"Native Tradition Meets Pop Culture" This lecture was recorded April 20, 2008 at the museum. This lecture was presented as a prelude to the opening of the exhibit 'Comic Art Indigene' . Ryan Huna Smith is both a well known comic and comic inspired artist and the director of the Smoki Museum of Indian Art and Culture, Prescott Az. "My current style evolved at the end of my college career. During that time I was strongly influenced by art found in comic books and Japanese animation. My desire to explore Native American culture mixed with this contemporary interest. I liked the results I had in combining exaggerated human forms and bright color."
