Press Releases

Click on the exhibition or title below to view or download a pdf of the corresponding press release.
Images are available for media use to accompany each of these press releases. If you require the accompanying images or need further information about an exhibition or program at the Mississippi Museum of Art, please contact Julian Rankin, jrankin@msmuseumart.org or 601.965.9932.

 

Our Most Recent Press Releases

Mississippi Museum of Art presents Oxford Day, a Celebration of the Hometown of Artist Theora Hamblett

Mississippi Museum of Art Presents April in Paris Gala

Mississippi Museum of Art Announces Artists Accepted into the Inaugural Juried Art Competition Live and Silent Auction

Mississippi Museum of Art presents Symbols of Faith, Home, and Beyond: The Art of Theora Hamblett

Mississippi Museum of Art presents Second Annual C3 Community Art Project - “The Future is on the Table #4”

Mississippi Museum of Art Names New Deputy Director and Chief Curator - Roger Ward Brings More than Thirty Years’ Experience to Museum

Mississippi Museum of Art presents Old Masters to Monet: Three Centuries of French Painting from the Wadsworth Atheneum

 

Older Press Releases - For Your Information

Mississippi Museum of Art Hosts 2013 Art by Choice Exhibition, Sale, and Live Auction

Mississippi Museum of Art Presents the Bethlehem Tree During Holiday Season

Artist Caroline Compton and Family Make Impact at Mississippi Museum of Art

High Note Jam Fall Schedule Announced by MMA and Greater Jackson Arts Council

Mississippi Museum of Art Unveils New Outdoor Artwork - Souvenir of Mississippi by Randy Hayes

Mississippi Museum of Art Hosts Second Annual Town Creek Arts Festival on October 6, 2012

Mississippi Museum of Art Presents To Paint and Pray: The Art and Life of William R. Hollingsworth, Jr.

Mississippi Museum of Art Hosts Artists by Artists Exhibition

Mississippi Museum of Art awarded $1 million grant from The Kresge Foundation

Jackson State University and Mississippi Museum of Art present Mirrors of Clay: Reflections of Ancient Andean Life in Ceramics from the Sam Olden Collection

Louis LaRose Announced as New Executive Chef of The Palette Café by Viking

Mississippi Museum of Art One of Three in Nation Selected for Second Round of National Innovation Lab for Museums

 

Mississippi Museum of Art Exhibiting Mississippi Doodle 4 Google 2012 Finalists

MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART TO JOIN IN ASSOCIATION OF ART MUSEUM DIRECTORS’CELEBRATION OF ART MUSEUM DAY ON MAY 18th 2012

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman to Visit The Art Garden

JSU and Mississippi Museum of Art partner to host one of the country's "most significant" African American art collections

Cocoon, an international participatory sculpture series, comes to Jackson

Mississippi Museum of Art Hosts The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2011 Mississippi Regional Competition

Mississippi Museum of Art presents The Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV to the city of Jackson, Mississippi

Mississippi Museum of Art Announces Naming of the BankPlus Green in The Art Garden

Mississippi Museum of Art Presents Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H. A. Rey

Mississippi Museum of Art Presents 2011 Bethlehem Tree: Younger Foundation Crèche Collection

Mississippi Museum of Art Announces 2011 Hiatt Fellowship Recipient

Mississippi Museum of Art Announces Artists for 2011 Mississippi Invitational Exhibition

Mississippi Museum of Art Presents Rembrandt: Beyond the Brush

Mississippi Museum of Art Presents Skating: An Artist's Book by Jane Kent and Richard Ford

MMA Announces Mobile Giving Campaign to Complete Funding for The Art Garden

Mississippi Museum of Art Receives NEA Our Town Grant

2011 TOWN CREEK ARTS FESTIVAL: CELEBRATING THE PUBLIC OPENING OF THE ART GARDEN AT THE MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART

MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART PREPARES FOR “AN EVENING IN THE GARDEN”

MMA Presents Art by Choice Exhibition, Sale and Auction - August 20 through September 11, 2011

MISSISSIPPI MUSEUM OF ART TO PARTICIPATE IN BLUE STAR MUSEUMS 2011

Breach of Peace: Portraits of the 1961 Freedom Riders on display March 9 - June 12, 2011

Oraien Catledge: Photographs of Cabbagetown on display September 25, 2010 - January 16, 2011

River and Reverie: Paintings of the Mississippi by Rolland Golden on display September 25, 2010 - January 16, 2011

25th Annual Mississippi Watercolor Society Grand National Watercolor Exhibition October 2, 2010 – January 1, 2011 

Museum Exhibits Temporary Installation during Federal Building's Renovation - Southern Wall by William Christenberry 

Mississippi Museum of Art Participates in Blue Star Museums; May 31 - September 6, 2010

Herb and Dorothy: A Glimpse into Their Extraordinary Collection; April 10 - September 12, 2010

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2010 Mississippi Regional Competition; February 6 - April 18, 2010

Art Remix Summer Music Series; May 7, June 11, July 9, and August 13, 2010

On the Wall/Off the Wall: Modern American Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection & The Luxury of Exercise: Small Sculpture and Works on Paper by Claudia DeMonte; April 10 - August 1, 2010

Pieces and Strings: Mississippi Cultural Crossroads 22nd Annual Quilt Contest and Exhibition; May 8 - August 1, 2010

Bethlehem Tree: Younger Foundation Creche Collection; November 27, 2009 - January 10, 2010

Jim Henson's Fantastic World; December 19, 2009 - March 14, 2010

Merriment on the Midway:  Eudora Welty's State Fair Mural and Photographs; September 26, 2009 - January 3, 2010

ArtRemix Summer Music Series; July 17 and August 14 2009

Hiatt Winner of Mississippi Invitational Announced

Mississippi Invitational; August 1 - November 29, 2009

Name Change - One Artist - Twelve Personas - 35 Years; August 1 - November 29

American Masters of the Mississippi Gulf Coast; April 11 - July 12, 2009

Eudora Welty in New York; April 11 -July 5, 2009

Raoul Dufy: A Celebration of Beauty; February 7 - July 5, 2009

Mississippi Museum of Art Receives Major Donation of Contemporary Art; November 2008

Between God and Man: Angels in Italian Art; June 7 - December 31, 2007