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Thursday, August 28, 2008
- "Live and Let Draw"
- Aug 4 – Aug 30.
- "Live and Let Draw," pieces from the 2008 Storytellers Ball art competition, will be on display in the Mississippi Arts Center's Main Gallery, with an opening reception on August 7, 2-4 p.m.
- Mississippi Arts Center.
- Free, donations welcome.
filed under: Galleries, Exhibits and Openings.
- Latin Dance Nights
- Jun 14 – Aug 30.
- DJ playing your favorites in Salsa, Cha-cha, Merengue, & Bachata! Every summer Saturday night, show up at 7:30 p.m. for a short lesson to learn the basics before the party starts at 8 p.m. Alcohol served or BYOB with a corkage fee.
- Mediterranean Fish & Grill (6550 Old Canton Rd.).
- $10 per person (lesson included).
filed under: Community, Dance, Creative Classes.
- “David Hayes: Sculpture”
- Sep 6 – Aug 31.
- Sculptures are displayed on the LMRA outdoor grounds. Hayes is a celebrated American sculptor who has been featured at the Museum of Modern Art in NY and the Guggenheim.
- Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.
filed under: Exhibits and Openings.
- Mississippi Theatre Association Playwriting Contest
- Jul 18 – Sep 1.
- The Mississippi Theatre Association is sponsoring its second playwriting competition for original one-act plays. The contest is open to writers 18 and older who are either residents or natives to the Magnolia State. The winner will receive $500 and have a staged reading of the prize-winning play at the Mississippi Theatre Association Conference in January 2009.
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filed under: Artistic Opportunities.
- “The Sight of Music"
- Jul 5 – Sep 7.
- A diverse collection of nearly 100 works dating from the 1920s through the 1990s and encompassing numerous interpretations of, and variations on, the theme of music. Artists represented include Thomas Hart Benton, Andy Warhol, Red Grooms, John Cage, Billy Morrow Jackson, Lou Barlow, Robert Motherwell and many others.
- Mississippi Museum of Art.
- $5.
filed under: Exhibits and Openings.
- “Life Through the Lens: Photographs by Senator Howard H. Baker Jr. and Governor Raymond Mabus
- Jul 5 – Sep 7.
- An exhibit of color photographs by Sen. Howard Baker of Tennessee and former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus, and includes images of landscape, flora and fauna, people and architecture from around the world.
- Mississippi Museum of Art.
- $5.
filed under: Exhibits and Openings.
- Weaving, Knitting and Spinning
- Jul 8 – Sep 9.
- In this 10-week class, beginners are taught by Marcy Petrini all the basics of weaving, spinning and knitting. The class meets every Tuesday for 10 weeks.
- Mississippi Craft Center.
- $170.
filed under: Creative Classes.
- "American Masters of the Mississippi Gulf Coast"
- Aug 8 – Sep 21.
- Works from George Ohr, Dusti Bonge, Walter Anderson, and Richmon Barthe are traveling around the state as part of a traveling exhibition organized by the Mississippi Arts Commission and will be at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.
- Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.
- Free.
filed under: Galleries, Community, Exhibits and Openings.
- "Peoples of the Plateau: The Indian Photographs of Lee Moorhouse, 1898-1915"
- Jul 27 – Sep 24.
- The exhibition is part of a national tour that consists of approximately 50 black and white photographs reproduced from Moorhouse's original glass plates.
- Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.
filed under: Galleries, Exhibits and Openings.
- "Mors Voluntaria and Other Misfortunes"
- Aug 25 – Sep 30.
- This collection of paintings by Alison Byrnes depicting famous suicides shows the biographical connections between the subjects through their demises as well as "an extension of the illuminations that accompanied various manuscripts of Boccacccio's De Casibus Virorum Illustrium and related De Mulieribus Claris – On the Fall of Illustrious Men and On Famous Women. The illustrations that accompany these texts depict the well-known men and women in their moments of death and downfall, in order to point out that everyone is equal in death."
- Lewis Art Gallery.
- Free.
filed under: Exhibits and Openings, Galleries.
- MAC Poetry Anthology Call for Submissions
- Aug 4 – Oct 15.
- The editors of The Southern Poetry Anthology now seek submissions for the third in their series, featuring Mississippi poets. The anthology will be published by Texas Review Press. If you are a Mississippi native, or if you have lived in Mississippi for more than one year, please feel free to send up to five poems for consideration. This anthology is not limited to those who have published before; first-time submitters are welcome as well as those who have had full-length works of poetry published with national presses. The only rules: Poems must be original and of high quality. Formal poems and free verse will be considered. Poems about Mississippi are not necessarily championed over other motifs and themes, as they wish for the “sense of place” to manifest in different ways, with different voices. Please note that the success of this anthology depends a great deal on word of mouth. Notify your poetry students, poetry-writing friends, and gifted nemeses of this opportunity. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Please submit your poems electronically (through e-mail) to both editors, Stephen Gardner (steveg@usca.edu) and William Wright (vercimber@hotmail.com). Please type “Mississippi Poetry Submission” as your subject heading, then include your first and last names in parentheses. For example: Mississippi Poetry Anthology (William Wright). Unfortunately, snail-mail submissions are not an option given the nature of their editing process. Please include a short cover letter within the text of the e-mail, as well as the names of the poems submitted. Submit a maximum of five poems, and ensure that the poems are sent in .rtf (Rich Text Format) or .doc (Word) format (please make sure that the Word format is 1997-2003 to ensure that both editors can open it). Please include all submitted poems in only one attachment. All submissions should include a recent bio (up to 150 words) after the poems, on a separate page. Please italicize names of publications. We welcome both new and previously published work. However, if poems have been previously published, submitters must hold rights to them and provide full publication data (journal and/or book publisher, title of book, date of publication). Finally, please make sure that each submission includes a preferred e-mail address and street mailing address.
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filed under: Artistic Opportunities.
- "African Art and Artifacts"
- Nov 1 – Oct 31.
- Permanent display of African treasures.
- Northside Library.
filed under: Exhibits and Openings.
- First Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Fiction Writing Contest
- Apr 25 – Nov 15.
- Judge: Richard Ford Grand prize is $1,500, a VIP Festival Pass ($500 value), Publication in the New Orleans Review, Domestic Airfare and Accommodations to attend the Festival, and a Public Reading Short stories up to 7,000 words Entry Fee: $20, payable to Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival. Unlimited entries per person. Only open to writers who have not yet published a book of fiction. Stories must be previously unpublished. Writing Contest Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival 938 Lafayette Street, Suite 514 New Orleans, LA 70113
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- $20 entry fee.
filed under: Artistic Opportunities.
- The Mississippi Story
- Jan 1 – Dec 31.
- An exhibition of a selection of works from the museum's permanent collection of over 4000 pieces. This first exhibition of works from the permanent collection in the new museum space focuses on the state's rich artistic heritage. Patti Carr Black is the curator of this exhibition which features work by Walter Anderson, George Ohr, William Dunlap, Eudora Welty, William Eggleston and others.
- Mississippi Museum of Art.
- Free.
filed under: Exhibits and Openings.
- Dinosaurs!
- May 24 – Jan 4.
- From a Protoceratops with hatchlings to a Tyrannosaurus rex, these robotic dinosaurs are fascinating to children and adults alike. Hear them roar, and watch them feed and care for their young. Learn which beasts may have been fighters and active hunters of other dinosaurs as prey and which creatures fed on tender plants.See the Pteranodon, the prehistoric sky king, whose wingspread was as wide as a soccer goal. Find out which dinosaur had eyes as big as soccer balls and possibly binocular vision. Understand how the horn-faced Triceratops protected itself from attackers and how much time the peaceful Apatosaurus may have spent in the water and why. Kokoro, the company that created the robotic dinosaurs, consults with distinguished paleontologists on all aspects of the creatures’ attributes and functioning during development. Each creature is individually handcrafted and computer-programmed.
- Mississippi Museum of Natural Science.
- $5, various discounts available.
filed under: Family, Exhibits and Openings.
- Candy's Art Camp - Session IV
- Jul 14 – May 10.
- Fourth Session of Candy's Art Camp for students ages 6-14 provides instruction in fine arts and crafts in 3-day intervals.
- Mississippi Craft Center.
- Tuition $135.
filed under: Family, Creative Classes.
