The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) is pleased to announce that Elayjah Earles, a native of Greenville, MS, and a Senior at Mississippi School of the Arts, is the 2026 Mississippi Poetry Out Loud® (POL) State Champion. Atheena Bloodgood, a Senior at Pascagoula High School, placed second, and Nita Hardin, a Junior representing Union County Heritage Museum, placed third.
MAC Awards Public Art in Community Grant to groups in Vicksburg and Moss Point
JACKSON, MS – The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) is pleased to award $4 million to 17 organizations in 14 counties in Mississippi through the Building Fund for the Arts (BFA) grant […]
JACKSON, MS – The America250 Mississippi Commission and the Mississippi Arts Commission are offering a one-time public art grant to celebrate Mississippi’s stories in honor of the nation’s 250th celebration […]
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC), in partnership with the Governor’s Office, is pleased to announce four outstanding artists and one legacy arts organization as recipients of the 2026 Governor’s Arts […]
JACKSON, MISS. – The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) is investing more than $1.7 million in the arts through grants to organizations, schools, and individual artists across the state for Fiscal Year […]
An important element of my job (and even part of our strategic plan) is to keep elected officials at the state and federal levels familiar with the work of the […]
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) has partnered with the Levitt Foundation, Visit Mississippi, Mississippi Main Street Association and the Mississippi Humanities Council to create the new Mississippi Public Art in […]
Governor Tate Reeves has appointed accomplished poet Ann Fisher-Wirth of Oxford, Miss., as Mississippi’s Poet Laureate. Serving as the official state poet for a term of four years, the state’s […]
Jackson, MS – The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) is pleased to announce that Saabria Prater, a Senior at Pascagoula High School, is the 2025 Mississippi Poetry Out Loud® (POL) champion. […]
