Drawings, paintings, handmade paper and jewelry created by John Ng will be featured in a special exhibition opening Monday, May 16, in the Wartburg College Bachman Fine Arts Center lobby. John Ng art

The exhibit work will be on display through Monday, May 30. A reception will be Wednesday, May 18, 5:30-7 p.m., in the lobby.

Ng, a 1985 Wartburg graduate, returned to Borneo to work as a designer for a local architectural firm, doing work for the Sarawak Museum and Society Atelier Sarawak. Learning more about the disappearing Borneo indigenous arts and crafts led him to become a full-time artist in 1996, focusing his work on handmade paper and jewelry.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. The exhibit is open during normal building hours.