Whether you want to make your own art or explore local artistic constructs, look no further.
Instructional crafting sessions and information on local artistic events can be found at the Crisp Museum. View the activities and lectures offered through the museum and enroll in a class today.
Activities, Workshops, Presentations and Demos
Museum program details are included below. Some activities have pre-registration, age limits, and possible fees. If you can't find your answer, please call (573) 651-2260 or email museum@semo.edu to speak with a person or leave a message.
9 a.m.-3 p.m. / free, drop-in / bring your supplies
Bring your fabric and supplies to socialize with others as you make progress on your piece. For any fiber workers, spinning, felting, embroidery, or cross-stitch, bring your sewing machine and supplies if needed. Table space is provided with an electricity connection.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Art for Adults
9 a.m.-Noon or 2 p.m.-close
University Community is Free / Public $5 class or $100 year
Preregister online Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Making art is a fun way to express your creativity with various mediums. This is a small group and if you have no experience, this is the place to start. Participants may work with the topics they like or get ideas from others in the group to gain experience in painting, drawing, collage, etc. Stencil image shapes quickly, learn to see values of color, temperature, perspective, and types of edges, and use color theory to mix the colors you need. If you are already a creator and want a positive environment and good company, you've found it. Crisp Museum has many supplies, but participants may also bring their own. Mini lessons will be facilitated by Ellen Flentge, curator of education.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Plastic Model Vehicle Building Demos
June 8, 15, 22, 29
1-4 p.m.
Free / drop-in / all ages
Stop in and watch the progression of plastic vehicle models being assembled as demos on Saturdays during June. The demo models that will be built include a 1:25 scale of a 1964 Chevy Fleetside Pickup and a 1:48 scale of a P-38J Lightning Airplane. The completed models of a 1:25 scale 1934 Ford Pickup, a 1:25 scale 1961 Chevy Custom Pickup, and others will also be displayed.
June 8: Unpack and Prep
June 15: Basic Assembly
June 22: Painting
June 29: Finishing Details
The public may bring their kit to build. This event is free and open to the public of all ages. No sign-up is required.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 or Email gtyler@semo.edu or jmphillips@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Sewing Cross-Body Bags
June 14, 21, and 28
Preregistration, online pattern purchase, and supplies are required.
Preregister online by selecting "Enroll in Class" and choosing a start time of 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., or 2 p.m.
Note: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Participants will sew and complete at least one cross-body bag using the Charlie Sling Bag pattern with guidance from Ellen Flentge. The bags make great gifts and can be stylized to have a motif such as sporty, bohemian, western, animals, music, pop culture, etc. Examples will be shown. Specific supplies are dependent on the bag style. Bring your sewing machine or borrow a loaner.
Each Friday through the year, you may drop in the museum to Stitch at Crisp. Socialize and share your creative efforts with like-minded makers.
Crisp Museum is located inside the Cultural Arts Center of Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus at 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, MO.
Questions: Email museum@semo.edu or call (573) 651-2260.
9 a.m.-Noon or 2 p.m.-close
University Community is Free / Public $5 class or $100 year
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Making art is a fun way to express your creativity with various mediums. This is a small group and if you have no experience, this is the place to start. Participants may work with the topics they like or get ideas from others in the group to gain experience in painting, drawing, collage, etc. Stencil image shapes quickly, learn to see values of color, temperature, perspective, and types of edges, and use color theory to mix the colors you need. If you are already a creator and want a positive environment and good company, you've found it. Crisp Museum has many supplies, but participants may also bring their own. Mini lessons will be facilitated by Ellen Flentge, curator of education.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
9 a.m.-3 p.m. / free, drop-in / bring your supplies
Bring your fabric and supplies to socialize with others as you make progress on your piece. For any fiber workers, spinning, felting, embroidery, or cross-stitch, bring your sewing machine and supplies if needed. Table space is provided with an electricity connection.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Crisp Museum is open late 4-8 p.m. on select first Fridays for the Art Walk where patrons visit multiple art venues.
This is free for all ages and some locations provide refreshments.
Enjoy the new exhibits with your friends and family, socialize, soak in the culture, and appreciate the arts. Many artworks are for sale.
Open late 4-8 p.m. July 5 Selections from the Permanent Collection
Closing July 14
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Hand Puppet: Fire Breathing Dragon
July 5
4-8 p.m.
free while supplies last / drop-in / all ages
This is the year of the dragon. Build a hand puppet base and use your creativity to add colorful skin, jaws, eyes, and horns, from abstract painted papers and felt or foam sheets.
Crisp Museum is located inside the Cultural Arts Center of Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus at 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, MO.
Questions: Email museum@semo.edu or call (573) 651-2260.
"Making Amazing Faces" Presentation by Ellen Flentge
July 10
9 a.m. or 1 p.m.
Limited Seating and Preregistration is Required / $5 Fee
Preregister online by selecting "Enroll in Class" and choosing a start time or drop in the museum to pay with cash or check.
"Faces have many observable details. Once you are shown the differences occurring in eyes, noses, mouths, and heads, you'll be much more aware of these nuances, and you can improve your ability to capture a person's likeness," Flentge says. "Anyone wishing to become more proficient in making faces, no matter what artistic media they are using, could gain a lot of insight from this presentation."
Creating the likeness of a person can start with a simple fifteen-minute line and shape drawing, and then, become a more complex work depicting concave and convex surfaces made of light and shadow. Showing skin folds, lines, and texture with shading adds character to your subject.
"Making Amazing Faces" will be a 90-minute presentation by Ellen Flentge. Attendees will be looking in a mirror and or observing others as she covers size, shape, angle, and comparison of placement between features. A book on face details for each attendee will be available for use during her presentation.
Crisp Museum is located inside the Cultural Arts Center of Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus at 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, MO.
Questions: Email museum@semo.edu or call (573) 651-2260.
Paint Night: Meadow Sunrise
July 11
6-9 p.m.
free for university community / $10 fee for public / ages 12+ / supplies provided
Preregister online each person and date are to be entered separately or pay and preregister in person.
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum. University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Participants can choose to paint from a picture they select with a meadow theme or follow step-by-step instructions to complete their artwork of a sunrise treeline and illuminated meadow flowers with guidance from Ellen Flentge. All supplies are provided.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
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Coptic Stitch Bookbinding
July 19
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
free for university community / $10 fee for public/ages 12+ / supplies provided
Preregister online or pay and preregister in person. Each person is to be entered separately. Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum. University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
This binding structure is perfect for creating unique sketchbooks and journals that artists and writers love because the book opens perfectly flat and features beautiful stitching along the spine. The binding can be made with straight stitches or by stitches that create a design.
In this class, participants will learn Coptic stitch and long stitch processes. Hard book covers will be covered by hand with paper or cloth before paper signatures are stitched in place. Another option will be using suede leather as the cover.
Book boards, needles, some waxed threads, and suede leather will be supplied. Bring your decorative exterior and endpapers or fabrics and embellishments.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Fantasy Art Landscape
July 23 and 30
9 a.m. or 1 p.m.
Free / Preregistration Required / Ages 9+
Preregister online each person and date are to be entered separately or pay and preregister in person.
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum. University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Make a fantasy landscape that shows depth and mystery in a colorful world no one has ever imagined, before you! Participants will use easy steps that build on one another to create layers using watercolors, chalk pastels, acrylics, or a combination. Decide what characters call your world home, people, dragons, fairies, and more. Or the elements such as rocks, trees, mountains, or water, could be alive with magical properties.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
9 a.m.-Noon or 2 p.m.-close
University Community is Free / Public $5 class or $100 year
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Making art is a fun way to express your creativity with various mediums. This is a small group and if you have no experience, this is the place to start. Participants may work with the topics they like or get ideas from others in the group to gain experience in painting, drawing, collage, etc. Stencil image shapes quickly, learn to see values of color, temperature, perspective, and types of edges, and use color theory to mix the colors you need. If you are already a creator and want a positive environment and good company, you've found it. Crisp Museum has many supplies, but participants may also bring their own. Mini lessons will be facilitated by Ellen Flentge, curator of education.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
August 2
4-5 p.m.
Live and taxidermized animals will be at Crisp Museum 4-5 p.m. on August 2 to appreciate our wildlife and kick off the beautiful photography exhibition Thomas Mangelsen - A Life in the Wild, Part 1.
The Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center will have a discovery table to explore publications for Missouri native animals and stuffed animals. Live animals will be handled by naturalist, Brandon Viera.
Crisp Museum is located inside the Cultural Arts Center at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus at 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, MO
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email: museum@semo.edu
Chalk Drawing: Life in the Wild
August 2
4-8 p.m.
free / drop in / all ages
Hey grown ups, interact with your youth in "Chalk Drawing: Life in the Wild" at Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum 4-8 p.m. on August 2.
Interact with art at our special chalk drawings that will have you acting like wild animals at River Campus.
Chalk drawing is for all ages. It helps little ones with motor skills and is quick to bring about viewers' cheerful responses. Easy, quick versions can be of one wild animal. More detailed versions, could incorporate a more detailed aminal or multiple animals or elements of their environment. This is purely for fun to kick off Crisp Museum's amazing photography exhibit.
"Thomas Mangelsen - A Life in the Wild, Part 1" by American nature photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen, will be on display August 2-September 30. Viewers will see vast, colorful, scenic vistas, animal families, and striking close-ups in a large photo format that has used no digital manipulation.
All photographs are copyrighted ©.
Thomas D. Mangelsen - A Life in the Wild
Produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C.
David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator/Tour Director
Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
This is free for all ages and some locations provide refreshments.
Enjoy the new exhibits with your friends and family, socialize, soak in the culture, and appreciate the arts. Many artworks are for sale.
Open late 4-8 p.m. August 2 with two art exhibitions to view.
Thomas Mangelsen - A Life in the Wild, Part 1
August 2, - September 30, 2024
American nature photographer Thomas D. Mangelsen has traveled across every continent in the past five decades capturing wildlife in their natural and sometimes hostile habitat. Viewers will see vast, colorful, scenic vistas, animal families, and striking close-ups in a large photo format that has used no digital manipulation. Mangelson uses a Nikon D5 and a Nikon D610 camera.
All photographs are copyrighted ©.
Thomas D. Mangelsen - A Life in the Wild
Produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C.
David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator/Tour Director
Lexie Millikan: Abracadabra
August 1 - September 30, 2024
Reception: August 2, 4-8 p.m.
Millikan is exploring the identity that is wrapped up in our everyday textiles, and deconstructing in order to reconstruct them into something that she can make sense of. From long-term collaborative installations, performative mending workshops, and traditional processes like quilting, she is working through ideas of identity, care, and labor.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Art for Adults
9 a.m.-Noon or 2 p.m.-close
University Community is Free / Public $5 class or $100 year
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Making art is a fun way to express your creativity with various mediums. This is a small group and if you have no experience, this is the place to start. Participants may work with the topics they like or get ideas from others in the group to gain experience in painting, drawing, collage, etc. Stencil image shapes quickly, learn to see values of color, temperature, perspective, and types of edges, and use color theory to mix the colors you need. If you are already a creator and want a positive environment and good company, you've found it. Crisp Museum has many supplies, but participants may also bring their own. Mini lessons will be facilitated by Ellen Flentge, curator of education.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Welcome Back HCAM Picnic
August 17
Holland College of Arts and Media hosts an afternoon with activities, music, and a picnic for new and returning SEMO students/personnel.
Drop by Crisp Museum to view Thomas Mangelsen - A Live in the Wild, Part 1.
Hawaiian Ice Social
August 19 and 20
9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
free / drop-in
Welcome SEMO Freshmen and returning students! For a cool treat, stop by for a free Hawaiin Ice and a photo opportunity with props at Crisp Museum.
Crisp Museum is located inside the Cultural Arts Center at Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus, 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, MO.
Sling Bag: H2O 2GO
August 23 and 30
sewing / schedule your start time at registration/pattern purchase required / ages 12+
Preregistration, online pattern purchase, and supplies are required. Select your start time at sign-up 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., or 2 p.m.
Preregister online by selecting "Enroll in Class" and choosing a start time.
Note: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Make a new sling for toting your thermos. Participants will sew and complete the H2O 2GO pattern that holds their thermos hands free, with guidance from Ellen Flentge. The bags make great gifts and can be stylized to have a motif such as sporty, bohemian, western, animals, music, pop culture, etc. Examples will be shown. The supply list is with the pattern. Bring your sewing machine or borrow a loaner.
Each Friday through the year, you may drop in the museum to Stitch at Crisp. Socialize and share your creative efforts with like-minded makers.
Crisp Museum is located inside the Cultural Arts Center of Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus at 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, MO.
Questions: Email museum@semo.edu or call (573) 651-2260.
Open House at Crisp Museum
August 24
1-4 p.m.
free/open to the public/drop in
Come join us for a fun afternoon. Participate in a sidewalk chalk contest (with a grand prize), a River Campus scavenger hunt, and other various activities. Bring a friend and make new friends at Crisp Museum's open house.
Crisp Museum is located inside the Cultural Arts Center of Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus at 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, MO.
Questions: Email museum@semo.edu or call (573) 651-2260
August 29
6-9 p.m.
University Community is Free / Public $5 class or $100 year
Email museum@semo.edu or call (573) 651-2260 with questions.
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center, 518 South Fountain Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
9 a.m.-Noon or 2 p.m.-close
University Community is Free / Public $5 class or $100 year
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Making art is a fun way to express your creativity with various mediums. This is a small group and if you have no experience, this is the place to start. Participants may work with the topics they like or get ideas from others in the group to gain experience in painting, drawing, collage, etc. Stencil image shapes quickly, learn to see values of color, temperature, perspective, and types of edges, and use color theory to mix the colors you need. If you are already a creator and want a positive environment and good company, you've found it. Crisp Museum has many supplies, but participants may also bring their own. Mini lessons will be facilitated by Ellen Flentge, curator of education.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
free, drop-in / bring your supplies
Bring your fabric and supplies to socialize with others as you make progress on your piece. For any fiber workers, spinning, felting, embroidery, or cross-stitch, bring your sewing machine and supplies if needed. Table space is provided with an electricity connection.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Intermediate (experience in any painting medium) to advanced / ages 15+ / limited seating
Preregister online by September 1 by selecting "Enroll in Class" and following the prompts. Note: A $30 Fee may be paid online with a card or prepay in person with cash or check. After registration, participants will receive a supply list. Some supplies will be provided.
Morrison is a prolific painter with experience in oil, pastel, and watercolor. Painting since the age of 10, she discovered her passion for plein air painting a decade ago. Her works are noticed by peers and have been selected by judges in competitions.
Questions: Email museum@semo.edu or call (573) 651-2260
Crisp Museum is open late 4-8 p.m. on select first Fridays for the Art Walk where patrons visit multiple art venues.
This is free for all ages and some locations provide refreshments.
Enjoy the new exhibits with your friends and family, socialize, soak in the culture, and appreciate the arts. Many artworks are for sale.
October 4 / 4-8 p.m. / Two Fine Art Exhibitions to view:
Reception Lexie Millican: Abracadabra through September 30, 2024
September 6 Thomas Mangelsen - A Life in the Wild, Part 1
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Fall Trivia Night at Crisp Museum (for University students/personnel only)
September 9
7-9 p.m.
Do you enjoy trivia and a challenge? Get together a team of 6 friends for a night of trivia. Test how well you and your friends know about SEMO, movies, general knowledge, etc. Limit of 6 teams.
When enrolling online, select your team number. Each person must individually enter.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 or Email Gary Tyler: gtyler@semo.edu
The picture will include a western theme such as boots, rope, a bandana, horses, and a pasture. All of the supplies will be provided.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 or Email museum@semo.edu
T-Shirt Quilt Tutorial at Crisp Museum
September 13
10-11 a.m. / 1-2 p.m. / 4-5 p.m.
All ages / Free
T-shirts are a part of a person's life story. Learn what it takes to create a T-shirt quilt by attending this live tutorial demonstration. Layout styles can vary from a simple grid with the same size T-shirt blocks to off-set designs incorporating various-sized T-shirts. Whether you use thin or thick, heavy or light fabric, it all depends on your preference. Maybe you like to see texture with frayed or hand-tied seams. Examples will be on hand for a close look. museum@semo.edu
Questions: (573) 651-2260 EmailThe T-shirt Quilt Tutorial is offered at 3 times: 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4 p.m. It is free and open to all ages. No registration is required.
Crisp Museum offers Stitch at Crisp on Fridays. Bring your supplies and create in our space. Tables and electricity are provided.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Chainmail Workshop
September 19
1-4 p.m.
ages 14+ / free / preregister by Sept. 14
The Rosemary Berkel and Harry L. Crisp II Museum at Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus is hosting a Chain Mail workshop from 1-4 p.m., Sept.19.
This event is free for ages 14 and older and is open to the public. Supplies will be provided. Registration is due by Sept. 14. Class size will be capped at 16 participants. Free and open to the public.
During the workshop, participants will learn the basics of making chain mail, a type of armor consisting of metal rings linked to form a mesh.
Participants will learn how to cut loops from wire and assemble the loops to create the four-in-one pattern technique. By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with a small 4–6-inch chainmail sample they can build on and create more pieces from at home.
Preregister online, click "Enroll in Class" and follow the prompts. Select pay later, but you won't.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 or Email Jim Phillips: jmphillips@semo.edu
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center, 518 South Fountain Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
RPG Mini Figure Painting (for University students/personnel only)
September 21 and 28
1-4 p.m. / Free / Registration is required due to limited seating
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: At registration, select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Receive one free RPG character to paint.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 or Email Gary Tyler: gtyler@semo.edu
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center, 518 South Fountain Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Role Playing Games at Crisp Museum (for University students/personnel only)
September 22 and 29
1-4 p.m. / Free / Registration is required due to limited seating
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: At registration, select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Use Saturday's character that was created to play the role-playing game.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 or Email Gary Tyler: gtyler@semo.edu
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center, 518 South Fountain Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Holland College of Arts and Media (HCAM)
will host an Open House
More info to come, check back later.
9 a.m.-Noon or 2 p.m.-close Tuesdays or Wednesdays
University Community is Free / Public $5 class or $100 year
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Making art is a fun way to express your creativity with various mediums. This is a small group and if you have no experience, this is the place to start. Participants may work with the topics they like or get ideas from others in the group to gain experience in painting, drawing, collage, etc. Stencil image shapes quickly, learn to see values of color, temperature, perspective, and types of edges, and use color theory to mix the colors you need. If you are already a creator and want a positive environment and good company, you've found it. Crisp Museum has many supplies, but participants may also bring their own. Mini lessons will be facilitated by Ellen Flentge, curator of education.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
9 a.m.-3 p.m. / free, drop-in / bring your supplies
Bring your fabric and supplies to socialize with others as you make progress on your piece. For any fiber workers, spinning, felting, embroidery, or cross-stitch, bring your sewing machine and supplies if needed. Table space is provided with an electricity connection.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
October 1-31
During open hours
Crisp Museum is haunted! How many ghosts can you find?
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Crisp Museum is open late 4-8 p.m. on select first Fridays for the Art Walk where patrons visit multiple art venues.
This is free for all ages and some locations provide refreshments.
Enjoy the new exhibits with your friends and family, socialize, soak in the culture, and appreciate the arts. Many artworks are for sale.
October 4 / 4-8 p.m. / Two Fine Art Exhibitions to view:
Reception Gain of Function: New Mutation through November 25, 2024
Meet the Artist, Emily Denlinger.
Reception Thomas Mangelsen: A Life in the Wild, Part 2 through November 26, 2024
A continuation of Mangelsen’s large-format photographic journey, featuring bold wildlife encounters and dramatic landscapes. Mangelsen intends to elevate public awareness about the global poaching crisis, animal extinction, and circumstances of climate change through his stimulating imagery that makes you realize we all share this planet, even though many choose to never go into the wild.
60 Minutes interview by Anderson Cooper with Thomas D. Manngelsen aired May 6, 2018
MAHB Blog July 20, 2017, by Todd Wilkinson: The Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB, pronounced “mob”) is a meeting place for global civil society — citizens concerned with the interconnections among the greatest threats to human well-being: this is the human predicament. Please visit the "MAHB Arts Community" to share and reflect on how art can promote critical changes in behavior and systems. An initiative of Stanford University,
bringing the best science to civil society.
Wilkinson collaborated with Mangelsen on the book Grizzlies of Pilgrim Creek, An Intimate Portrait of 399, the Most Famous Bear of Greater Yellowstone which won a 2016 High Plains Book Award.
View the entire Mangelsen portfolio online
Financial assistance for this project has been provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
All photographs are copyrighted ©.
Thomas D. Mangelsen - A Life in the Wild
Produced by David J. Wagner, L.L.C.
David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator/Tour Director
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Fall Themed Putz Houses
October 5 and 6
1-4 p.m.
$5 fee / ages 12+ / limited seating
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
Putz houses are small, intricately detailed buildings traditionally made from cardboard, paper, and glitter, originating from Germany in the early 1900s. They were often used as Christmas decorations. Today, they are still popular and can be found year around various styles, from vintage to traditional. Houses can be as unique and detailed as you care to make. Supplies to start your base and house will be provided. Participants may bring things gathered in nature, balsa wood, toothpicks, or tiny related toys.
Jeff Martin and Jeanna Nance, amateur putzers and members of a local group, will provide examples and demonstrate the first steps using a canvas board as the ground for a house. From that point on, you make all the decisions.
A display of Putz Houses will include a haunted house, a farmhouse, a church, a snowy house, and more to inspire participants.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Paint Night: Owl Friends
October 10
6-9 p.m.
Fee: $10 for public, Free for University community / Ages 11+
Preregister by October 8
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Colorful owl painting designs will be available to choose from or create your unique scene. How will it look - close up, far away, moonlit night sky, colorful sunset, patterns and designs, cheery or mysterious? Include as many owls as you like. The art is made on a canvas with acrylic paint. All of the supplies will be provided.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 or Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Mini Skull Halloween Decor
October 12 or 13
1-4 p.m.
Free / Enroll in one day only / ages 10+
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: at Enrollment, select pay later, but you really won't.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 or Email Gary Tyler: gtyler@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Sewing Workshop
October 15
8 a.m.-5 p.m.
A fee is required, and a supply list will be given after enrollment.
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
Crisp Museum is partnering with River Heritage Quilters' Guild to host a fun workshop where you can learn a new sewing skill and use your creativity with fabric. The teaching artist will be announced soon. Please check back for details.
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center, 518 South Fountain Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Halloween at Crisp Museum
October 26 / 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
October 27 / 1-4 p.m.
October 31 / 4-7 p.m.
Free / Open to the public
Halloween at Crisp Museum is a family tradition weekend adventure. Come and join in the family fun of making a misfit rag monster, painting a wooden pumpkin or tombstone, or taking the scavenger hunt challenge on October 26, 28, 29, and 31.
On October 31, Trick or Treat HERE IN YOUR COSTUME!
Complete the scavenger hunt for a chance to win the candy in the cauldron, with the winner selected at 7 p.m. (winner does not need to be present)
Bring your pumpkin and use the museum's tools that will be provided to create your jack-o-lantern. This is a family event for all ages.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
9 a.m.-Noon or 2 p.m.-close Tuesdays or Wednesdays
University Community is Free / Public $5 class or $100 year
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
University community registration: select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Making art is a fun way to express your creativity with various mediums. This is a small group and if you have no experience, this is the place to start. Participants may work with the topics they like or get ideas from others in the group to gain experience in painting, drawing, collage, etc. Stencil image shapes quickly, learn to see values of color, temperature, perspective, and types of edges, and use color theory to mix the colors you need. If you are already a creator and want a positive environment and good company, you've found it. Crisp Museum has many supplies, but participants may also bring their own. Mini lessons will be facilitated by Ellen Flentge, curator of education.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Painting with Farley Lewis: Poetic Landscapes
November 1 and 2
8 a.m.-3 p.m. / ages 16+ / Limited Seating
Farley Lewis brings a fun and creative approach to painting landscapes. He unpacks the principles of painting and the mindsets that help you be more bold and expressive. His simple, relaxed approach to teaching is informative, refreshing, and easy to remember.
Farley Lewis Website
Questions: Email museum@semo.edu or call (573) 651-2260
November 1
4-8 p.m.
free / drop-in
During the Art Walk, patrons visit multiple art venues.
This is free for all ages and some locations provide refreshments.
Enjoy the new exhibits with your friends and family, socialize, soak in the culture, and appreciate the arts. Many artworks are for sale at various venues.
November 1 / Two Fine Art Exhibitions to view:
Gain of Function: New Mutation through November 25, 2024
Artwork by Emily Denlinger.
Thomas Mangelsen: A Life in the Wild, Part 2 through November 26, 2024
Open late 4-8 p.m.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
9 a.m.-3 p.m. / free, drop-in / bring your supplies
Bring your fabric and supplies to socialize with others as you make progress on your piece. For any fiber workers, spinning, felting, embroidery, or cross-stitch, bring your sewing machine and supplies if needed. Table space is provided with an electricity connection.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Crisp Museum Booth at Cape Comic Con
November 1-3
Drop in the Show Me Center / Requires entry fee
Show Me Center is located at 1333 N. Sprigg, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Finger Weaving Demonstration
November 9 and 10
1-4 p.m.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 or Email Jim Phillips: jmphillips@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Paint Night: Black Out Poetry Collage
November 14
6 p.m.
Fee: $10 for public, Free for University community / Ages 11+
Preregister by November 12 online
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
University community registration: select "pay later" (but you won't).
To come up with your very own black-out poetry, a page of text from a book, newspaper, or magazine will be the start. From there, you choose a word as your starting point. As you move forward through the text, here and there, progressively select other words to combine into phrases or sentences. Once it is suitable for you, you will cover the unneeded words with paint. You may add designs or layer various images to create your collage. Supplies will be provided.
Questions: (573) 651-2260
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Escape Room "Clue: Robbery at the Museum" for SEMO students/personnel
November 15, 16, 17, 23, 24 / A 90 Minute Game
Preregister online click Enroll in Class and select a date and team start time. Participants must be enrolled individually. Select "pay later" (but you really won't).
Enroll a team of up to 6 players for the Escape Room "Clue: Robbery at the Museum." This is a 90-minute Escape Room challenge. Difficulty: 3/5
It should have been simple-you were hired to steal six priceless exhibits from the museum then get out and get paid. But someone in your crew is a traitor! One of you already stole a target exhibit and replaced it with a fake one, and they triggered security to boot. You need to get out before the guards find you and figure out who betrayed you, what they stole, and where they hid it.
-description from the publisher's website
Game Times
11/15 6 p.m.
11/16 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m.
11/17 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
11/23 10 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m.
11/24 1 p.m., 2:30 p.m.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 or Email: Gary Tyler: gtyler@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
9 a.m.-Noon or 2 p.m.-close Tuesdays or Wednesdays
University Community is Free / Public $5 class or $100 year
Preregister online and click Enroll in Class
Note: Online payment requires a card. To pay by check or cash please visit the museum.
University community registration: select "pay later" (but you won't).
Making art is a fun way to express your creativity with various mediums. This is a small group and if you have no experience, this is the place to start. Participants may work with the topics they like or get ideas from others in the group to gain experience in painting, drawing, collage, etc. Stencil image shapes quickly, learn to see values of color, temperature, perspective, and types of edges, and use color theory to mix the colors you need. If you are already a creator and want a positive environment and good company, you've found it. Crisp Museum has many supplies, but participants may also bring their own. Mini lessons will be facilitated by Ellen Flentge, curator of education.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
9 a.m.-3 p.m. / free, drop-in / bring your supplies
Bring your fabric and supplies to socialize with others as you make progress on your piece. For any fiber workers, spinning, felting, embroidery, or cross-stitch, bring your sewing machine and supplies if needed. Table space is provided with an electricity connection.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Crisp Museum is open late 4-8 p.m. on select first Fridays for the Art Walk where patrons visit multiple art venues.
This is free for all ages and some locations provide refreshments.
Enjoy the new exhibits with your friends and family, socialize, soak in the culture, and appreciate the arts. Many artworks are for sale.
July 5 Selections from the Permanent Collection
Open late 4-8 p.m.
August 2 Selections from the Permanent Collection
Open late 4-8 p.m.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email museum@semo.edu
Map: 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63703
Crisp Museum is located inside Southeast Missouri State University’s River Campus Cultural Arts Center
Destress with Crafting (for SEMO students)
9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Drop in Crisp Museum to make use of supplies provided to get you creativity flowing and rest your mind from school requirements.
Crisp Museum is inside the Cultural Arts Center at River Campus, 518 S. Fountain St., Cape Girardeau, MO.
Questions: (573) 651-2260 Email: museum@semo.edu
River Campus
175 Cultural Arts Center
518 S. Fountain
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
Cape Girardeau, MO 63701