Sara Forsythe

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

HISTORY OF EXHIBITIONS:
2011 Solo Show, Paintings, Magestic Madness, Missoula, MT
The Women's Club of Missoula: Intaglio and Collagraph Prints, Solo Show
Living Art of Montana Group Show
Bernice's Bakery Gallery, Ocular: Light and Movement, Solo Show
Zootown Arts Community Center Gallery Installation and Exhibit, Solo Show
Potsketch: The Clay Studio of Missoula Art Auction
Montana Women in the Visual Arts:1860-2011 Group Show, Emerson Center for Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT
2010 Paint-Out Frame Shop and Gallery Group Show in Hamilton, MT
Poverello Center, Homeless Shelter Fundraiser Group Show
2009 Paintings and Drawings from the plains of South Dakota, Posh Chocolat
Children’s Theatre Silent Auction Art Show – VSA Arts of Montana
Ceretana Gallery Sustainability Show – Collaborative Show with Free Cycles
Label Designer for Lake Missoula Cellars
2004 Polystyrene World: A Cultural Laboratory. Individual Art Installation, MT
Sandpiper Gallery, Group Show, Sculpture/bronze exhibit, Polson, Montana
2003-2002 5th & 6th Annual Juried Art Student Show, Gallery of Visual Arts, Montana

Profile

Sara is a Northern Idaho artist and certified fine art and history instructor.

She lived in Montana for ten years and worked as both an artist and educator for students in the valley. She is the Founder of the Zootown Arts Community Center in Missoula, MT; a non profit on the Northside of Missoula. Sara conducts professional development for teachers, and works alongside various organizations in the Western Montana and Northern Idaho area. She is an Idaho Commission on the Arts Arts Educator. Sara served three years as a board member for VSA Arts of Montana. She teaches art to people with disabilities and works with youth in alternative settings. Sara commissions master study replications, and creates ink drawings as well as mixed media large work acrylic paintings.

She is the proud owner of Hobbes the Wonder Dog and likes taking long walks with him through her neighborhood.

In 2007, Sara created an art-on-a-cart business called Zootown Arts which delivered arts experiences to nursing homes, schools, rural areas, events, and organizations. In 2009, after the founding of the Independent Artist Collaborative, the ZACC emerged as a non-profit arts center delivering all ages arts education, fostering sustainable community development, and promoting accessible, life-enriching art experiences for Missoula residents and visitors.

In 2010, for the MEA-MFT Conference in Missoula, Sara presented a lecture on Arts and Communities in Montana for the MT Alliance for the Arts. She is working on a large scale project aimed at aligning artists in schools for special projects and fine arts development for regular classroom instructors.

In 2009, Sara was recognized by Montana Community Development Corporation as a community business success story and presented at the Business and Entrepreneurship Seminar for Young Adults.

In 2010, She received the YWCA Salute to Women Award (Rising Star) for her work in the Missoula Community and was listed in the news as one of the top ten notable people to know in Missoula.

Sara is inspired by her golden retriever Hobbes. She marvels at his ability to scoff at the alarm in the morning, know when to take a break, his ability to not sweat the small stuff, run in the rain, find every mud puddle to roll in, slobber on her favorite dresses, forgive others quickly, and get his beauty sleep every afternoon.