SARAH LARSON: SEW BEAUTIFUL

Each year Sioux Falls Stage & Gallery celebrates the excellence of artists and creatives in the performing arts community. This year Sarah Larson collected the Best Costume Design award for her work on Sweeney Todd with the Good Night Theatre Collective. Larson is Communications Coordinator for Arts South Dakota and holds a BA in studio art from the University of Iowa. Along with her service to Arts South Dakota, Larson is an active member of the Sioux Falls creative scene. Larson’s inspirations as a visual creator include theater, vintage designs and color. “I love to sew,” Larson says. “I love layers, texture, ruffles and creating sculptural beauty through fabric. As a self-taught designer, I have learned so much through the years. It was as if all these years of sewing came to life on that stage costuming for this show.”

Larson spent many years working in California before moving her family back to South Dakota. She had her doubts about the transition, but found community in the Sioux Falls theatrical arts. “The Good Night Theatre Collective has created such a beautiful, inclusive welcoming space for all of us to create,” Larson says. “To be encouraged, trusted and supported to share from your heart fills my heart to the brim.” Larson credits the support of her family, especially her husband and daughter, for her sewing successes.

Sarah Larson accepts the award for Best Costume, Hair or Makeup Design, alongside daughter Harlow, for her work on the Good Night Theatre Collective’s Sweeney Todd.