SHSMO Art Gallery
Center for Missouri Studies
605 Elm St.
Columbia
In honor of Disney Studios 100th birthday, the SHSMO art gallery presents Daily Disney: Walt Disney Cartoons in the Funny Pages. Disney, who grew up in the Missouri towns of Marceline and Kansas City, cross promoted his animated cartoons with nationally syndicated comic strips. This exhibition includes a selection of these cartoons, as well as other images, such as a photo of Missouri artist Thomas Hart Benton at Disney Studios, that reflect Disney's powerful influence on American culture.
To celebrate the grand opening of the exhibition, SHSMO will be hosting a week of Disney talks and a Drawing Disney Day the week of October 1 at the Center for Missouri Studies.
Tue. Oct. 1 - Curator's Talk with Joan Stack in the SHSMO Art Gallery
Wed. Oct. 2 - Walt Disney's Marceline with Kaye Malins (founder) and Sumner Nesbitt (operations manager) of Walt Disney Hometown Museum
Thur. Oct. 3 - Walt Disney: Read All About It presented by Jeff Kurtti, Disney historian and Presidential Fellow at Chapman University in Orange, CA.
Fri. Oct. 4 - Drawing Disney - learn how to draw cartoon animals by local artists and watch classic, early Disney cartoons - fun and open to all ages and abilities!