October 26, 2021

Otto Dingeldein

The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri annually presents the Otto F. Dingeldein Award. Dingeldein was a longtime Cape Girardeau silversmith and founder of the Arts Council.

Published June 29, 1986. During the next week many Americans will focus their attention on the Statue of Liberty, which has welcomed immigrants through the New York harbor for 100 years. After being vandalized, Cape Girardeau's replica of the Statue of Liberty at Freedom Corner, Broadway and North West End Boulevard, was restored by Otto Dingeldein's metalsmith shop. On Page 6 of today's Southeast Missourian, Dingeldein discusses his immigration to America, his first thoughts of this country, and his understanding of liberty and freedom since becoming a citizen in 1952.

Feb. 28, 1973. Unpublished.

Published June 29, 1986. Otto Dingeldein recalls his first days in America.

Published June 29, 1986. Dingeldein poses with one of his sculptures.

Published April 7, 1975. Otto F. Dingeldein, longtime Cape Girardeau metalsmith, stands at left waiting to receive the first annual Otto F. Dingeldein Award sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Council on the Arts. The initial award, a copper sculpture of three doves symbolizing local interest in the arts, is held by Carroll Snead, chairman of the fifth annual Regional Crafts Fair which attracted about 5,500 visitors over the weekend. The award was presented to Mr. Dingeldein on Sunday by Mrs. Emily Rice, right, executive director of the Missouri State Council on the Arts.

Published Feb. 28, 1973. Otto F. Dingeldein, a founder of the Cape Girardeau Christian Arts Council and a prime promoter of the city's cultural life, stands in his basement workshop at 825 S. Ellis St.

Published Feb. 28, 1973. Dingeldein, who began his career as a metalsmith in Germany at the age of 16, is pictured working on a silver neck piece containing rhodinite stones. He has been in Cape Girardeau 13 years.

Feb. 28, 1973. Unpublished.

Published Feb. 28, 1973. Diingeldein hammers out, with a delicate touch, a gold communion chalice for a church. The longtime metal craftsman creates a variety of objects for churches, from large processional crosses to communion service sets. Metal working is one of the crafts offered by the Christian Arts Council, of which he is president.

Feb. 28, 1973. Unpublished.

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The Arts Council of Southeast Missouri annually presents the Otto F. Dingeldein Award. Dingeldein was a longtime Cape Girardeau silversmith and founder of the Arts Council.

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