Speaker: Jean Cross
Thursday, September 12th, 6:30 pm
Jean began working on art projects with her father as a young child and continued taking art classes in elementary and high school. She went on to get her BA in Art from California Lutheran University. Her love of sewing began in the Brownies at age 9 and continues to today.
Jean began her own custom art business in 1979 creating fabric wall hangings for churches, homes and businesses all over the US and five other countries. In 1993 she designed the sets, costumes and church decor for the Christmas production at Calvary Community Church in Southern California. This production was attended by 15,000 people.
In 2001 Jean was the first woman sculptor hired at Gladding McBean Clay products in Lincoln, CA and worked on pieces of architectural terra cotta for buildings all over the United States. She was a partner at The Place! Gallery in Lincoln and has done interior decoration for many homes, 6 murals in the Downtown Lincoln Art Walk and murals and the decor at Buonarroti’s Ristorante in Lincoln. Jean was a founding member of the Art League of Lincoln serving 7 years on the board as Vice President and President.
Jean and her family have lived in Lincoln since 2000 and she has volunteered at the Chamber of Commerce and the Lincoln Area Archives. She has also served on the board of the Downtown Lincoln Association and the Lincoln Public Art Committee. She has been a member of the Sew What Wearable Art group for 13 years. The sewing group meets the second Wednesday of each month at the Sylvan Community Center in Citrus Heights.