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Sara Beames: Reflections on Rituals, Doodahs and Sparkling Inner Lights
Artists, InterviewWhen did you first know you were an artist?
It was always there. When I was 11 I started taking pottery classes at a local studio. In college, I was an Art History major, mainly because it required an abundance of different studio classes. Then…