Save The Date!

MAC’s Folk Arts Apprenticeship Showcase on Thursday, Feb 27, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. at the Briarwood Arts Center in Jackson!

Join us for artist talks, demonstrations, and a Q & A from our two apprenticeship teams in the craft category: Brian Newman and Justin Mayfield (Apprenticeship in Pottery) and Rhonda Blasingame and Hazel Gaines (Apprenticeship in Quilting). MAC’s Folk Arts Apprenticeship grants program supports the survival and continued evolution of community-based traditional art forms. During the apprenticeship, the teaching artist passes on specific skills, techniques, and cultural knowledge to the apprentice, who is an emerging artist of the same tradition.

MAC will be partnering with the Briarwood Arts Center to host the showcase. Please come out and show your support for these artists as they share the work they did during MAC’s Folk Arts Apprenticeship program this year.

Briarwood Arts Center (@briarwoodartscenter) is located at 614 Briarwood Dr. Jackson, MS 39211.

For more information about the showcase, visit https://mississippifolklife.org/news-and-updates/2025-folk-arts-apprenticeship-showcase-craft

For more information about the program, please contact MAC Folk & Traditional Arts Director Maria Zeringue at 601-359-6034 or via email at mzeringue@arts.ms.gov