Sarah J. Moore was born in 1986 in LaGrande, Oregon.  She lives and works in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.  Sarah’s artistic achievements began in her early teenage years.  In 2003 she won a National Patriotic Art Scholarship, sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW.  Subsequently, in 2004, she received an Artistic Merit Scholarship from Studio Art Centers International, (SACI) Florence, Italy, and she began her advanced art education in the heart of the Renaissance.  While in Italy, Sarah discovered her love for sculpture.  In 2005, Sarah continued her fine art education at North Idaho College, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.  When offered the opportunity to work at Cire-Perdue Casting, Inc., a local fine art bronze foundry, Sarah dove in.  She worked with Cire-Perdue for three years, becoming well-versed in the foundry processes, and an expert mold maker, and sculptor.  It was during this time that Sarah also began working with a group of Northwest artists, drawing, painting, and sculpting from the figure on a weekly basis.
      Sarah is now a young figurative sculptor with an expanding portfolio.  Through her sculpture, Sarah strives to capture the grace of the human form, as well as the immaterial beauty of human intuition and emotion.  Recently accepted into the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Sarah plans on returning to school in the fall of 2011 to pursue a BFA in Sculpture from the oldest fine art academy and museum in the nation!

Education
  
    2010-ongoing studio internship with Beth Cavener Stichter, Garfield, Washington

   2005-ongoing  Terry Lee Studios, studio sessions, weekly sculpting, drawing, and painting from the figure,
           Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

   2005  North Idaho College, fine art studies, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

   2004  SACI (Studio Art Centers International), fine art studies, Florence, Italy


Honors/Awards

   2011  Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 4 year Merit and Caldwell Scholarship Honorable Mention

   2009  National Sculpture Society Figure Modeling Competition, chosen as first alternate for competition

   2004  Studio Art Centers International Artistic/Academic Merit Scholarship

   2003  Ladies Auxiliary to the VFW Young American Creative Patriotic Art Competition, 1st Place National
           Prize and Scholarship
                   

Exhibitions (solo)

   2009  “Figurative Sculpture,” Cheryl Burchell Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, ID

   2009  Kennedy/Zanco "Wine and Dine in 2009", Liberty Lake, WA


Gallery Representation

    2010  The Gallery Coeur d'Alene  -100 W. Prairie Ave. Coeur d'Alene, ID
 

Commissions

   2004  Tuscany Dining Room Mural, four walls and ceiling panoramic, private residence,  Hayden, ID


Related Work Experience

   2008  Mold Making Demonstration, demonstrator/teacher, Terry Lee Studio, Coeur d’Alene, ID

   2005-2008  Cire-Perdue Casting Inc, mold maker and fine-art foundry artisan, Hayden, ID


Professional Affiliations

   2009 “Art in the Making”, participating artist, Coeur d’Alene Arts & Culture Alliance, Coeur d’Alene, ID
  
   2006-2007 Art on the Edge, St. Vincent DePaul community youth art program volunteer, Coeur d’Alene, ID