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Legacies of the Great Migration: The Podcast
To celebrate our exhibition A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, this podcast series explores conversations with…
MMA and BMA Announce National Tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Exhibition to be presented in three additional venues located in U.S. cities greatly impacted by the Great Migration. Today, the Mississippi…
Medgar Wiley Evers Lecture | Isabel Wilkerson
Thursday, September 8, 6:30 PM, Galloway United Methodist Church
ARCHIVED The Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) present the 2022 Medgar…
Two Wings: The Music of Black America in Migration
Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 7 PM
ARCHIVED 6 PM: Cash bar 7 PM: Performance 8:30 PM: Reception and book signing 9:30 PM: Event/galleries close Following sold…
Gallery Talk | Leslie Hewitt
Friday, September 9, at 11:30 AM
Join A Movement in Every Direction artist Leslie Hewitt in the galleries as she shares more about her three assemblage…
Mississippi Book Festival | Partnership Events
Saturday, August 20
Children’s Book Discussion “Ride the Overground Railroad” 9:30 AM, Galloway Fellowship Center Join MMA at the Mississippi Book Festival to…
Gallery Talk | Dr. Phyllis Lewis Hale
Friday, August 5, 11:30 AM
Dr. Phyllis Lewis Hale, Assistant Professor of Musical Voice and Director of Opera/Musical Theatre at Jackson State University, joins us…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, August 28, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, August 21, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, August 14, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Gravy Writers at the Great Migration Crossroads: The Midwest Speaks
Saturday, August 13, at 7 PM
Join us for a special program in A Movement in Every Direction as we present newly commissioned writings connecting the…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, August 7, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
In Conversation: Charles M. Blow
Wednesday, June 22, 7 PM
Join us for a conversation with journalist, author, and New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, and Stuart Rockoff, executive…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, September 4, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, July 31, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, July 24, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, July 17, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Look and Learn | Jake Makes a World: Jacob Lawrence, A Young Artist in Harlem
Saturday, July 16, 10:30 AM
Gather round for Look and Learn – our literacy and art-making program for children ages 5 and under. This monthly…
Gallery Talk | Alissa Rae Funderburk
Friday, July 15, 11:30 AM
Join Alissa Rae Funderburk, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation oral historian for the Margaret Walker Center at Jackson State University for…
We Dance
Friday, July 8, 5:30 (Bar); 7 PM (Event)
From the world-renowned Wideman Davis Dance company and award-winning filmmakers Ethan Payne and Brian Foster, We Dance is a love…
Art on Film | Conversation and Film Premiere with Akea Brionne
Thursday, June 23, 7 PM
Using the medium of film, Art on Film explores stories of the artists and art on view of permanent and…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, June 26, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Curator Tour | A Movement in Every Direction
Saturday, June 25, 11 AM
Chief Curator and Artistic Director of CAPE Ryan N. Dennis leads a guided tour of A Movement in Every Direction.…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, June 19, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Look and Learn | This Is the Rope: A Story from the Great Migration
Saturday, June 18, 10:30 AM
Gather round for Look and Learn – our literacy and art-making program for children ages 5 and under. This monthly…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, June 12, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, June 5, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Gallery Talk | Donald “Field” Brown
Friday, June 3, 11:30 AM
The decision to migrate – or to stay—during the Great Migration was not singular during its roughly 60-year period. In…
Share your story.
At the heart of A Movement in Every Direction are deeply personal, familial stories. Some have been passed down through…
MMA Celebrates A Movement in Every Direction with a Stellar Roster of Public Programs
Exhibition on view at the Mississippi Museum of Art April 9 through September 11, 2022 Throughout the presentation of its…
Conversations on the Great Migration, with Musicians Queen Iretta and Johnie B.
Hear from Mississippi musicians Queen Iretta and Johnie B. Queen Iretta was born in Tunica and moved to Chicago where…
Interview with Curators by MMA Education Team
Prior to the opening of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, MMA’s Education team sat down…
Conversations on the Great Migration, with Chefs Nia Minard and Enrika Williams
Mississippi chefs Nia Minard and Enrika Williams join the conversation about the Great Migration. Nia spent her childhood in Yazoo…
Conversations on the Great Migration with Writers W. Ralph Eubanks & Kiese Laymon
Hear from Mississippi authors Ralph Eubanks and Kiese Laymon. Born in Mount Olive, and a graduate of Ole Miss, Ralph’s…
Teen Takeover | Night at the Museum
Friday, May 6, 6-8 PM
Come celebrate the end of the school year with an evening of music, artmaking, free food, games, and so much…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, May 29, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, May 22, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Museum After Hours | Food Truck Festival
Thursday, May 19, 5 PM
Join the Mississippi Museum of Art and Mississippi Capital City Pride as we celebrate our annual Food Truck Festival with…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, May 15, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Art on Film | Panel and Film Premiere with Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Friday, May 13, 7 PM
Join us as we celebrate the premiere of Jamea Richmond-Edwards’ film, Leviathan, commissioned for A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, July 10, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Gallery Talk | Dr. Tiffany Caesar
Friday, May 6, 11:30 AM
Dr. Tiffany Caesar, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Visiting Scholar at Jackson State University's Margaret Walker Center, joins us in the…
Curator Talk | A Movement in Every Direction
Thursday, May 26, 6 PM
Join us on Zoom with A Movement in Every Direction co-curators Ryan N. Dennis, chief curator and artistic director of…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, May 1, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Public Tour | A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Sunday, July 3, 2 PM
Join our trained gallery educators for a FREE tour of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration.…
Family Day | A Movement in Every Direction
Saturday, April 23, 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The Trustmark Grand Hall; Galleries; The Art Garden; Foyer; Classrooms Celebrate the opening of A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies…
A Movement in Every Direction | Opening Weekend Events
Friday, April 8 - Sunday, April 10
Join us as we celebrate the opening of this landmark exhibition with a series of critical conversations, and celebrations focused…
Great Migration Summer Teacher Institute
In Summer 2022, the Mississippi Museum of Art, in collaboration with the Mississippi Department of Archives, will host a National…
A Movement In Every Direction Captures Enduring Significance of the Great Migration Through Commissioned Works by 12 Acclaimed Artists
Exhibition to Open at the Mississippi Museum of Art on April 9, 2022, Before Traveling to the Baltimore Museum of Art …
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MMA and BMA Announce A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration
Twelve artists with ties to the South commissioned to create new works across media Members receive free admission. To make…
