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The Superior Art Department promotes the artistic and creative intellectual development of our high school students by having fun as community members, engaging in conversation about creativity, and exploring media and its uses.
We support participation in school or athletic events and community projects, and teach students how to execute their ideas.
Filling a huge need at the school, the Art Department is able to generate art-appreciating citizens with the enjoyment of creating authentic skilled artworks as well as just for fun crafts and keepsakes. We require donations, recyclables, group involvement, and student volunteer efforts to ensure our room can function for the 2 art rooms and dynamic projects we execute.
We serve as an artistic resource room for leadership, school functions, teachers, student groups, and students working on projects both during and outside classroom hours.
Contact Information
E: sforsythe@ssd3.us
Sara Forsythe, Art Rm 12
PO Box 400, Superior, MT 59872
Phone 406-822-3600*118 | High School: 406-822-4396
Current Instructors: Sara Forsythe
Our goal is to build a vital school art community that empowers young people to develop a creative practice they can sustain throughout their lives.
Our goal is to build a vital school art community that empowers young people to develop a creative practice they can sustain throughout their lives.
About our teacher Mrs. Forsythe
About our teacher Mrs. Forsythe
EXPERIENCE:
2021 - 2020 Superior High School K-12 Art Teacher
2020-2013 Lakeland High School, Rathdrum, ID Art and Pottery Teacher, North Idaho College
Full Time Educator, Dual Enrollment Instructor, Art and Ski Field Trips, Art Shows
2012 Kinder Center, Hayden, ID Elementary Art Educator
2012-2007 Zootown Arts Community Center, 501c3 Founder, Arts and Programming Director, Executive Director 4 years, Paint Your Own Pottery Studio, Gallery Operations, Educational Programming, Fine Art Teacher, Funding and Development, Grant Writing
2012-2008 Montana Arts Council Art Educator, School Long Term and Short Term Residency Programs: Paxson Elementary, Frenchtown, Lewis and Clark Elementary
2011 Afterschool Educator at Hellgate Elementary, Developed Art Program
2009-2006 VSA Arts of Montana, Art teacher for children with disabilities
2009 Potters for Peace, Nicaragua, Traveling Artist and Educator, Ceramic Workshops
2008 Independent Artist Collective, Founder, Missoula, MT
2007-2005 Paraeducator in Special Services at Hellgate High School and Substitute
AWARDS and HONORS:
2017 Teacher of the Year at Lakeland High School, Rathdrum, Idaho, 2015 Nominee
2018 Idaho Arts Education Association Classroom Grant Recipient
2017-2015 Lakeland Education Association Grant Recipient
2012-2008 Montana Arts Council Grant Recipient in Arts Education
2010 YWCA Salute to Women Award, Woman of the Year, Rising Star for work in Missoula area
2003 Lela Autio Award, Sculpture and Ceramics, Gallery of Visual Art, Univ. of MT
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
2020 Montana Education Association, NEA
2019-2013 Idaho Art Education Association, Lakeland Education Association
2014-2012 Clay Arts Guild of North Idaho, Board of Directors
2011 Missoula Nonprofit Network, Montana Nonprofit Association
2010 Montana Professional Artist Association
2008-2002 VSA Arts of Montana Board of Directors , National Art Education Association
ARTWORK:
My works include the following mediums:
watercolor, pencil, ink, wax, wood, and vellum and acrylic paint and clay
Animals, the plains, and rural areas have played a key role in my subject matter for years. The style of my drawings and prints are very shape heavy. I enjoy the process of taking my black and white photos, sketches, and drawings and breaking the images down to their basic shapes and composition for printmaking and painting. I also use these images to create abstract and unusually shaped ceramic vessels and containers.
I have been teaching and creating art professionally for 15 years.
HER STORY:
Sara is a Montana artist and certified Fine Art and History instructor working at Superior High School in Superior, Montana. She has lived in Montana for 20 years, except for 7 years in North Idaho, and worked as both an artist and educator for students in North Idaho and Western Montana. She is the Founder and brainchild 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 Educator. Sara served three years as a board member for VSA Arts of Montana. Sara teaches art to people with disabilities and works with youth in alternative settings. She runs two adventure companies with her husband in Adventure Missoula located in Mineral County and Coeur d’Alene Adventures.
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 the Missoula area. 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.
2010-2012, for the MEA-MFT Conferences in Missoula, Sara presented lectures on Arts and Communities in Montana for the MT Alliance for the Arts.
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.
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