During the 2017-2018 academic year, Duane G. Meyer Library will host an exhibit of several large works of art by Dwaine Crigger. The Art and Design Department at Missouri State University is pleased to honor the memory and work of Dwaine Crigger, Professor Emeritus at MSU, and his wife Judy Crigger, long-time residents of the Rountree neighborhood. These instances of Dwaine’s work that remained in his possession at the time of their passing are available for sale to support a scholarship for Art and Design students founded in Dwaine and Judy’s honor by their children.

In a Springfield News-Leader article about the couple, who died unexpectedly from carbon monoxide poisoning in their home, former Mayor Bob Stephens admired both Dwaine’s artistic style and his demeanor. “Stephens said he’d always been amazed by what he called Dwaine’s “whimsical” style of his sculptures, which matched his dry sense of humor.” Nick Nelson, Director of the Springfield Art Museum, noted that Crigger was “generous with his time and expertise.” “He was a real presence in the art community,” Nelson said. Recently he’d helped organize Sculpture Walk Springfield.