Sarah Workneh

Prior to joining the team at Sky High Farm, Sarah Workneh spent 23 years running alternative art educational spaces—first at Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency and more recently at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. Workneh’s central interests in the history of social movements mixed with models of liberatory education and praxis informed her approach to her work and informed significant structural, experiential, and financial shifts at Skowhegan, which raised $22M in a comprehensive capital campaign and underwent a five-phase Master Facilities plan. She has published numerous essays & speeches; has lectured widely at schools & programs around the US; and has served as an advisor to academic, residency, and other non-profit programs, particularly around issues of community building, equity, and strategic planning. Workneh is currently on the advisory boards of Recess, the Black Lunch Table, Salmon Creek Farm, and is on the Boards of Colby College Museum of Art, RAIR in Philadelphia, the Buxton School in Williamstown, MA, and ProjectEATS. Workneh has a BA in Linguistics & Russian and pursued graduate work with a focus on Social Movement Theory, Political Economy, & Liberation Theology.