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Spotlight: Banners showcase art of the late Peggy Heddleson

Posted at 9:11 am June 8, 2014
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Peggy Heddleson

Peggy Heddleson

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“Peggy Heddleson Banners: A Celebration of Poetry in Felt,” a special proclaiming event honoring the memory of the late Margaret “Peggy” Thompson Heddleson, will be held from 2-4 p.m., Sunday, June 8, in the fellowship hall at Grace Lutheran Church at 131 W. Gettysburg Ave. in Oak Ridge.

Heddleson, who died in 2009, achieved acclaim as an artist in ceramics, painting, and basket weaving, but her banners, made of felt cloth with words, were her crowning artistic achievement.

Many of her banners were gifted to Grace Church, where she was a longtime member. On display in the sanctuary and the fellowship hall, they carry a message of faith and healing. Also on display for this event will be additional banners loaned by Peg’s daughter, Tina Armstrong. Many of the loaned banners deal with domestic violence and rape, topics with which Heddleson had some familiarity both from her own life and the stories many women shared with her as she traveled, giving “banner talks” advocating for battered women to church and civic groups. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Churches, Community, Entertainment, Honors and Spotlight Tagged With: Annie Long, artist, banners, Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, felt cloth, Foothills Craft Guild, Grace Lutheran Chuch, Janie Hiserote, Let the Inner Voice Speak, Margaret "Peggy" Thompson Heddleson, Peggy Heddleson, Tennessee Women of Vision and Courage, Tina Armstrong

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