We were lucky to catch up with Sarah Polzin recently and have shared our conversation below.

Sarah, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Did you always know you wanted to pursue a creative or artistic career? When did you first know?

I come from a family of artists. We have been creating our own art and shared art for decades, we play off each other, come up with ideas, fight, brainstorm, defend, and love and embrace the shared art that we partake in. Because I come from a family of artists, it’s a life more than a career. I’ve never been without art, I have always had a team supporting my progress. My art will forever be developing, I am one of the lucky ones that has found a way to make a career out of being an artist. I see our commercial art business expanding, becoming much more multidisciplinary, much more mixed media and I would like to bring more people into this interesting and quirky business we’ve been developing as well as continuing to develop and grow my own work.

Sarah, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I grew up in Colorado and graduated with a bachelors degree in art education and fine arts from MSU. I have spent the majority of my career working and teaching adaptive arts to students with disabilities. In 2013 I moved to Los Angeles and worked as a behavior therapist for children on the autism spectrum. While in LA I continued to create my own work and I was able to apply art to the lessons and therapies with my clients. In 2016 I moved back to Colorado to work and run my fathers sign business, Stargazer Creations. It was then the idea and opportunity for my sister and I to one day take over the company came to fruition. There have been many difficulties and challenges along the way, however we are dedicated to continuing to making this company grow and stay successful. I make it a point to create and produce my own art, this is something I find great value in even if time doesn’t always allow. I welcome all opportunities to show and partake in shows but that has never been the over all goal. For me it is far more about letting the ideas flow and experiment with different mediums.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding part of being an artist for me is simply making art. Trying to see what boundaries I can push within myself, I want to go through the artistic process in ways that make me problem solve. A commissioned piece is set, whereas the process required for a show based on a concept, allows me to see what I would visually interpret that to be. Also, I find that creating a community with other artists is also rewarding. I feel that connecting with others creatives helps you grow, step out of your comfort zone providing support and constructive feedback as well as inspiration.

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

My mission as an artist is not only to create art but also to open up opportunities for other artists. Since my background is teaching I feel it is important to share what I have learned as well as provide a space for artist to show their work. I have an art studio in the Santa Fe Arts District in Denver and once a month we open our space to a guest artist. Most of the artist who have shown with us have never had a solo show. We invite artist to display their work however they feel best represents them without the rules or pressures of a “typical” gallery. I like to think of it as a creative jumping off point, a chance to share work with the public, inspire, connect and encourage folks to get out there and not hold back.

My personal art gives me the chance to create and play with ideas that I find inspiring. I would describe my art as a little tongue in cheek whimsical commentary of a bemused and a sometimes sad individual with a heck of a lot of hope and love for the world, but a sense of foreboding, with the hope that the experience is shared and can be discussed.

In my professional career as an artist there are very few women in the fabrication and sign world. My sister and I aim to change that, even if it is on a small level. We want to take on the big commercial jobs and clients but also partner with local and non local women owned businesses. Our dream is to have our own shop where we are able to hire others and create everything under one roof.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.stargazercreations.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah.r0se.arts/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sarah.rose.303/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-polzin-395a3875/