December 1 – January 30, 2007

From Springfield, MO: Quilts

Opening Reception: Friday, December 1, 7-9 pm
Artist Talk: Friday, December 8, 6-7 pm

As long as she can remember, Springfield artist Pam RuBert has drawn cartoons. She used this passion to create paintings, illustrations, books, and cards along with video and computer animations. Recently she has started to translate her drawings into fabric. Fabric allows her to create colorful stories on a large scale, to play with the humor of pattern on pattern, and to add surprise elements such as buttons, zippers, and beads.

RuBert's inspirations are everyday things that she finds amusing. She entertains herself as she works- making up jokes, characters, and stories, and somehow combines all of it into the crazy striped, polka-dotted world of a creature she calls PaMdora. You can read about her art adventures at www.pamdora.com.

Pam RuBert was born in St. Louis and currently lives in Springfield. She and her artist husband, Russ RuBert, renovated an old 22,00 square foot peanut butter factory into an art studio where nowadays they spend most of their time creating works of art. Her work has been exhibited in multiple venues including the Oceanside Museum of Art, the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX, and the Husqvarna Viking Exhibition which is traveling to France, England, Denmark, Austria and Australia.