Amy Putman

Mixed Media Artist

Amy Putman is a mixed media and collage artist. Raised outside of Boston, Amy got her BFA from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Her passion for issues of social justice was fueled by her 17-year career as a Creative Director at CBS News. While at CBS, Amy also became an activist, helping to create and brand the Million Mom March for Common Sense Gun Laws on the National Mall in Washington DC, considered the largest march of its time. Her logo and slogan “Looking for a Few Good Moms” garnered extensive local and national media coverage inspiring Amy to continue to use her art to raise awareness of social issues. Art and Design have been a constant in Amy’s life but she found her passion with mixed media and collage. After the 2016 election, Amy’s focus turned to creating art full- time. Her work has drawn the attention of local and national press including NBC and Newsweek magazine. Amy exhibits her work in the USA and internationally and has works in numerous private collections. She is a Trustee of the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey, the Trust for Trauma Journalism, SKIP of New York, the Jewish Women's Foundation of New Jersey, a founding member of the New York Collage Ensemble, and Co-Chair of the Artists and Talent Peer Group for the Impact Guild. Her studio is in Manufacturer’s Village Artists, East Orange, New Jersey.
“I am a collagist and mixed media artist with a passion for socially conscious art. Much of my work explores issues of social justice. Simultaneously, I am drawn to texture, materials pattern, and color in their own right. Working with found objects expands my visual vocabulary. These materials, each of which brings its own history and associations, give a deeper and multi-dimensional reading to the work, work I hope will ignite conversation.”