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Kids Being Creative: FIGMENT 2013

FIGMENT 2013 stretched nearly five blocks, much more spread out than it had been in past years, when it was held in the old Coke plant on Highway 80.

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FIGMENT: What Are You Bringing?

This weekend, FIGMENT, an annual, free and participatory art festival in Jackson will give everyone the chance to tap into their inner artist, to create, to participate and to bring ...

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Celebrating True Craft

This weekend, Jackson is getting another serving of southeastern artistry, courtesy of the second Stray at Home Festival.

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The Human Element

The first instinct is usually the correct one. Artist Paul Fayard studied psychology and worked as a mental health counselor for "a lot of years" before rediscovering an instinctive affinity ...

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Taking it Slow

The Slow Movement is running rampant, though it likes to run at the speed of a tortoise.

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A Shoestring Fling

Operation Shoestring is a community organization based around kids and families that has been making a difference for nearly 50 years.

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Natural Talent

As you turn a corner in the Mississippi Museum of Art, you come face-to-face with a larger-than-life Renoir-esque work. Local artist Ginger Williams-Cook painted the Pierre Auguste Renoir-inspired mural to ...

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Impressions of Old Masters

The Mississippi Museum of Art's new exhibition, "Old Masters to Monet: Three Centuries of French Painting from the Wadsworth Atheneum," covers all the major players and artistic movements between the ...

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Paint By Numbers

Leaving with a finished painting is one of the best parts about classes at Artful Hours or Easely Amused.

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Grand Waters

Anyone who lives or plays in Jackson long enough will eventually be driving down a road and pass a quiet, slender man with a paintbrush.

Jesmyn Ward and Leonard Pitts, Jr. at JSU

Two award-winning authors visited Jackson State University over the weekend to promote their books "Salvage ...

Old Masters to Monet Exhibit

The Mississippi Museum of Art has just unveiled a unique collection that will run until ...

Glennray Tutor's LIGHT & OBJECTS

Oxford, MS artist Glennray Tutor says the interplay between flat and round dimensions is a ...

On the set of "As I Lay Dying"

The production has been filming an adaptation of William Faulkner's "As I Lay Dying" in ...

Sweet Soirée

JSU's Gallery 1 held a "Sidewalk Soirée" in celebration of Tony Davenport's artwork on September ...

The Art of Tony Davenport @ Gallery 1

Tony Davenport's artwork is featured at Gallery 1 on the Jackson State University campus. August ...

Light Box Art Project

For the past few months, snatches of color have been popping up on downtown street ...

Public Art Celebration

People gathered for Jackson's celebration of artists who painted the downtown electrical boxes on June ...

GOOD IDEAS: CREATIVITY

Local artists Anthony DiFatta (left) and Tony Davenport (right) sat down with JFP intern Sam Suttle to discuss their perspectives on creativity, chaos, and life.