>>> HELLO I'M SUSAN CADOT.

WELCOME TO GALLERY AMERICA ON OETA WHERE WE BRING YOU THE BEST IN THE ARTS FROM OKLAHOM AND AROUND THE NATION.

WE'RE IN THE PASEO ARTS DISTRICT IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

THIS TWO BLOCK PARCEL OF SPANISH REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE WAS BUILT BY G.A.

NICHOLS IN THE 1920'S.

AS THE FIRST SHOPPING DISTRICT NORTH OF DOWNTOWN.

TODAY IT'S HOME TO ABOUT 20 ART GALLERIES, RESTAURANTS, BUSINESSES AND BOUTIQUES AS WELL AS 80 ARTISTS, ALL WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF EACHOTHER.

(MUSIC SWELLS) THE TRANSFORMATION TO AN ARTS DISTRICT WAS THE VISION OF THE LATE JOHN BELT.

OVER THE YEARS WE'VE SHOWN A SPOTLIGHT ON THE DISTRICT AND ITS ARTISTS.

THIS EPISODE OF GALLERY AMERICA TAKES A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THOSE ARTISTS THAT HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE PASEO TO THIS VERY DAY.

(MUSIC SWELLS) (GIRL SCREAMS AND LAUGHS) OUR FIRST STORY ORIGINALLY AIRED IN APRIL OF 2008 AND FEATURES A JAPANESE PAINTER NAMED MICHI SUSAN.

(ORIENTAL MUSIC) >> MY NAME IS MICHI SUSAN.

IM AN ARTIST.

(MUSIC) I WAS BORN IN TOKYO.

I WAS RAISED IN TOKYO.

I WENT TO SCHOOL ALL TOKYO.

(MUSIC AND PAPER TEARING) I MARRIED CHARLES, MY HUSBAND.

HE WAS ON CIVIL SERVICE.

THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE, IN OKLAHOMA.

>> HER WORK IS A MERGING OF EAST AND WEST.

MICHI SUSAN IS A JAPANESE-AMERICAN ARTIST OF INTERNATIONAL MERIT.

FORMALLY TRAINED AT JAPAN'S WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY AND HOSAI UNIVERSITY >> MY GENERATION, AT THAT TIME , EVERYBODY START FROM THE VERY BASIC.

STUDY OF ART.

WHICH IS DRAWINGS AND ALSO IF YOU PAINT OIL PAINT.

I USE A LOT, ACRYLIC NOW DAYS, BUT THOSE DAYS ARE THE OIL PAINTING YOU KNOW AND THAT'S HOW ALL ARTISTS STARTED.

I DO MORE LIKE A MIXED MEDIA ARTISTS AND MIXED MEDIA ARTIST IS ALL MIXED MEDIA.

PAPER AND FABRIC AND ANYTHING YOU CAN PUT IT IN A CANVAS, THAT'S A MIX.

THESE WORKS ARE CALLED "POEMS", A COLLAGE OF BLACK, WHITE, RED AND WORDS... MOSTLY IN JAPANESE, OCCASIONALLY IN ENGLISH.

>> I HAVE A POEM WRITTEN BUT PEOPLE SAY WHAT DO YOU SAY IN THOSE POEMS, YOU KNOW.

I SAY, WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU THINK, YOU CAN MAKE UP YOUR OWN POEMS.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

BUT THOSE POEMS I'VE BEEN DOING FOR 48 YEARS.

AND I LOVE THAT, BUT SOMETIME YOU GET BORED DOING THE SAME.

TYPE OF A THING.

AND I LOVE COLOR!

I STUDY IN COLOR AND I LOVE THAT, MOVE ON TO ANOTHER COLOR.

AND BACK TO AGAIN POEMS.

(MUSIC SWELLS) THIS IS...WAS UM, WILD FLOWERS.

I LOVE TO PAINT FLOWERS.

>> WHEN SHE TIRES OF POEMS AND BLACK AND WHITE, MICHI CALLS ON VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER COLOR OF THE RAINBOW FOR HER WORK OR SHOULD WE SAY, EVERY COLOR OF THE OKLAHOMA SKY.

>> THE SUNSETS...IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING OF OKLAHOMA.

YOU KNOW, REALLY I JUST ENJOY SO MUCH.

AND IT'S COME UP IN MY PAINTINGS.

.

(MUSIC SWELLS) OKLAHOMA COLOR AND THE JAPANESE TRADITIONAL WAY I GREW UP, IT'S ALL MIXED.

WHICH I LOVE THAT WAY.

I LOVE IT.

>> THE BLENDING OF CULTURES HAPPENED WITHOUT FANFARE.

IT HAPPENED INSIDE MICHI WITH EVERY NEW EXPERIENCE, EVERY NEW BEAUTY THAT CAUGHT HER EYE DURING HER LIFE IN OKLAHOMA.

EVEN IN TRAGEDY THIS HAPPY SOUL FINDS LOVELINESS.

>> WE WERE WATCHING, MY HUSBAND WAS WATCHING THE TV NEWS FOR TORNADOES.

(TV CHATTER) THIS TIME THIS TORNADO COMING THIS WAY!

SO WE HIT THE CLOSET, BECAUSE AT THAT TIME WE DON'T HAVE ANY SHELTER.

(SAD MUSIC SWELLS) EVERYTHING'S JUST GONE AND CHUCK AND I ARE STANDING IN JUST FLAT AREA.

STANDING THERE, AND I SAW IT.

I NEVER DID CRY.

I SAW SO MANY PEOPLE HAD AN ACCIDENT, SOME LIKE THAT, THEY CRY.

BUT NOT FOR ME.

NOT FOR US.

IT'S NATURE THAT TOOK EVERYTHING AWAY.

SO WHAT?

*LAUGHS* AFTER EVERYTHING GONE, JUST A LITTLE WILD FLOWERS COME UP.

SO BOY, THIS IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I SAW IN MY LIFE.

SO I STARTED PAINT WILD FLOWERS.

AND WILD FLOWERS AND BIRD.

BIRDS ARE STILL SINGING!

YOU KNOW?

SO, BIRD SONGS IS ANOTHER TITLE.

AND WILD FLOWERS IS ANOTHER TITLE.

IT'S JUST AMAZING.

>> FOR 30 YEARS THIS JAPANESE- AMERICAN ARTIST FORMALLY TRAINED IN THE ORIENT HAS PUT THE HER TALENT TO WORK IN OKLAHOMA AND IN THE END BOTH OF HER HOMES HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION FOR THE EXPRESSION OF HER BRIGHT, POETIC, AND HAPPY HEART.

>> MICHI IS A HAPPY PERSON AND THAT'S WHAT SHOWS UP IN HER PAINTINGS.

YOU CAN SEE SHE PAINTS FROM HER SOUL AND SHE'S A HAPPY PERSON.

>> UH-HUH.

UH-HUH.

THAT'S RIGHT!!

MOST OF THEM ARE VERY HAPPY.

>> VERY HAPPY.

I'VE NOT SEEN A SAD THING THAT YOU'VE DONE, A ND SO THIS SHOWS HER SOUL.

>> OHH...THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD.

I JUST PRETTY LUCKY I THINK.

IT'S BEEN VERY FORTUNATE.

I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE TO OKLAHOMA.

AND OKLAHOMA ART COMMUNITY ACCEPT ME SO WELL AND THE SCHOOLS.

COLLEGES AND -- THAT'S THE REASON I STAY HERE, I THINK!

THEY'RE REALLY VERY GOOD TO ME.

EVERYBODY IS VERY VERY GOOD TO ME AND UH, I SURE APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW?

I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT MAKES HAPPY I THINK.... HAPPY PAINTINGS.

(MUSIC FULL AND FADES) >> YOU CAN STILL SEE SUSAN'S WORK AT JRB ART AT THE ELMS ON N. WALKER OR JRBARTGALLERY.COM.

>>> NOW WE GO BACK EVEN FURTHER IN TIME.

WE FIRST INTRODUCED VIEWERS TO THEATRE UPON A STARDANCESWAN 13 YEARS AGO.

STARDANCESWAN IS STILL UP AND RUNNING HERE IN THE PASEO NURTURING GENERATIONS OF FUTURE CREATIVES.. (FESTIVAL CROWD NOISE AND DRUMS) THE PASEO IS A COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS OF ALL MEDIA.

>> EVERY YEAR THE COMMUNITY COMES TOGETHER TO CREATE THE PASEO FESTIVAL.

THE PASEO ARTS FESTIVAL.

(RAPID DRUMMING AND APPLAUSE) >> ONCE UPON A TIME WE HAD A VERY STRONG KNIGHT AND HIS PET LION.

>> STARDANCESWAN REALLY COMES WITH A LOT OF HUSTLE AND BUSTLE.

DURING THE PASEO FESTIVAL.

IN THE STUDIO WE HAVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES MAKING THEIR PUPPETS.

>> OH WOW!

SO, WE HAVE SOME CAR FIXING CLOWNS THAT ARE TWINS AND THEY CAN FLY.

>>YOU NEED TO GO PUT YOUR TIGHTS ON UNDERNEATH YOUR LEOTARD, OKAY?

>> BUT, BEHIND THE SCENES OF ALL OF THESE MINI-PAPER THEATRES >> AND THEN THEY COULD BE CLOWNS AND FIX CARS AND FIX PLANES AND HELP CHILDREN AND THEY MAKE THE WHOLE WORLD HAPPY.

>> THERE ARE REAL CHILDREN WHO ARE MAKING THEMSELVES UP.

>> LET'S PUT YOUR VEST ON.

>> INTO THE CHARACTERS THAT THEY'LL BE.

>>BUT THE TIGER SAID, OH, BUT I THINK YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

>> COSTUME OR MAKEUP OR SET IS WHAT THEATRE HAS ALWAYS DONE.

>> THE STARDANCESWAN KIDS ARE GETTING READY FOR THE STREET PERFORMANCE.

THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER PERFORMED THIS PIECE AND SO WE HAVE BUTTERFLIES IN OUR STOMACH.

*LAUGHS* >> I MAY VOTE TO JUST CUT THIS OFF.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT SHE TELLS THE KIDS IS THAT THERE'S A BIT OF MAGIC IN ALL THE COSTUMES THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS WORN AND IT'S ADDED TO AS IT COME DOWN FROM ONE DANCER TO ANOTHER.

>> SHE'S SO RESPECTFUL OF CHILDREN.

SHE'S INCREDIBLY RESPECTFUL OF WHAT THEY AHVE TO SAY.

THEY'RE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO ADULTS BEING THAT INTERESTED.

>>AS LONG AS YOU DO YOUR MIND WORK RIGHT NOW YOUR BODY WILL BE THERE.

>>DANCING FROM ALL THE WAY FROM THE CENTER OF YOU THROUGH YOUR FINGERTIPS, THROUGH YOUR TOES.

>> MOST PEOPLE IN ALL FORMS OF EDUCATION THINK THAT TEACHING IS TELLING AND LEARNING IS LISTENING.

SHE DOES IT THE OTHER WAY AROUND WHICH I THINK IS THE PREFERRED EDUCATIONAL METHOD.

>> LETS HOLD HANDS.

TAKE A BIG DEEP BREATH.

(JAZZY MUSIC) >> THIS IS AN IMPROVISED PIECE, BUT IT IS A STRUCTURED IMPROVISATION.

>> IT'S ALWAYS MAGICAL.

IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEGAS PAINTING OF THE DANCERS.

IT'S ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF SOME AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE AND WHAT ADULTS CAN DO TO HELP THEM MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AND TO BECOME WHO THEY'RE MEANT TO BE.

(OLD FASHIONED SLOWER SONG) >> THIS PIECE IS WORKING BECAUSE I BELIEVE THERE ARE SO MANY LAYERS.

THERE ARE CHILDREN WHO ARE WATCHING OTHER CHILDREN DANCING AND THEY'RE DANCING WITH EGGS, BUT DANCING SO CAREFULLY, IN A NURTURING WAY, (MUSIC) EVEN TAKING RISKS HERE WITH THE EGGS AND THERE ARE ADULTS WHO ARE LISTENING TO THE SONGS, OF AL BOLEY, WHO WAS A CROONER FROM THE 1930'S.

(MUSIC) I BELIEVE THEY'RE EXPERIENCING ALL THE LAYERS OF A NURTURING ASPECT OF US ALL.

(SONG ENDS AND APPLAUSE) >> IN MY HEART I DEDICATE THIS PIECE TO MY PARENTS.

THIS PIECE IS A REFLECTION OF THE KIND OF NURTURING THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN ME THROUGH ALL OF MY LIFE.

WHICH HAS ME ENABLED FOR ME TO GROW AS AN ARTIST AND TO BRING STARDANCESWAN TO LIFE.

AND THEN IN TURN TO SHARE THE CREATIVITY OF ALL OF THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY STARDANCESWAN.

(MUSIC) >>HUGS!

HUGS!

EVERYBODY!

*LAUGHS* GOOD JOB, YOU GUYS!

>> LEARN MORE ABOUTH THEATRE UPON A STARDANCESWAN AT THEPASEO.ORG.

>>> IN 2011 WE MET A YOUNG ARTIST WHOSE WORK, WHILE DISTURBING, WAS HIS INTERPRETATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST NATURE AND SELF.

DUSTIN OSWALD HAS SINCE MOVED INTO THE PASEO DISTRICT HIS WORK STILL PACKS A PROFOUND PUNCH.

>> MY NAME IS DUSTIN OSWALD.

I'M A PAINTER AND ILLUSTRATOR, A SILK SCREENER AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER.

MY ART WORK IS HIGHLY INFLUENCED BY COMIC BOOKS.

IT'S A REAL ILLUSTRATIVE TYPE OF STYLE.

I TEND TO FOCUS ON UNIVERSAL OBJECTS, THINGS WE ALL SEE AND YOU KNOW, COMMON REALITY.

AND I TRY TO DEPICT THEM IN A MORE THAN OBVIOUS CONTEXT TO CREATE AN ABSURD MYSTERY.

IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING.

I'LL PROBABLY SPEND 40 HOURS ON EACH 18 BY 24 PICTURE.

I TRY NOT TO USE ANY RESOURCES WHEN I'M DRAWING OR ILLUSTRATING ANYTHING.

I TRY TO STRICTLY USE MY IMAGINATION AND THE OBJECTS AND FIGURES THAT I CAN CONJURE UP.

(EERIE ELECTRONIC MUSIC) I READ SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOKS GROWING UP.

THE COMIC BOOKS WERE ALWAYS, KIND OF A PART OF THAT BECAUSE IT CREATED A MORE VISUAL EXPERIENCE THAT COMPLEMENTED THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY.

AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT TRYING TO RELATE THIS SCIENCE FICTION TO MY REALITY GROWING UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN OKLAHOMA.

(DRIVING ELECTRONIC MUSIC) THE BIZARNESS OR THE WHIMSICAL AND THE DISTURBING IMAGES, IT'S ALL PART OF WANTING OUT OF THERE.

IT'S JUST THIS PATTERN, I GUESS.

(DRIVING ELECTRO MUSIC) THERE'S A LOT OF EXISTENTIAL THEMES THAT UNDERLINE EVERYTHING I DO.

THE THEME WAS, BASICALLY ABOUT MAN TRYING TO GET BACK TO THE TRUE STATE OF NATURE.

WHERE GOOD AND EVIL REALLY DON'T EXIST BECAUSE ALL HE HAS IS HIS OWN INDEPENDENCE TO CONTEMPLATE.

IT KIND OF GOES WITH THE WHOLE PRIMAL, SOCIAL DICHOTOMY OF LIFE.

(MUSIC UP FULL AND THEN FADES OUT) THE UMBRELLA IS AN OBVIOUS REFERENCE TO BEING SHELTERED OR NURTURED, OR PROTECTED, I GUESS.

THE WOLF FOR ME IS THE EMOTIONS THAT WE FEEL AND EXPERIENCE.

IT, ULTIMATELY I THINK, SUBMITS TO EVERYONE'S OWN, PERSONAL INTERPRETATION.

THERE'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT'S FUNDAMENTALLY BEAUTIFUL AND MAGNIFICENT ABOUT THE DARKNESS IN LIFE BECAUSE WITHOUT SADNESS YOU CAN'T HAVE HAPPINESS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING.

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC) I THINK THEY ARE MEANINGFUL.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN RANDOM.

I DON'T THINK RANDOMNESS REALLY EXISTS.

EVEN IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU OR YOU SEE SOMETHING I THINK THAT YOU'VE CALLED THAT INTO YOUR UNIVERSE.

THERE'S SORT OF, AN IMMEDIATE RECOGNITION SOMEWHERE IN THE ILLUSTRATION.

IT'S ALMOST SUBTLE UNVEILING, I GUESS.

(SOMBER PIANO MUSIC) I KEEP GOING BACK AND REWORKING AND JUST TRYING TO GET IT AS TIGHT.

I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH MY IDEAS.

BECAUSE I'VE GOTTA SPEND 20 HOURS WORKING ON THIS PICTURE BEFORE I CAN MOVE ON WITH ANYTHING ELSE.

WHEN I'M WORKING ON A PAINTING THAT I'M REALLY INTO, I REALLY ENJOY WORKING ON I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW FAST THE DAY FLIES BY.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED DRAWING, SEEING THINGS COME OUT ON PAPER OR WOOD OR CANVAS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT CREATING SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE OR THAT YOU ENJOY LOOKING AT.

(INTENSE MUSIC) SO, I'LL BE HERE.

UNTIL IT'S 7, 7:30, AND I'M LIKE, "OH, I'VE GOT TO GO!"

I'LL DEFINITIVELY KEEP DRAWING AS A BUSINESS.

KEEP DOING WHAT I'M DOING.

I FEEL LIKE I CAN REALLY MAKE THIS WORK.

I FEEL LIKE, THIS IS WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING.

(MUSIC UP FULL AND FADE) >> YOU CAN VISIT OSWALD AND SEE HIS WORK HERE AT HIS GALLERY OR AT BOMBSAWAYART.COM >>> WE WRAP THINGS UP WITH A PASEO FAVORITE.

TROY SCOTT DOESN'T HAVE A GALLERY HERE IN THIS POPULAR DISTRICT, BUT HIS PRESENCE HAS BROUGHT SMILES, LAUGHTER, SHOCK, AND A LITTLE SCREAMING FOR YEARS.

WE FIRST INTRODUCED YOU TO HIM IN 2005.

(LIGHT HAPPY MUSIC) >> PEOPLE DO SCULPTURES ALL OVER.

PEOPLE DO BRONZE SCUPTURES ALL OVER.

YOU CAN GO TO CANADA OR EUROPE OR NEW ORLEANS OR VEGAS, JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD YOU'LL FIND PEOPLE WHO DO THIS TYPE OF ENTERTAINMENT.

IT'S SURREAL.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING AND LAUGHING) MY NAME IS TROY SCOTT, I AM AN ARTIST AND PERFORMER.

I DO LIVING STATUE, CLOWNING, I'M AN ARTIST.

I JUST ENJOY DOING MY PASSION, MY ART.

(WOMAN SCREAMS AND LAUGHS) I AM A STREET PERFORMER.

I'M ACTUALLY A LICENSED STREET PERFORMER WITH OKLAHOMA CITY.

AND I ALSO AM AN EVENT PERFORMER FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.

THE WAY I MAKE THE COSTUME IS... I TAKE EXISTING CLOTHES THAT I THINK SUIT THE CHARACTER AND I HAVE MY OWN RECIPE THAT I APPLY TO IT TO MAKE IT LOOK BRONZE.

AND UH...IT'S INVOLVED.

IT TAKES A LONG TIME.

WHAT I REALLY TRY TO DO WITH IT, IS MAKE IT LOOK AS CONVINCINGLY REAL AS POSSIBLE.

I TRY TO MAKE IT LOOK, ABSOLUTELY LIKE A BRONZE STATUE.

>>SAY HELLO TO WILL.

>>I REALLY TREASURE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, SHOWING PEOPLE THE POWER OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND STREET PERFORMING AND OF JUST... THAT PERSONAL INTERACTION THAT OCCURS THERE.

IT CAN'T OCCUR ANY OTHER WAY.

IT'S SO MUCH FUN TO ME.

THERE'S AN ENERGY THERE.

THAT COMES FROM THE PERFORMER AND COMES RIGHT BACK FROM THE AUDIENCE.

YOU JUST CAN'T MATCH THAT... ANYWHERE.

LIVING STATUES HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

THE WHOLE IDEA OF SOMEBODY PAINTED UP, STANDING STILL, LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE A STATUE, BUT REALLY A REAL PERSON.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS ABOUT IT THAT I FIND ATTRACTIVE.

THERE'S A GRACE TO IT THAT I REALLY ADMIRE.

I THINK, WHEN IT'S DONE RIGHT YOU CAN HAVE ALL KINDS OF ELEMENTS.

IT'S ELEGANT AND YOU CAN STILL DO COMEDY THROUGH IT.

(KISS AND LAUGHTER) AND THERE'S KIND OF A HAUNTED HOUSE KIND OF SCARINESS TO IT WHEN YOU STARTLE PEOPLE.

IT'S A FULL DYNAMIC WHICH IS WHAT I LIKE.

(CROWD LAUGHING) WHAT I TRY TO DO IS JUT TAKE THOSE MOMENTS TO HOLD STILL UNTIL THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE.

AND LOOK FOR THAT MOMENT WHEN THAT MOVING IS GOING TO HAVE ITS BIGGEST IMPACT.

>> OH MY GOD!

>>ARE YOU SCARED?

>> A LITTLE BIT!

EVERYBODY'S REACTION IS DIFFERENT.

SOME PEOPLE ARE REALLY SHOCKED.

SOME PEOPLE IMMEDIATELY LAUGH.

(GIRL LAUGHING AND SCREAMING) SOME PEOPLE TRY NOT TO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE REACTING, WHICH I ALWAYS THINK IS FUNNY.

THEY SEE ME AND YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE KIND OF STUNNED AND THEN THEY JUST KIND OF PLAY IT OFF.

(CROWD CHATTER) >>SORRY.

>>SOME DON'T EVEN NOTICE, AND FOR PEOPLE WHO DO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, THAT'S ENTERTAINING, JUST TO SEE PEOPLE WALK BY WHO NEVER REALIZED I WAS A REAL PERSON.

OTHER PEOPLE ARE ENTERTAINED BY THAT.

SO, THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN INTERACT AND ENTERTAIN PEOPLE.

THAT MAKES IT A LOT OF FUN.

(LIGHT MUSIC - FOOT STOMP-LAUGHTER) >>IT'S CRAZY!

HE'S REAL!!

(MUSIC AND CROWD NOISE) (LIGHT MUSIC) (MUSIC SLOWLY FADES) (SOUND OF SUITCASE ROLLING ON THE SIDEWALK) (HORSE HOOVES) >> OCCASIONALLY I'LL DO A WHITE COSTUME.

OR WHATEVER COSTUME IT IS THAT PEOPLE FEEL THEY NEED FOR THEIR EVENT.

ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT IT IS... I TRY TO BE AS VERSATILE A PERFORMER AS POSSIBLE.

(LAUGHTER) YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE.

IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH KIDS, TREAT THEM LIKE KIDS.

IF I'M WORKING AT A CLUB OR AT AN ALL ADULT EVENT, I'M WITH AN ADULT AUDIENCE AND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS I DO THAT WORK BETTER WITH AN ADULT AUDIENCE.

>>YOU DO IT.

GIVE HIM A KISS!

*KISS* (GIRLS SCREAMS) >>NO YOU DIDN'T!

*LAUGHTER* >> THAT WAS TIGHT!

AND THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO CONCENTRATE ON IS NOT SO MUCH PERFORMING THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME, BUT SEEKING AN INDIVIDUAL AND SEE WHAT THEY REACT TO.

AND HAVING THAT INTERACTION.

IT'S A VERY PERSONAL MOMENT.

(MUSIC) I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG I'LL BE A STREET PERFORMER.

IN MY HEART, IT SAYS ALWAYS.

AS LONG AS I CAN PERFORM AND HAVE THAT FUN I'M GOING TO DO IT.

>> HE MAKES ME LAUGH REALLY HARD AND... AND HE'S... AND THE CLOWNS ARE REALLY FUNNY.

>> EVEN IF I HAD A REGULAR 9 TO 5 JOB I WOULD STILL HAVE TO DO THIS.

IT'S A PART OF MY PERSONALITY.

I TRY TO LOOK AT THINGS WITH NEW EYES AS MUCH AS I CAN AND JUST HAVE FUN WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

>> ANY EXPRESSION OF ART IS VERY IMPORTANT AND THIS IS DEFINITELY ONE.

>> I IMAGINE I'M GOING TO BE AN ARTIST AND HAVE FUN AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS AS LONG AS I POSSIBLY CAN.

IT'S GOING TO GO ON.

>> SCOTT IS STILL PERFORMING AND DOES SO MUCH MORE THAN JUST STATUE WORK.

CHECK HIM OUT AT BOXTALENT.COM.

THAT WRAPS THINGS UP FOR THIS EDITION OF GALLERY AMERICA.

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