As a mixed-media artist, Jacqueline Gonzalez Wooton incorporates 3D materials into her acrylic paintings to create abstract pieces that play on themes of spirituality and symbolism.
Rob Cooper, a Jackson-based stained-glass artist, received a commission from award-winning British novelist and comic-book writer Neil Gaiman to create a window for the latter’s London home.
The Spot Downtown is housed inside a historic building built in 1939, which has served many purposes before opening as a coffee shop and interactive classroom on March 21, 2022.
The Mississippi Museum of Art presents “A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration,” an exhibit showcasing 12 artists and their personal connections to the Great Migration movement through film, art, sound and sculpture. The exhibition is open to view until September 11, 2022.
Local businesses along Farish Street have allowed the Mississippi Museum of Art to install art displays relaying words of wisdom to help guide readers through life lessons.
“Adventures in the Imagination: Chuck Galey,” a new exhibition available at The Music + Arts Experience in Meridian through March 12, puts a retrospective of the Jackson illustrator’s artwork on display.
Holli Johannes founded the “Stitch Their Name Memorial Project,” currently on display at the Margaret Walker Center on the Jackson State University campus, which honors African Americans whose lives were lost to police and others due to racial hate and bigotry.
This weekend in Pearl, fans of architecture and LEGO products alike can view Rocco Buttliere’s dozens of intricate Lego builds from his “Landmark / Landscape” collection, which comprises models of iconic cultural landmarks from across the globe.
A clear sense of artistic zeal and boundary-pushing creativity fill the Meridian Museum of Art’s galleries and rotunda in the 47th annual Bi-State Art Competition
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