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Crisp museum features environmentally friendly exhibitsSAVANNA MAUE ONLINE EDITOR

Mother and son artists Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Neal Ambrose-Smith are featured in the current exhibit at Rosemary Ber-kel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum at Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus.

The Tribal Diversity exhibit has been in the planning stages for over a year now and is being shown through Jan. 27. Quick-to-See Smith and Ambrose-Smith presented their works and have both lectured and offered workshops at a printma-king conference at the River Cam-pus Nov. 1-3.

“Compared to the other ones [exhibits] that we have done, this one I think for me has a stronger connection with the artists because I had to work with them to put this exhibit together,” museum direc-tor and art instructor Peter Ngu-yen said.

Nguyen also said that he does not think the mother and son have wor-ked together very much and that it is rare to have an exhibit where they show their work together.

Quick-to-See Smith became interested in the environmental aspects of art at an early age. She accredits this to her father and her tribe. Ambrose-Smith also cares about the environment and has been teaching non-toxic printma-king for five years.

Quick-to-See Smith creates work addressing the myths of her ances-tors in the context of current issues facing American Indians while Ambrose-Smith often mixes tribal imagery and humor with current events and political issues.

“I would describe Neal’s work as more experimental. He’ll use many techniques, so I would describe them in the difference between the two. His work’s images to me are more contemporary and where as Jaune’s work is more traditional,” Nguyen said.

Many of Ambrose-Smith’s newer works incorporate elements of his past such as comic books while also using aspects from his Native Ame-rican heritages as well. Ambrose-Smith’s pieces are classified as various media but are mainly classi-fied as prints.

During the Smiths’ lecture last

Wednesday, Ambrose-Smith said he began painting at 22 months old. From the time his mother gave him some chocolate pudding to eat, his style of art has constantly been evolving.

Many of Ambrose-Smith’s earlier pieces centered around animals. From there he expanded his work to cover another aspect of his child-hood. Ambrose-Smith spoke about his 1966 Batman comic book that was the basis for one of his prints. Recently he has completed a few more pieces using different printing types to achieve different styles.

“Everything that I do is the com-plete opposite of what you are sup-posed to do in a professional print shop,” Ambrose-Smith said. “I break all of the traditional rules. I don’t use any newsprint; I put a shower cur-tain on the press bed because then I can just wipe it off. I’m not genera-ting waste, and I’m not using water and I’m just cleaning up with a dry rag if there’s any residuals.”

Quick-to-See Smith spoke about her son’s creativity saying, “My work is old fashioned compared to my son’s, who I consider to be cutting edge. My work is either a lithograph

or an etching, or it’s a wood cut because that’s the tradition that I came through.”

Quick-to-See Smith’s work addresses issues pertaining to the Native American experience, espe-cially what’s going on today. Ngu-yen said “even when we look at someone’s work we tend to look at what they’re focusing on, and even though they’re focusing just on spe-cific subject matter if we look at it more broadly it can be applied to other elements and issues.”

While lecturing Quick-To-See Smith said some of her main focu-ses are “humor, community and tribe. When we come together that is when America is the stron-gest. Nature and medicine are also together. Nature is our church; it is our place of worship. And medicine comes from the nature. Wisdom and knowledge are also for the elder people. We celebrate elders for their great wisdom.”

Quick-to-See Smith has had over 100 solo exhibits in the past 40 years and has done printmaking projects nationwide. During that time, she organized and/or cura-ted more than 30 Native American

exhibitions and lectured at more than 200 universities, museums and conferences internationally, most recently at five universities in China.

Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Fri-day and 1-4 p.m. on weekends.

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith discusses one of her pieces being shown in Crisp Museum. Photo by Savanna Maue

Disney Live! event brings classic characters to Show Me CenterANDREA GILS COPY EDITOR

Children and young-at-heart grown ups will be able to see Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy perform in Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival at Southeast Missouri State University.

There will be other special guests, inclu-ding Sebastian and Ursula from the Little Mermaid, Woody, Buzz and Jessie from Toy Story, and Aladdin, Jasmine and Genie from Aladdin.

Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival is a rock festival that includes singing, dancing, acting and storytelling.

Although the event is targeted to children and families, according to Show Me Cen-ter marketing director Joshua Hanlon, it is fun for people of all ages, and Disney shows have always been a success at the Show Me Center.

According to Nick Manna, who will per-form in the show as Buzz Lightyear from the Toy Story movies, the show is a rock concert for families, but families could be any age.

“My grandparents came to the show, and they loved it,” Nick Manna said. “And my young nieces came, and, of course, they loved it as well.”

Before performing in traveling shows, Manna danced in parades and shows at the Walt Disney Resort until 2010.

“I was ready for a new experience, a new adventure. ... This is taking Disney to new cities and new places,” Manna said.

Manna will rollerblade and dance in the opening number with Aladdin and will per-form the scene “Out of Space” portraying Buzz Lightyear. As a ritual before starting every show, Manna said he gives a big hug to

Mickey Mouse.“He’s our boss,” Manna said. “He truly is

such a rockstar, so it’s a nice hug like saying, ‘Have a great show, pal.’”

Manna said children can run to the front of the stage and give characters a high five at Mickey’s Music Festival, which is a brand new show that has not travelled through the U.S. before.

Manna has performed in different places, including Canada, Japan, Taiwan, the Philip-pines, Singapore, Australia and the U.S.

“I had a great experience in Australia, but honestly I’d say every country has been very welcoming to us,” Manna said. “I would recommend that if you had the opportunity, go travel overseas as much as you can. It’s a wonderful experience.”

Manna said he does not get bored in his job.

“Every city we travel to there is something new, a new experience,” Manna said. “Seeing families and children smile makes you love what you are doing.”

Calandra Jones-Jackson, a Southeast junior and mother of 2-year-old Cami-lle Moore, plans to take her daughter to the show. Jones-Jackson said her daughter wat-ches Disney Channel, plays games on the Internet that have to do with Disney and lis-tens to Disney Radio on Pandora.

“I like seeing her reactions because she gets so excited about seeing the characters,” Jones-Jackson said. “She doesn’t know they aren’t real characters, and she learns so much from them.”

Jones-Jackson said she thinks it is impor-tant for children to be exposed to Disney because they can learn so much from it.

“Sometimes as a parent you don’t know how to teach kids some things, and with

Disney, they learn from it more, they get more out of it,” Jones-Jackson said.

The show is 90 minutes long with a 15-minute intermission.

“I believe live theater is such a great tool, and I think it will truly change their lives,” Manna said.

Hanlon said he expects between 2,000 to 5,000 people to attend the show.

“If you have children, your kids will love you for taking them,” Hanlon said. “The audience will leave the Show Me Center with a smile.”

Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival will

begin at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Nov. 10 at the Show Me Center.

Tickets are $15, $23, $32 and $50, depen-ding on the seats’ proximity to the stage, and can be purchased online at www.showme-center.biz, at all Ticketmaster outlets or by calling 800-745-3000.

There is no student discount and children under 2 years old do not need to purchase a ticket.

There will be a $5 per vehicle charge and $10 for premium parking, both collected in the Show Me Center lots.

Nick Manna will play Buzz Lightyear in Disney Live! Mickey’s Music Festival Nov. 10 at the Show Me Center. Submitted photo

DISNEY LIVE! MICKEY’S MUSIC FESTIVAL TO INCLUDE CHARACTERS FROM DISNEY MOVIES AND SHOWS

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