March Lobby Artist: Stephanie Leisering

The work of fiber and collage artist Stephanie Leisering will be featured throughout the month of March in the Town Square Lobby Gallery, with an artist reception on Friday, March 4 from 5 to 6 p.m.

Leisering uses various mediums in her work including fiber, acrylic paintings, collages and mixed media. She was taught at a young age to express her creativity through collages made from magazine clippings.  

“I have always continued with that idea in my art, of layering and adhering multiple layers together either by means of gluing or sewing them together,” she says. “Currently I have been experimenting with modern quilting and art quilts which, to me, can be more like a fabric collage and then you can also ‘draw with thread.’”

Leisering finds inspiration at thrift stores, art supply stores and quilt shops as well as images from 1980’s and ‘90s popular culture. “Some of my works may have images from cut-up or salvaged magazines, toys, t-shirts, books, and objects that I had or even may have wanted as a child growing up,” she says. 

The Illinois native studied sculpture and painting at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley and earned her BFA from The Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Leisering is currently a member of The Modern Quilt Guild and a member of The Fond du lac Artists Association. 

Town Square Community Center is devoted to showcasing local artists, and the Lobby Gallery is Green Lake’s popular showcase for the latest works of the area’s most outstanding artists.