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First Friday Art Walk
Downtown Springfield @ 06:00 PM
Posted by: SRAC
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At The Creamery:
Springfield Regional Arts Council will host the works of three well-known art-quilt artists -- Pam Rubert, Lettie Blackburn and Emmie Seaman -- for its September exhibition opening First Friday, Sept. 5, with a public reception from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m, .at the Creamery Arts Center (across from Hammons Field). The three artists will also participate in the free ARTalks from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Creamery Arts Library and will discuss techniques of their fascinating craft.
Pam Rubert will show a new series of mixed media quilts called, "Wish You Were Hair". She says the inspiration came from her collection of vintage postcards from around the world. Famous monuments such as the Sydney Opera House, Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and St. Louis Arch are transformed into hair styles and rendered in colorful fabric and thread making humorous picture stories that she hopes will entertain and inspire those who frequent the Creamery Arts Center, old and young alike.
Lettie Blackburn and Emmie Seaman's exhibit, "The Nature of Things", features art quilts and color photographs by Seaman on a floral theme and art quilts and watercolors by Blackburn on a theme of a variety of trees. Cutting cloth into many little pieces and sewing them back together to create a new fabric has always been a fascination for Emmie. In addition to textiles, gardening is another of her loves. Photographic images of Emmie's garden flowers and surrounding vegetation inspire the manipulation of fabric for small art quilts. For Lettie, it was a long anticipated return to the world of art after years in the corporate world and her primary media are watercolors and fiber. She draws inspiration from what she knows best…the natural world of trees and other living things.
The Creamery Exhibition Hall is open Mondays to Fridays, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and entrance is free. The First Friday Art Walk reception is also free and open to the public. For more information, contact Springfield Regional Arts Council, 417-862-ARTS(2787) or go to www.SpringfieldArts.org.