Commun ty Matters Manor of the Plains
February 2016
Art is Ageless® exhibit and reception features senior and local artists Since the beginning of time, creative expression has brought joy to both its creators and those who experience their art. The Art is Ageless® program offers senior artists the opportunity to share and display their artwork and reaffirms the agelessness of human creativity. Some have resumed art after putting it aside for a career, others have been creating beautiful pieces throughout their lives, and others never picked up a brush until after they retired, but all are now expressing themselves through art. In March, their works will be on display at Manor of the Plains. “It’s inspiring to see the beautiful pieces these seniors have created,” said Kurt Lampe, marketing director. “The joy it brings to them and others is wonderful, and that’s something we want to celebrate and share with the entire Dodge City community.” The Art is Ageless exhibit will feature ART IS AGELESS continued on page 2
Louise Feldt and Nola Vice pose with one of Louise’s many quilts.
Longtime seamstress stitching again Louise Feldt has been sewing all her life. However, over the past year she seemed to spend more time in the hospital and rehab than at her sewing machine. After having a knee replacement last summer, she fractured first one hip, then the other. But by the end of the year, Louise was quilting again. “It’s something I can do,” she said. “I have good hands, and I can do it by myself.” Louise has gotten a hand from her friend Nola Vice (“the best one I have,” Louise says), who held on to some of her unfinished projects when Louise moved to Manor of the Plains last year. Both ladies are longtime members of Miss Kitty’s Quilt Guild. Louise, a mother of seven, made most of her three daughters’ clothes while they were growing up. She herself grew up on a farm in Park, Kan., and first started learning to sew when she was 5 years old. After moving to Dodge City, Louise did alterations for more than 30 SEAMSTRESS, continued on page 4