BIO

Creative Director. Activist. Artist. Amy pursued her passions and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Upon graduation, Amy moved to New York City and after working as an art director at J. Walter Thompson on national brands, spent 17 years as an award-winning Design and Creative Director at CBS News. Amy produced and launched hundreds of multi-platform campaigns for CBS broadcasts from “60 Minutes” to “CBS Evening News” to “Late Show with David Letterman.” As Creative Consultant working with Executive Producers and Directors, Amy led the design and packaging of new and existing broadcasts for CBS News, Special Events and News Specials including the Emmy award-winning documentary “9/11.”

With the rise of gun violence, Amy became an activist and helped create, launch and, as Creative Director, brand the Million Mom March in Washington DC, considered the largest march of its time.

As an entrepreneur, Amy co-founded Pinkwater & Putman, an award -winning pro-social marketing consultancy focused on “Harnessing the Power of Good” and whose work for the Fair Food Program earned national awards and acclaim for its impact drawing attention to the plight of migrant farmworkers.

Art and design have been a constant in Amy’s life but she found her voice with collage and mixed media after taking a course at the Montclair Art Museum. After the market crash of 2008, she threw her bank statements in a shredder and spent a year painting and collaging the pieces together, an undertaking that sowed the seeds for her current work. The 2015 attack in Paris at Charlie Hebdo spurred Putman to turn to collage again, and while taking a class at the Montclair Art Museum, she found her voice with hand cut paper collage.

Motivated by issues of social justice, the results of the 2016 election turned her focus to creating art full- time. She is honored to have been featured in the “Exposing Migration” exhibition at the Jose Drudis Biada Art Gallery in Los Angeles. Her latest exhibition opened a week before the 2020 election in New Jersey. It drew the attention of local and national media, including WNBC and Newsweek.

Putman is also excited to be in the “Personal Landscapes” exhibition at the Montclair Art Museum. Her work has also exhibited in New York City and Berlin. She is proud to be featured in the book, "Making the Cut Vol 1; The World's Best Collage Artists". Putman lives in New Jersey with her husband and has three grown children.

Creative Director. Activist. Artist. Amy pursued her passions and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

With the rise of gun violence, Amy became an activist and helped create, launch and, as Creative Director, brand the Million Mom March in Washington DC, considered the largest march of its time.

In July 2020, Amy helped launch S.M.A.R.T. Voter USA, a grassroots movement of suburban moms based in Montclair, whose mission was to get out the vote. As Creative Director, Amy designed the brand for the movement which included the logo and a multi -media “On the ballot campaign.” This campaign included media outreach and social media engagement, video spots, posters, flyers and lawn signs which motivated voters, increased public awareness, and led to a successful community march with partners including the League of Women Voters and Blue Wave New Jersey.

Art and design have been a constant in Amy’s life but she found her voice with collage and mixed media after taking a course at the Montclair Art Museum. Motivated by issues of social justice, the results of the 2016 election turned her focus to creating art full- time. She is proud to have been included in the exhibit “Exposing Migration; The Spirit of the American Dream” in Los Angeles. Her latest exhibition opened a week before the 2020 election. It drew the attention of local and national media, including WNBC and Newsweek. She is also proud to have her work, “Sister in Green” in the “Personal Landscapes” exhibit at the Montclair Art Museum through November 2020.

Amy has exhibited in New York City, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Berlin. She is honored to be featured in the book, "Making the Cut | The World’s Best Collage Artists Vol 1." Amy lives in New Jersey with her husband, has three grown children and says, “When I have no words, I have art.”

Born in New York and raised outside of Boston, Putman learned about art from her mother, a weaver, and her father, an avid photographer. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Putman moved to New York City and spent 17 years as an award-winning Creative Director at CBS News. While at CBS, she 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.

Art has been a constant in Putman’s life, but she has found her passion with collage and mixed media. After the market crash of 2008, she threw her bank statements in a shredder and spent a year painting and collaging the pieces together, an undertaking that sowed the seeds for her current work. The 2015 attack in Paris at Charlie Hebdo spurred Putman to turn to collage again, and while taking a class at the Montclair Art Museum, she found her voice with hand cut paper collage. " As an artist whose career is about controlling the message, I love that collage allows me to embrace the unexpected and express emotion, whether with humor, irony, sadness or fear."

Currently Putman is mixing media, using paint and collage with found materials. She is honored to have been recently featured in the “Exposing Migration” exhibition at the Jose Drudis Biada Art Gallery in Los Angeles, with work she has done in collaboration with photojournalist Tish Lampert, whose poignant images from the border inspired her. Putman is excited to be in the “Personal Landscapes” exhibition at the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey, which now runs through January of 2021. Putman’s work has also shown in New York City, and Berlin. She is proud to be featured in the book, "Making the Cut Vol 1; The World's Best Collage Artists". Putman lives in New Jersey with her husband and three children.