about
Sara Sally LaGrand
Sara Sally LaGrand, award winning artist and author, has had the great fortune to study glass with many gifted teachers both in America and Italy. She holds a BA in Glass Formation from Park University, Parkville, MO.
Honors include awards from Art Westport, Kansas City, State of the Arts, Prairie Village, KS, Bead Museum of Washington, DC, Bead and Button magazine, Images Art Gallary, and the Kansas City Artists Coalition, Best in Show, Molten, a National Glass and Metals Show, Chicago, IL. She has taught flameworking all over the world including Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee, Unikal Glas in Switzerland, Tuffnell Studio in Rudston, England, Terminal City Glass, Vancouver, Canada, BeadFX, Toronto, Canada and many private studios all over the US. She has been a presenter at the glass symposium at Sars-Poteries, France.
Her work has been published in many books and magazines including The Flow, Bead and Button, Glass Art Magazine.
Her work can be found in public and private collections around the world.
Award and Publication:
The Crow Show - 8th annual The Studio Door, San Diego, CA. BEST IN SHOW March 2022
Look Me In The EYE show - Epsten Gallery, Overland Park, KS November 2019-January 2020
Solo exhibition - VXX: Veneration of the Feminine Spirit - Kansas City Artists Coalition - March 2018
First Annual Heartland Glass Show - Monarch Studio and Gallery March-June 2017
LIFEFORMS show - GAS Conference, Corning, NY Summer 2016- Pittsburgh Glass Center show Summer 2017
City of Lenexa, KS Art Fair Best in Show 3D 2016
Images Gallery, Overland Park, KS annual exhibition “Best in Show 3D” 2014
Molten: A National Glass and Metals Show, Fine Line Gallery, Chicago, IL Best in Show 2014
City of Prairie Village “State of the Arts’ Honorable Mention 2013
Journees de la Perle de Verre, honored demonstrator, Sars-Poteries, France 2013
Art Westport 3rd place “Best in Show” 2013
“The Teapot Redefined” exhibition Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA 2012
Now a part if the Kamm Teapot Foundation collection
https://kammteapotfoundation.org/product-tag/sara-sally-lagrand/
City of Prairie Village “State of the Arts” show finalist October 2012
River Market Regional Show 2011- Kansas City Artists Coalition
Bead and Button Magazine’s Commemorative Artist 2011
KCAC Undergrad Show 2011
City of Prairie Village State of the Arts competition – Award of Excellence Oct. 2011
Bluestem Craft – Featured Artist 2010
Bauble – Santa Fe, NM 2010
Kentucky Museum of Folk Art – ISGB show – July – August 2005.
GAS show Glass Jewelry: An International Passion, 2010
The Beautiful Bead, Sarasota Springs, NY Nov-Dec 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
Pismo Glass Bead show, Denver CO. March 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Sherry Leedy Gallery – ISGB show July-August 2006
Publication:
Author: Tim Tate - artist profile Art Glass Magazine January/February 2024
Author: Kim Fields - artist profile Art Glass Magazine November/December 2023
Author: KeKe Cribbs - artist profile Art Glass Magazine January/February 2023
Author: Austin Littenburg - artist profile Art Glass Magazine November/December 2022
Author: Warm Glass Studio Profile Geoffrey Bowton Sculptural Reminders of Conflict and Memories
Glass Art Magazine September/October 2022
Author: LifeForms show Fuller Craft Museum Boston, MA Spring 2022 - Glass Art Magazine 2022
Author: Stephanie Carlton Smith - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine November/December 2021
Author: William Gudenrath - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine July/August 2021
Author: UNESCO designation for Italy/France glass bead artists - Glass Art Magazine March/April 2021
Author: Kate Baker - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine March/April 2021
Author: Toshiki Uschida - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine January/February 2021
Author: William Gudenrath - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine September/October 2021
Author: Suzanne Head - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine November/December 2021
Author: Robert Palusky - Pioneer in Glass - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine July/August 2021
Author: Museum at Prairie Fire, Overland Park, KS - architecture profile - Glass Art Magazine August/September 2020
Author: Marble Tutorial "how to" for FLOW magazine June/July 2020
Author: Eunsuh Choi - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine June/July 2020
Author: Karina Guerin and Cedric Ginart - artist profiles - Glass Art Magazine June/July 2020
Author: Erica Rosenfeld - artist profile - Glass Art Magazine May/June 2020
Author: Harvard Natural History Museum Glass Flowers Collection - Blauscka Collection - Glass Art Magazine January/February 2020
Author: Priska Tobler Artist Profile - Glass Art Magazine - September 2019
Author: Dr. Akoyo Tani Artist Profile - FLOW Magazine - Women in Glass - Fall 2019
Author: The Blauscka Collection of the Irish Natural History Museum - The Flow Magazine Spring 2019
Author: Igor Balbi artist profile - The Flow Magazine Spring 2019
Author: Glass Fashion Show, Murano Italy during the GAS Conference - Glass Art Magazine November/December 2018
Author: Gas Conference in Murano Italy - The Flow Magazine Fall 2018
Author: Kathleen Elliot Artist Profile - The Flow Magazine Winter 2017
Author: Guest Editor: The Flow Magazine Fall 2017
GlassTress- Berego Studio, Murano The Flow Magazine Fall 2017
Mathiew Grodot - Artist Profile The Flow Magazine Fall 2017
Author: Ryan Tanner (cover) - Artist Profile The Flow Magazine Fall 2017
Author: Glass Fashion Show - GAS Conference at Corning, NY - The Flow Magazine Winter 2016
Author: Glass Fashion Show - GAS Conference at Corning, NY - Glass Art Magazine Nov/Dec 2016
Author: Lucia Santini interview - Glass Art Magazine May/June 2016
Author: Tucson Flame Off 2016 - Flow Magazine Summer 2016
KC Studio review of KCAC re:Members show August 2015
Author: Glass Seccessionism - the New Wave - Flow Magazine Summer 2014
Chicago Tribune Review: 2014 Molten: A National Glass and Metals Show, Fine Line Gallery, Chicago, IL
Author: The History of the Modern Glass Bead- Flow Magazine Winter 2013
Featured artist - Spring 2013 Flow Magazine
500 Beaded Jewelry - Lark Books 2012
Steel Wire Jewelry by Brenda Schweder - March 2011, Lark Books
Creating Glass Beads by Jeri L. Warhaftig - March 2011, Lark Books
Bead and Button Magazine - June 2010 Feature Article
Bead and Button Magazine - April 2010
Art Jewelry Magazine - March 2010
The Flow Magazine - Women in Glass Issue - December 2009
The Glass Bead - Summer Issue 2009 - official newsletter of International Society of Glass Beadmakers
Step by Step Wire Artist - Spring Issue - 2009
The Flow Magazine - Women in Glass Issue - December 2008
Bead and Button Magazine Bead Buyers Guide - October 2008
Lancaster (Ohio) Eagle Gazette - May 2008
Bead and Button Magazine - February 2008
Bead and Button Magazine - April 2006
Bead and Button Magazine - October 2005
Bead and Button 'Bead Dreams' - May 2005
Bead and Button Magazine - October 2004
Bead Unique Magazine - Fall 2004
Kansas City Star - July 6, 2006
Kansas City Star - April 29, 2001
Kansas City Star - October 19, 1997