This Sunday on Mississippi Arts Hour, Sarah talks with award-winning author Kiese Laymon. The two talk about their home state, Laymon’s newly revised and repackaged book “Long Division.” This Sunday at 5 p.m. on MPB Think Radio.
This week on Mississippi Arts Hour, Sarah Story interviews two authors, Kendra Allen and Becky Hagenston, that will be at the upcoming MS Book Festival on August 20 in Jackson, MS, at the Mississippi Capitol. It is free and open to the public. Visit msbookfestival.com for more details.
Share your thoughts in person on August 10, from 1:30 to 2:30 pm, during a Listening Session at the B.B. King Museum in the Barksdale Cotton Gin room, in Indianola, MS.
The Arthur Alley team, a Mississippi-based consultant group, will guide a group conversation. Sarah Story, executive director of MAC, will ask attendees questions and listen along with the Arthur Alley team. MAC will use the Feedback from the listening session for the new strategic plan!
The Summer 2022 Issue, “Craft and Community During COVID” of Mississippi Folklife is now available online at www.mississippifolklife.org. This digital journal features original writing, photography, films, and documentary work focused on present-day folklife and cultural heritage throughout the state. Mississippi Folklife is a project of the Mississippi Arts Commission.
What a jam-packed July we have had at MAC! Earlier this month, MAC hosted our 2022 Mississippi Whole Schools Summer Institute. The event was held on July 12-14 in Hattiesburg, MS., at the Thad Cochran Center on the University of Southern Mississippi campu
JACKSON, MISS. – The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) and South Arts are pleased to announce the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production (MCCP) of Utica, MS, and the B.B. King Museum and […]
In partnership with the Carnegie Public Library, the Mississippi Arts Commission will host an exhibit celebrating featured artists on the new Mississippi Folklife Directory website www.msfolkdirectory.org. The exhibit features the work of five traditional artists around the state, including Alan Kolodny (tatter and jewelry maker), Janice Mitchell (quilter), Vish Shenoy (sitar player), Paul Gore (sign painter), and Sharde Thomas (fife player).
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) is investing over $1.6 million through grants in more than 260 organizations, schools, and individual artists across the state for the fiscal year 2023.
