Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Art Nights is a monthly evening series that brings the humanities to life through art, literature, music, and dialog. This month, Art Nights takes a focused look through the lens of CAPE at the Portrait of Delia by artist James Reid Lambdin. This exceptional work, painted prior to the Civil War, features a woman named Delia, who was enslaved in the William Bisland family of Mount Repose plantation in Natchez. Though the details of her...

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Saturday, March 2, 2019

VISUAL VOICES: Contemporary Chickasaw Art is a traveling exhibition of thought-provoking, experimental, and critical works by 15 Chickasaw artists from diverse artistic backgrounds. VISUAL VOICES is made possible by a grant provided by the Chickasaw Nation, guidance from the Chickasaw Artist Board, and assistance from The American Indian Cultural Center and Museum. Additional support is provided by the Community Foundation for Mississippi—Tommy G. Ramey & Peggy Huff Harris Fund and Ross & Yerger. This exhibition is free...

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Saturday, March 2, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Take a closer look at exhibitions on view during this free guided tour every Saturday at 11 AM. Tours last approximately 45 minutes.

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Friday, March 8, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Gallery talks offer visitors the chance to engage with a single work, or pairing of works, for a 30-minute talk led by Museum curators and educators, as well as local artists and scholars. For this talk, Elizabeth Abston, Curator of American art, will guide viewers through important historic maps of the Chickasaw homeland lent by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and will discuss key works in the VISUAL VOICES exhibition that speak to...

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Saturday, March 9, 2019

Take a closer look at exhibitions on view during this free guided tour every Saturday at 11 AM. Tours last approximately 45 minutes.

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Art Nights is a monthly evening series that brings the humanities to life through art, literature, music, and dialog. The Museum is honored to have Dr. Manuela Well-Off-Man, Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts and co-curator of VISUAL VOICES, guide this evening’s program through this exhibition of contemporary Chickasaw art. This gallery walk-through will be an in-depth look at the themes and narratives that are so important to Chickasaw culture and...

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Saturday, March 16, 2019

A Tale of Two Collections features works by eight artists held in the collections of both the Museum and Tougaloo College: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Joan Miró (1893-1983), Marie Hull (1890-1980), Hale Woodruff (1900-1980), Romare Bearden (1911-1988), Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), Benny Andrews (1930-2006) and Thomas Eloby (1944-2001).The two earliest works are of the same subject matter interpreted by two different artists Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821-1872) and Heppie EnEarl Wicks (1857-1940). This exhibition and its programming...

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Saturday, March 16, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Take a closer look at exhibitions on view during this free guided tour every Saturday at 11 AM. Tours last approximately 45 minutes.

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Friday, March 22, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Gallery talks offer visitors the chance to engage with a single work, or pairing of works, for a 30-minute talk led by Museum curators and educators, as well as local artists and scholars. This talk, led by Isabel Gray, MMA’s Director of School and Academic Programs, will focus on the history of the Scholastic Art Awards, for which the Museum is the Regional Affiliate for the Mississippi Art Region. During the talk, participants will...

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Saturday, March 23, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Take a closer look at exhibitions on view during this free guided tour every Saturday at 11 AM. Tours last approximately 45 minutes.

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Turry M. Flucker, art collections administrator at Tougaloo College, will share stories about the historic collections-driven relationship between Tougaloo College and the Museum, offering insight about some of the current works displayed in the exhibition A Tale of Two Collections on loan from Tougaloo College, and read a short excerpt from his forthcoming book, The Tougaloo Art Collections, scheduled for release spring, 2010. This exhibition and its programming are components of the Art and Civil Rights...

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Saturday, March 30, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Take a closer look at exhibitions on view during this free guided tour every Saturday at 11 AM. Tours last approximately 45 minutes.

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Friday, April 5, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Gallery talks offer visitors the chance to engage with a single work, or pairing of works, for a 30-minute talk led by Museum curators and educators, as well as local artists and scholars. During this Gallery Talk, MMA Teaching Fellows will discuss their contributions to the Mississippi Museum of Art’s App, taking visitors on a special tour of VISUAL VOICES: Contemporary Chickasaw Art. Join us to see the show from their point of view,...

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Saturday, April 6, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Take a closer look at exhibitions on view during this free guided tour every Saturday at 11 AM. Tours last approximately 45 minutes.

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Icons of the Permanent Collection Gallery

Art Nights is a monthly evening series that brings the humanities to life through art, literature, music, and dialog. This event is free and open to the public.

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Saturday, April 13, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Take a closer look at exhibitions on view during this free guided tour every Saturday at 11 AM. Tours last approximately 45 minutes.

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Saturday, April 20, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Take a closer look at exhibitions on view during this free guided tour every Saturday at 11 AM. Tours last approximately 45 minutes.

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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Join us on the opening day of Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now for a fun-for-the-whole-family morning of exploration, dance, music, and crafts and meet artists on view in VISUAL VOICES: Contemporary Chickasaw Art. This event is free and open to the public. DRESS FOR MESS! Generously sponsored by The Henry and Martha Hederman Charitable Foundation

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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now fuses the history of silhouette portraiture and its interpretation in contemporary art in beautiful and thought-provoking ways. The exhibition features three well-known contemporary artists, Kara Walker, Camille Utterback, and Kumi Yamashita, who reexamine and reimagine the silhouette to broaden our understanding of its power in the past and in the present. Organized by the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. This exhibition is free and open to the...

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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Take a closer look at exhibitions on view during this free guided tour every Saturday at 11 AM. Tours last approximately 45 minutes.

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Friday, May 3, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Gallery talks offer visitors the chance to engage with a single work, or pairing of works, for a 30-minute talk led by Museum curators and educators, as well as local artists and scholars. This event is free and open to the public.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Art Nights is a monthly evening series that brings the humanities to life through art, literature, music, and dialog. This month, Isabel Gray, Museum Director of School and Academic Programs, leads participants in taking a closer look at a selection of pieces on display in Black Out: Silhouettes Then and Now. Participants will learn about the physiognotrace—an instrument used in producing silhouettes—and participate in a hands-on demonstration exploring its functionality and form. This...

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Friday, May 17, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Gallery talks offer visitors the chance to engage with a single work, or pairing of works, for a 30-minute talk led by Museum curators and educators, as well as local artists and scholars. This event is free and open to the public.

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Friday, May 31, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Gallery talks offer visitors the chance to engage with a single work, or pairing of works, for a 30-minute talk led by Museum curators and educators, as well as local artists and scholars. This event is free and open to the public.

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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Art Nights is a monthly evening series that brings the humanities to life through art, literature, music, and dialog. This event is free and open to the public.

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Friday, June 14, 2019

Begins in The Museum Foyer

Gallery talks offer visitors the chance to engage with a single work, or pairing of works, for a 30-minute talk led by Museum curators and educators, as well as local artists and scholars. This event is free and open to the public.

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Saturday, June 29, 2019

The Mississippi Invitational is a bi-annual survey of recent works created by contemporary visual artists living and working across the state. Artists are invited to submit their work for consideration by a guest curator to be included in the bi-annual Mississippi Invitational exhibition. The guest curator for this iteration of the Mississippi Invitational is Kimberli Gant, PhD; the McKinnon Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia. This exhibition is free...

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