education

Crisp Museum’s presents the 2nd Annual Halloween Scavenger Hunt.
Two different hunts will take place. The challenge is to search high and low and within the history gallery of the museum. One scavenger hunt is for kids age 12 and under, who will seek to find Scooby Doo items. Ages 13 to adult will seek to find Halloween items. A winner will be chosen for each hunt by a random drawing and they do not have to be present to win the cauldron of Halloween candy to be given for each hunt. Prize winners will be announced October 31st after 8pm.

Scavenger Hunt
Oct. 1-31, 2019
During open hours
Crisp Museum’s presents the 2nd Annual Halloween Scavenger Hunt.
Two different hunts will take place. The challenge is to search high and low and within the history gallery of the museum. One scavenger hunt is for kids age 12 and under, who will seek to find Scooby Doo items. Ages 13 to adult will seek to find Halloween items. A winner will be chosen for each hunt by a random drawing and they do not have to be present to win the cauldron of Halloween candy to be given each hunt. Prize winners will be announced October 31st after 8pm.

Fiber Arts Meet Up at Crisp Museum
Oct. 18, 2019, 1-3 p.m. Looking for a group to share your latest fiber arts project with? Bring your knitting, embroidery, felting, spinning, chocheting, book binding project to work on with a group of like minded individuals. All experience levels welcome. (Not a class/workshop, just a meet up.) Email edenlinger@semo.edu for more information.

Enjoy the search on our Halloween scavenger hunt, and get some candy while it lasts.

Leaves in Watercolor
November 1, 4 - 8 p.m.
November 2, 1-4 p.m.
Free and open to the public. Learn to use both positive and negative painting to create a colorful close up of fall leaves. Colors can be light and pastel like or continuously layered to become bold and bright. You can make it as simple as one leaf or a branch of leaves together.

Family Day: Folktales, Crafts and Music
Enjoy an afternoon of exchange, discovery and connection through folktales, crafts and traditional music from Appalachia to the Ozark Mountains.

Guest Musicians/Speakers
November 9, 2019 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Music performed by The Jumper Cables
The Jumper Cables are an acoustic string trio based in Cape Girardeau, MO. They play an eclectic blend of the Great American Song book; Hot Club Jazz, Cajun, Western Swing, Blues, Old Time Fiddle Tunes, Jazz & Country.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCsqvUzUEYo

November 9, 2019 at 12 p.m. James Irwin - Jesse James: The Man, The Myth, The Movie
Jesse James is an iconic figure in Missouri history. In this presentation, historian and author James Erwin describes how a farm boy, guerrilla, bank and train robber, and murderer became a political hero and nineteenth-century media star. In the twentieth century, Jesse James’s criminal past was excused or ignored in dozens of movies, serials, television shows, and songs, and he was transformed into a typical western hero. But as movies became more realistic, the portrayals of James became more nuanced and historically accurate. Erwin describes James’s life, legend, and movie “career” using photographs, movie posters, song and film clips.

November 9, 2019 at 2 p.m. Brooks Blevins - The Old Ozarks: The Mountains and Their Myths
The early history of the Ozark region is introduced through the lens of popularly held perceptions and myths of the region. It involves the presentation of these myths (or at least oversimplified perceptions) and then exposes them by revealing the real history behind the myths. For example, the myth of the “Scots-Irish Ozarks” leads into a discussion of the surprising degree of racial and ethnic diversity in the pre–Civil War Ozarks, including the role of “immigrant Indians” in Old Ozarks affairs and the prominence of slavery in many locales. The myth of the feuding Ozarks leads into a discussion of the “Slicker War” and other episodes of violence, including examination of their root causes. The myth of the isolated Ozarks leads into a discussion of the many evidences of the region’s connections with regional and national markets, such as the centrality of lead mining in the Old Ozarks and the survival of antebellum store ledgers that offer a window into rural and small-town commerce. Overall, the presentation introduces audiences to a more realistic vision of the Old Ozarks by challenging the things we think we know about the region.

 

Fiber Arts Meet Up at Crisp Museum
Oct. 18, 2019, 1-3 p.m. Looking for a group to share your latest fiber arts project with? Bring your knitting, embroidery, felting, spinning, chocheting, book binding project to work on with a group of like minded individuals. All experience levels welcome. (Not a class/workshop, just a meet up.) Email edenlinger@semo.edu for more information.

Escape the Museum
November 16 and 17, 2019, 1-4 p.m.
You have been locked in the Museum. You must solve a series of problems and obstacle to make your escape.
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Scrap Crafting
December 6, 2019, 4-9 p.m. and December 7, 1-4 p.m.
Using Crisp Museum's scraps and recyclables, create one of a kind ornaments and create small holiday themed gifts, while supplies last. Some examples included: painted tiles, beaded wire mini tree, ribbon tree, small basket from wrapped cord, blue jean rug or pillow, wire wrapped pendant, or whatever you can think up. 

 

Tuesday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. Lily Santoro presents Grasping the Beyond: Astronomy in the Early United States

Did you know there used to be eleven planets? That astronomers once claimed the moon was covered in dense forests? Just as we do today, Americans in the early United States loved astronomy. And the young nation was home to some impressive astronomers. This talk will explore some of the discoveries and errors Americans learned about the cosmic universe in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 12 p.m. James Irwin presents Jesse James: The Man, The Myth, The Movie
Jesse James is an iconic figure in Missouri history. In this presentation, historian and author James Erwin describes how a farm boy, guerrilla, bank and train robber, and murderer became a political hero and nineteenth-century media star. In the twentieth century, Jesse James’s criminal past was excused or ignored in dozens of movies, serials, television shows, and songs, and he was transformed into a typical western hero. But as movies became more realistic, the portrayals of James became more nuanced and historically accurate. Erwin describes James’s life, legend, and movie “career” using photographs, movie posters, song and film clips.

Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 2 p.m. Brooks Blevins - The Old Ozarks: The Mountains and Their Myths
The early history of the Ozark region is introduced through the lens of popularly held perceptions and myths of the region. It involves the presentation of these myths (or at least oversimplified perceptions) and then exposes them by revealing the real history behind the myths. For example, the myth of the “Scots-Irish Ozarks” leads into a discussion of the surprising degree of racial and ethnic diversity in the pre–Civil War Ozarks, including the role of “immigrant Indians” in Old Ozarks affairs and the prominence of slavery in many locales. The myth of the feuding Ozarks leads into a discussion of the “Slicker War” and other episodes of violence, including examination of their root causes. The myth of the isolated Ozarks leads into a discussion of the many evidences of the region’s connections with regional and national markets, such as the centrality of lead mining in the Old Ozarks and the survival of antebellum store ledgers that offer a window into rural and small-town commerce. Overall, the presentation introduces audiences to a more realistic vision of the Old Ozarks by challenging the things we think we know about the region.

Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 at 7 p.m. Dr R. Bruck McMillan presents Cliff Dwellers of the Ozarks
The White River basin in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas is a region noted for bluff shelters that contain remarkable preservation environments—one that preserves what are otherwise perishable artifacts. These “dry shelters” produce hafted tools and weapons, baskets, woven fabrics, clothing and footwear, and perishable food items along with ceramics and lithic artifacts. Mark Harrington, an archaeologist trained at Columbia University in New York, first described what he called the “Ozark Bluff Dweller culture” in 1924, following two years of explorations in these bluff overhangs. His collections ended up at the Museum of the American Indian in New York. A decade later, the University of Arkansas Museum under the direction of Samuel Dellinger, excavated eighty additional bluff shelters amassing a large collection of perishable artifacts that are today curated by the Arkansas Archaeological Survey. In 1957, as part of the work in the Table Rock Reservoir area, Carl H. Chapman of the University of Missouri excavated several dry shelters in Barry County, Missouri. The history of this work will be reviewed along with an explanation of how the concept of an “Ozark Bluff Dweller culture” has outlived its usefulness.

Select Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
Current Issues, presentations, interactive talks and informative roundtable discussions will occur to engage the Southeast University and the public. The dates have been set. If you have a topic suggestion that would be of interest to a variety of museum patrons, please contact Crisp Museum (573) 651-2260 and leave your name and contact information.

Tuesday, Mar. 24, 2020 James Phillips presents Beckwith Lecture (more information soon, please check back)
The Beckwith Memorial Archaeology Lecture honors Thomas Beckwith, who donated his sizeable collection of Mississippian artifacts to the University in 1913. Select pieces from the collection are on permanent display in the museum.

Tuesday, April 21, 2020, 7 p.m.
More information soon, please check back.

Arts & Crafts
Tuesdays 9 a.m.-Noon 
Tuesdays 1-4 p.m.
Wednesdays 1-4 p.m.
Preregistration and fee required ($5/single class or $100/year of classes, workshops by contracted teaching artists are not included) • supplies provided or bring your own • adults only
Space is limited. Beginner and novice level lessons involve a variety of art including painting, drawing, fibers, printmaking, jewelry and multimedia. Activities will introduce art vocabulary along with knowledge of color theory and some art history. Individual participants learn to use the materials. Not everyone makes the same art. Realism, representational, plein air, abstract, expressionism, and narrative are styles can be explored in this group setting.
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Book Study "The Spirit Almanac"
Preregistration is open all year • Participants are to acquire the book “The Spirit Almanac: A Modern Guide to Ancient Self-Care” by Loewe and Kellner  (Join this book group anytime of the year.)
All cultures take cues from the Earth and sky in their practice of rituals. This book study will be a journey into the understanding of yourself and your spirit. Participants will meet through the year to learn, share and discuss their personal understanding, discoveries, interpretations and decisions related to a variety of seasonal content. Guest speakers will occationally be presenting overviews of the ancient uses of crystals, herbs, essential oils, astrology, tarot, meditation and breathing. Outcomes from studying “The Spirit Almanac” include reserving moments of your time to take care of yourself with your own transformational practices. Learning new insights from this book will make you aware of personal realizations, feelings of calmness and gratitude. Additional meetings are held the first thursday of each month. Questions call (573) 651-2260. 
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