawings by Bethanie Irons
Strategy Beyond Sketch and Screen, Goodthree Design firm
Art Faculty Show: Carley Cullen and Sara Fletcher
GRAAPHS, graphic design installation by Mitchell Volk
2019 Observation & Imagination: Susan Lichtman, Larry Groff, Michael McJilton, Emil Robinson, Heidi Leitzke,
Joseph Podlesnik. Link to the catalog with an essay by Larry Groff.
EDUCATION
Painting, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2006
MFA
Painting, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2003
Post Bac.
Certificate
Ceramic Sculpture, Alfred University School of Art and Design, Alfred, NY, 1998
BFA
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2022- Associate Professor of Studio Art, Concordia University-Irvine, Irvine, CA
Assistant Professor of Studio Art, Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO
2017 - 2022
Director, Morris Gallery of Contemporary Art, Missouri Valley College
2019 - 2021
Visiting Instructor/ Sabbatical Replacement, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
2016
Adjunct Instructor, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
2007-2015
Visiting Artist and Sabbatical Replacement, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
2006-2007
AWARDS/ HONORS
Award of Excellence, Hope, Art Saint Louis (juror: Robin Hirsch-Steinhoff)
Top Award (1 of 4) Missouri Top 50, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO (juror: Hannah Reeves)
Juror, Art in the Park, Columbia, MO
Juror, Icon, Columbia Art League, Columbia, MO
First Place, Missouri Top 50, Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, MO (juror: Douglass Freed)
2021
2019
Research and Professional Development Grant, Missouri Valley College. Green Printmaking: Intaglio Certification, Zea Mays Print Shop, Northampton, MA
2018
Juror, Annual Juried Show, Dunklin Street Gallery, Jefferson City, MO
2009
Mildred Pelzer Lynch Fellowship, The University of Iowa
2005-2006
Len Everett Scholarship, Art Guild of Burlington, Burlington, IA
2004-5, 2005-6
Roderick and Lois Briggs Scholarship, The University of Iowa
2003-04
ARTIST TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS
2023 “One moving image: Rembrandt van Rijn’s Christ with the Sick around Him, Receiving Little
Children (The Hundred Guilder Print),” conference presentation and panel discussion,
Association for Core Texts and Courses Conference, Dallas, TX. Conference theme: Meaningful
Exchange: Core Texts, Conversation, Commerce, and Migration
2022 Gallery slide talk, Day by Day solo exhibit, Concordia University-Irvine
2020 Gallery Talk, Faculty Show, Missouri Valley College, Marshall, MO
2019 Gallery Talk, Preparations solo exhibit, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Panel Discussion, The Artist and Educator Women’s Collective Show, Montminy Gallery, Boone County History and Cultural Center, Columbia, MO
2018
Gallery Talk, Aron Fischer, Sara Fletcher, and Miranda Lee, Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
2016
Seeing Visions Artist Talk, Orr Street Studios, Columbia, MO
2011, 2013
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
CIVA: Christians in the Visual Arts
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Missouri Valley College
The University of Iowa
Private Collections