MAC Grant Panel Schedule Posted
The schedule for MAC’s grant panels for FY2021 has been posted to arts.ms.gov/grants. Grant applications submitted by the deadline of March 9, 2020, will be reviewed via webinar by a […]
MAC’s Arts Day at the Capitol Celebrates the Arts
JACKSON, MISS. – March 3, 2020 – The Mississippi Arts Commission’s annual Arts Day at the Capitol will take place Thursday, March 5, from 11:30-1:30 at the Mississippi State Capitol […]
MAC Grants Open, Agency to Host “Meet the MAC” Workshops
JACKSON, MISS. – The Mississippi Arts Commission is now accepting applications for its annual grant programs, and to assist grant applicants, the agency will host a series of presentations and […]
Mississippi Sitar Players, Kimbrough Family, Community Activism and Jackson’s Duttoville Neighborhood Focus of Mississippi Folklife Winter Issue
JACKSON, MISS. – Dec. 18, 2019 – The Winter 2019 Issue of Mississippi Folklife is now available online at www.mississippifolklife.org. This digital journal features original writing, photography, films and documentary […]
MAC Announces 2020 Governor’s Arts Awards Recipients
JACKSON, MISS. – October 31, 2019 – The Mississippi Arts Commission is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Governor’s Arts Awards. Established in 1988, Governor’s Arts Awards are given to […]
MAC Minigrants Available, Apply by Nov. 1
JACKSON, MISS. – Oct. 1, 2019 – The Mississippi Arts Commission is now accepting applications for the agency’s Minigrant program, which is offered annually to organizations and individual artists to […]
MAC Calls for Mississippi Poet Laureate Nominations
JACKSON, MISS. – August 12, 2019 – Led by the Mississippi Arts Commission, the Mississippi Poet Laureate Selection Panel is now accepting nominations for the state’s next Poet Laureate, who […]
Moody Thortis Promoted to Grants Director, Barker Named Arts-Based Community Development Director
JACKSON, MISS. – July 17, 2019– Melody Moody Thortis, of Brandon, has been promoted to grants director of the Mississippi Arts Commission and Leslie Barker, of Jackson, has been named […]
Mississippi Arts Commission Awarded $19,400 Grant for Mississippi Writers Trail
JACKSON, MISS. – July 16, 2019 – The Mississippi Arts Commission is pleased to announce the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area (MDNHA) has awarded a $19,400 grant for the development and […]
MAC Awards Nearly $1.4M to Grant Recipients and Program Participants
JACKSON, MISS. – July 11, 2019 – The Mississippi Arts Commission has awarded nearly $1.4 million in funding to artists and arts programs across the state for fiscal year 2020, […]