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The Path to Freedom
"Icons of Freedom" at the Mississippi Museum of Art highlights the arduous trek to the polls and the strenuous battle for equality during Freedom Summer in 1964.
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Women: A Catalyst for Change
In an exhibit titled "Women: Agents of Change in the American Civil Rights Movement," Jackson State University offers a glimpse into the documentary photography of Dr. Doris A. Derby.
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Tom Thomsen's Heart for the Arts
Tom Thomsen's artistic career is long and varied. The Nebraska native—and former farm boy—began playing piano at age 4.
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Pam Kinsey’s Light
Pam Kinsey's art studio is on a small lake in Cleary, Miss., nestled between Byram and Florence. The building is quiet and serene, not unlike her vividly real and serene …
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Norman Rockwell: Inside Iconic Art
"Norman Rockwell: Murder in Mississippi" opens June 14, and will hang through Aug. 31 at the Mississippi Museum of Art.
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Hatching a New Art Movement
The area between Woodrow Wilson Avenue, and Fortification, West and Mill streets is full of what looks like abandoned buildings and warehouses, some laced with graffiti and others just plain …
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Straying at Home
When Mary Claire Primos, founder of Stray at Home Art and Music Festival, moved back home to Jackson after living in Nashville for seven years, she noticed that something was …
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Fishes of Many Colors
Samuel Jalapeno-Pepperoni Finn is a fish—a beta, to be exact—and he's about to start his first day at the Crystal Coral Fins Academy. Sam is the star in Shaydrienne N. …
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Décor and Class
Sometimes, white walls can be a person's biggest inspiration. For Hunter Davenport, the blank walls in his apartment—along with the lack of monetary funds to decorate them to his content—stirred …
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A Beautiful, Brutal Reality
Gwendolyn Magee, who died in 2011, drew international acclaim for her striking quilts, which elevated an African and African American folk tradition to fine art.
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Teaching Across America
Remember Forever will host five fun and interactive photography workshops in April. Amazon and B & H Camera store are supporting the weekend event as part of Remember Forever's Photographing …
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A Photographer’s Eye
James Patterson's studio, 119 Gallery, is simple, like his photography. The white walls are lined with his work.
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Steve Hendrix: Lost in the Art
Steve Hendrix's long, slender hands might indicate that he has psychic abilities, if you believe in that sort of thing.
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The Light of Activists
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer. In celebration of the gains the SNCC made and in recognition of those who lost their lives, the Mississippi Museum of …
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Fondren’s New Shutterbug
Lately, Sharon Coker's home has felt a little crowded, with her family and photography business all under one roof.
