Amy Putman is a mixed media and hand cut 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. 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 galleries, museums, and exhibitions both in the USA and internationally and has works in numerous private collections. She is a Trustee of the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey, SKIP of New York and the Trust for Trauma Journalism, 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.