Sep 23
MAC Grantee Event: "Crimes of the Heart" Film Screening and Panel
View the 1986 film Crimes of the Heart and remain after for the discussion panel titled "The Southern Gothic: Tragedy and Family."
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The creative legacy of our state is still being written. The Mississippi Arts Commission is in place to Support emerging artists, Inspire them to make lasting footprints, and Enrich the creative culture all across the state. What role will you play in the next chapter of Mississippi’s story?
Grants Process
Mississippi Arts Commission invests in our state’s makers through a variety of grant programs supporting nonprofit organizations, educational institutions, and individual artists. Are you an organization or a professional artist looking to fund your project?
Sep 29
MAC Grantee Event: Driving Miss Daisy
Drive on down and put it in park so you don't miss this classic at Brookhaven's own Little Theatre.
Sep 30
MAC Grantee Event: Rock the Park! 2017
With headliner Crowder alongside Finding Favor, Rapture Ruckus, and P. Lo Jetson for the lineup, the ninth annual Contemporary Christian Music event is sure to Rock!
News
Introducing the Dille Fund for Visual Art Acquisition
The Dille Fund for Visual Art Acquisition is a new special initiative offered to organizations by the Mississippi Arts Commission. The initiative provides funds for the purchase of visual art, specifically a landscape or seascape. MAC is now accepting applications from qualifying organizations for the Dille Fund for Visual Art Acquisition. The deadline to apply […]
MAC Welcomes Melody Moody Thortis as Arts-Based Community Development Director
JACKSON, MISS. – September 14, 2017 – Melody Moody Thortis, of Jackson, Miss., has been named arts-based community development director of the Mississippi Arts Commission. Moody Thortis previously served as executive director of Bike Walk Mississippi, where she focused the statewide organization around issues of equity, access, placemaking and livability. Moody Thortis comes to MAC […]
Bicentennial Photo Exhibit Coming to Como, Mississippi
JACKSON, MISS. – Sept. 11, 2017 – As part of Mississippi’s bicentennial celebration, the Mississippi Arts Commission will present the photography exhibit “Foodways in the Hill Country” in Como, Miss. from Sept. 15 to Oct. 31, 2017. An opening reception will be held at Home Place Pastures retail store at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15. […]
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