Springfield Regional Arts Council

Creamery to feature textile/fiber art exhibit

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Janice Brueggemann will be the featured artist at the Creamery Arts Center for the month of July. The artist has recently returned to the U.S.A. from a three-year hiatus in London, England where she studied textile arts at City and Guilds. Last July, Bruggemann¹s work was exhibited in London and pieces from that show were then chosen for a traveling exhibit which visited Birmingham and York. Her work features a lot of texture and bold, saturated colors. This series, called "Riches of Stitches," focuses on plowed fields and lines of the earth.

Rounding out the show will be needlework by Reeds Spring resident Linda Crist who has created both needlepoint and counted cross-stitch artwork from kits over the last 18 years. She feels that computer technology has given this medium a true-to-life simulation of photos, paintings, and stained-glass windows. Crist believes that the needle arts provide the artist an outlet for relaxation, self-expression and unique gift-giving. She will also be exhibiting a feather-enhanced oil painting purchased from a vendor on the Great Wall of China as well as a silk embroidery depicting a scene from the town of Suzhou, China which she acquired during a recent visit to China.

The show will be up through July 29th and the public is invited to come by the Creamery Arts Center for the opening Friday night, July 4th, 6:00pm to 9:00pm or any weekday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. The Creamery is located across from Hammons Field in Jordan Valley Park. For further information, call the Springfield Regional Arts Council, 417-862-ARTS(2787).