by MBJ Staff Published: May 16,2013
Tags: art, Lynn Gammill, Pine Belt, Spirit in Action
Four Pine Belt residents were honored for their commitment to caring for the community as winners of the Spirit in Action Awards, presented at the annual Spirit of Women Spring Event. Lynn Gammill has dedicated her entire life to helping make Mississippi and Hattiesburg a better place to live. Just a few examples of her [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 26,2013
Tags: art, construction, culture, expand, expansion, history, Museum, renovation, retrofit, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
LAUREL — It’s the home stretch for the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, with officials poised to unveil exciting new additions for next week’s 90th anniversary celebration. Last week, Jeannette Walker peered eagerly through the glass top of the doors leading from the museum’s American Gallery to the Stairwell Gallery. Fixed in her gaze was [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 4,2013
Tags: art, basketball, design, logo, marketing, professional sports, public relations
HATTIESBURG — Mississippi may not have its own major league professional sports team, but one Hattiesburg resident can at least say he had a major part in developing one. Rodney Richardson, founder and principal of RARE Design in downtown Hattiesburg, recently designed a new logo for the NBA’s New Orleans Hornets, who will soon become [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 28,2013
Tags: art, artist, construction, culture, expansion, Heritage, history, Museum, painter, painting, renovation, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
OCEAN SPRINGS — Rosemary Roosa and her staff at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs are awaiting the completion of the museum’s $750,000 expansion project. Roosa, the museum’s executive director, says the end of January is the deadline. Groundbreaking on the project was in July. The project is being paid for through [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 15,2013
Tags: art, arts, cultural, culture, Heritage, highway, historic, history, infrastructure, music, road, tourism, tourist, transportation, travel, vacation, visitor
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — U.S. Highway 82, which runs from the Mississippi River at the Arkansas line across North Mississippi to the Alabama line, has been named the state’s first cultural highway. Officials tell the Delta Democrat Times the designation will highlight the tourist attractions along the 181 miles of highway through eight Mississippi counties. It [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 10,2013
Tags: art, build, builder, buildimng, construction, contractor, culture, fine art, Heritage, history, Museum
LAUREL — There is more than meets the eye when it comes to the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art. Hidden from public view in the lower-level vault are all sorts of treasures, including the painting “A Child’s First Steps” by 19th century French artist Jean-Francois Millet. The work, copied famously by Dutch painter Vincent van [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 17,2012
Tags: art, cultural tourism, culture, facility, grand opening, Heritage, Museum, potter, pottery, sculpture, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor
Biloxi — Two descendants of George Ohr attended the opening of the fifth building completed since Hurricane Katrina devastated the museum dedicated to the man once called “the mad potter of Biloxi.” “My mother was George Ohr’s granddaughter. I like to come to anything that showcases George,” Phyllis Allen of Jackson told The Mississippi Press. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 13,2011
Tags: art, Evert Witte, The Jane Crater Hiatt Artist Fellowship
Evert Witte of Bay St. Louis has earned The Jane Crater Hiatt Artist Fellowship. The grant of $15,000 was awarded recently to Witte, whose abstract paintings are included in the 2011 Mississippi Invitational, on view at the Mississippi Museum of Art through Feb. 5, 2012. The fellowship recipient is determined by a panel of jurors [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: August 4,2011
Tags: art, arts, cultural heritage, cultural tourism, municipal government, museums, taxes, tourism
BILOXI — Biloxi Mayor A.J. Holloway is making it clear that he does not want to use tax dollars to support the Ohr O’Keefe Museum of Art. Holloway discussed the issue yesterday morning at his annual “Breakfast with the Mayor.” As he discussed the city budget that he and the City Council are working on, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 6,2011
Tags: art, arts, entertainment, municipal government, music, tourism
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia could become the fifth city in Mississippi to have a designated Arts and Entertainment District. Meridian, Tupelo, Columbus and Ocean Springs have entertainment districts. The Philadelphia Board of Aldermen has not officially decided to designate an arts and entertainment district within the city, but Mayor James Young says he can’t see many [...] [...]
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