Tribal Member Presents Art Show

Jacque Lynn Moody-McDonald presented her Bachelor of Fine Arts Thesis Show, at Missouri Southern State University, Spiva Gallery. This exhibition “Abuse and Neglect” consists of life-sized ceramic sculptures of children. The show opened on May 6th, with the closing reception on May 10th from 5:30 to 8:00 in the Missouri Southern State University Campus, Spiva Gallery. It is located in the Fine Arts Complex at the corner of Newman and Duquesne, Joplin Missouri.

Mrs. McDonald grew up in Joplin, Missouri, married, and left the area for 40 years, relocating to pursue a career at the University of Miami Medical School in Coral Gables, Florida, as an International Meeting planner and administrator over the residency program in surgery. She and her husband returned to southwest Missouri after retirement and Mrs. McDonald decided to complete her degree in Art at Missouri Southern State University four years ago. Initially wanting to study drawing and painting she soon found three-dimensional art was more her calling and therefore, sought Ceramic Sculpture for her medium.

Some of her recent achievements include being a participant and core artist with the Spiva Art Center on the upcoming project “Artworkers: Creativity across America,” funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. She also participated in “The Phoenix Rising,” Phoenix Fired Arts Mural on 16th and Main; The Joplin Mural on 15th and Main; and the Jupiter Florida Lighthouse Mural in Jupiter, Florida.

Mrs. McDonald is recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a Native American Artist of the Delaware Tribe. She also has had the privilege to work with some of the most notable artist in the area as well as in Florida. Her accomplishments and interests are varied but she is actively pursuing children’s issues with her thesis exhibition “Abuse and Neglect.”

Editor’s note: Chief Pechonick and Councilwoman Ketchum attended the exhibit on May 6.