Rebecca Ringquist ’00

When textile artist Rebecca Ringquist ’00 was invited to organize Chicagoans to embroider ribbons for the White House Blue Room Christmas tree, it started an odyssey that ended in the White House and taping for “The Oprah Show.” “I had no idea when I started the project that I would end up at the White House hanging ornaments and eating oysters at a reception hosted by the First Lady,” Ringquist said. “It was an all-around amazing experience.” She is an adjunct assistant professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, is director of textiles at Lillstreet Art Center, and shows her work regularly around the country. This summer she’s teaching workshops at Haystack in Maine and Ox-Bow in Michigan.