VIP Tickets – Members $65, Non-Members $75

• VIP tickets include VIP bar access, table seating, exhibition tickets for Non-Members, and 6:30 PM early admission. A limited quantity (80) of VIP tickets are available.

General Admission – Members $45, Non-Members $50

• • General admission ticket holders are encouraged to bring them own chairs or blankets.

The Mississippi Museum of Art presents An Evening of Music in Architecture with Mississippi architect and musician James Ray Polk and The Mississippi Sawyers, a concert celebrating the connection between music and the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. 

Wright’s work first inspired Polk as a young musician who believed his future would be in music. Encountering Wright’s buildings in books  changed everything. “I remember thinking,” Polk recalls, “this is more than walls and roofs—these buildings have a soul.” That moment led him to a career in architecture spanning four decades, including teaching at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. 

Now the journey has come full circle. Polk has written and recorded a collection of mandolin-based instrumental compositions inspired by the music of Bill Monroe and the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. The album, Organic Architecture, will be released in June and performed across the country as An Evening of Music in Architecture at iconic Wright sites including Fallingwater, Taliesin, and Taliesin West. 

This special concert in The Art Garden at MMA celebrates the Museum’s stewardship of Fountainhead, a beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Fondren.  

Polk performs with The Mississippi Sawyers, a bluegrass ensemble rooted in the Piney Woods of south Mississippi. The band features Shelby Kemp on guitar, Alexis Frenette on fiddle, Jim Elledge on banjo, David Pellow on bass, and James Polk on mandolin. 

All proceeds from the concert will go to the restoration of Fountainhead. 

Learn more about Fountainhead.

Picnic Basket Menu

• SOUTHERN CHARCUTERIE – Grilled Andouille Sausage, Tasso,Ham, Rillettes, Pork Cracklins,  Creole Mustard, Pepper Jelly, Smoked Provolone, Spicy Pimento Cheese, Grapes, Berries
• SUMMER SALAD –  Corn, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Mezzi Canneroni Pasta, Blueberry-Jalepeno Vinaigrette
• BAGUETTE SANDWICH – Brie, Goat Cheese, Mulled Cherries, Walnut Jam & Arugula
• COOKIE SANDWICHES –  Matcha Tea Cakes filled with Strawberry & White Chocolate Ganache

Once you purchase tickets, you have the option to purchase a 3-course Picnic Basket for 2 people (with or without wine) from Hal & Mal’s. Picnic baskets will be available for pick up at MMA. Picnic basket sales will close on Wednesday, June 10.