FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — An exhibit of traditional and art quilts in the Clyde Wells Fine Arts Center Gallery at Tarleton State University features the work of area quilters, the Dublin Rippers.

The exhibit runs through Aug. 20. Admission is free.

The Rippers began as a weekly bee, where friends gathered to work on their projects and talk. The pandemic stopped the meetings for over a year, which halted most of the talking, but not the making.

Longtime quilter Hazel Ashcraft concentrates on quilted home decor. Peggy DeLaVergne’s quilts were featured in the Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas, Vol. 12, 2015-2016. Suzann Thompson specializes in crochet and knitting, and began incorporating those crafts into wall quilts in the 1990s. Her work was featured in the Langdon Review of the Arts in Texas, Vol. 14, 2017-2018.

Elaine Fields Smith created a music-themed quilt to raise funds for the Stephenville Music Club. Raffle tickets will be available at the opening reception July 29.

The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

A founding member of The Texas A&M System, Tarleton State is breaking records — in enrollment, research, scholarship, athletics, philanthropy and engagement — while transforming the lives of nearly 17,000 students in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Bryan and online. True to Tarleton’s values of excellence, integrity and respect, academic programs emphasize real world learning and address regional, state and national needs.