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2021 WINTER CARNIVAL ARTIST SARAH JUSCHKA Art somehow found Sarah Juschka, not the other way around. While her career as a successful Steamboat-based painter might have been somewhat accidental, it was not entirely unexpected. “My mom and brother were artists, and my sister is an artist, so I came from a family of creative beings,” says Juschka. Her early interest in art and her natural talent were fostered by teachers from the elementary school she attended in Kenosha, Wisconsin; she was awarded art scholarships and took first place in art contests throughout her education. But a career in art was something her mother had steered her away from, encouraging her to go into a more reliable profession instead. “My mom always told me I didn’t want to be a starving artist,” she says. Even though she was offered scholarships to art schools, Juschka pursued a career in finance. She worked for a mortgage corporation outside Chicago and then became a real estate appraiser, a field she still works in to this day. She convinced her husband to also become a real estate appraiser to help with her expanding business, opening offices in Fort Collins and Scottsdale, Arizona. The
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