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December 19, 2009 - March 14, 2010
Jim Henson's Fantastic World
The Donna and Jim Barksdale Galleries for Changing Exhibitions
Jim Henson’s Fantastic World offers a rare glimpse into the imagination and creative genius of the multi-talented innovator and creator of beloved characters like Kermit the Frog, Big Bird, and hundreds of others. From the beginning, the Mississippi-native expressed his ideas in incredible bursts of invention, through a variety of visual forms, clever dialogue, songs, comic bits, and animation. This exhibition presents original artwork, including drawings and cartoons, as well as other objects like puppets and movie props, all of which reveal the brilliant mind of their creator. Click the exhibition title for more information. Jim Henson’s Fantastic World is organized by The Jim Henson Legacy and SITES, in cooperation with the Henson Family; The Jim Henson Company; The Muppets Studio, LLC; and Sesame Workshop. The exhibition is made possible by The Biography Channel. Additional support has been provided by The Jane Henson Foundation and Cheryl Henson. This exhibition is sponsored locally by Donna and Jim Barksdale, BancorpSouth, Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau, The Clarion-Ledger, Sanderson Farms, Children's Medical Group, Greenville - Washington County CVB, the Jim Henson Delta Boyhood Exhibit, BKD, Mitchell Distributing, Planters Bank, Delta Council, McDonald's and Regions Bank. Click here for a complete list of programs and events associated with the Henson exhibition. Click the title above for more information about this exhibition.
February 6 - April 18, 2010
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2010 Mississippi Regional Competition
Public Corridor
The Mississippi Museum of Art hosts this annual Mississippi Regional Competition for students in grades 7-12 from throughout the Mississippi region. All artworks and writing winning at the regional level are exhibited prior to national competition, where Gold Key regional winners are eligible to compete.
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The Mississippi Story
Comprised of artwork from the Museum’s permanent collection, The Mississippi Story reveals the remarkable history of visual arts in the Magnolia State. The installation includes more than 200 objects and is divided thematically into four sections: Mississippi's Landscape, Mississippi's People, Life in Mississippi, and Exporting Mississippi’s Culture. The exhibition is guest curated by Patti Carr Black, author of Art in Mississippi, and is the Museum's most comprehensive showing of Mississippi art from its permanent collection. The exhibition features artwork by Walter Anderson, George Ohr, Sam Gilliam, William Dunlap, John McCrady, Richmond Barthé, Eudora Welty, William Hollingsworth, Marie Hull, and William Eggleston, among many others. Click the exhibition title for more information.
Icons of the Permanent Collection
From Coast to Coast: American Landscapes from the Permanent Collection presents diverse vistas from across the nation, as seen through the eyes of its artists.
Among these are rugged, rocky New England shores; Long Island’s verdant, rolling hills; the Schuykill and Mississippi rivers on their meandering journeys; and the majestic Yosemite Falls roaring down the Sierra Mountains. These 19th-20thcentury images give a beautiful and informative overview of the sundry aesthetic philosophies pursued by some of our most accomplished landscapists.
Of special interest are recent acquisitions Back of Woods, No. 2, 1942, a watercolor by John Marin; Will Henry Stevens’ untitled and undated pastel of the New Orleans riverfront; a vibrant Kate Freeman Clark oil entitled Tree by a Small Stream, Shinnecock Hills, ca.1896; and Robert Kipniss’ enigmatic painting, Early Moon, 1968. Also on view, after conservation, is Alfred Hutty’s lush canvas, In Magnolia Gardens, Charleston, ca. 1925, in its vintage Art Deco frame.
Panorama of the American Landscape, by Mississippi artist William Dunlap, hangs in the Museum’s Trustmark Grand Hall. The fourteen panels were commissioned for the neoclassical rotunda of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1984. Preparatory drawings of the work are also displayed in the Grand Hall, and a video about the panorama runs nearby.
Pre-Columbian Ceramics
The objects displayed in the cases of the Museum’s lobby originate from two continents and represent a time span of more than two thousand years. Pre-Columbian civilizations living across Peru, Mexico and Central America flourished prior to the arrival of Europeans. An array of archaeological cultures developed, several of which are represented in the collection exhibited here.
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