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“Frogs”
Walter Inglis
Anderson
Courtesy the Walter Anderson Museum of Art,
Ocean Springs |
American Masters of the Mississippi Gulf Coast is a
traveling exhibition organized by the Mississippi Arts
Commission that will feature the works of George Ohr,
Dusti Bonge`, Walter Anderson and Richmond Barthe`.
The exhibit will visit eight venues across Mississippi,
between August 2008 and January 2009. The exhibit is
underwritten by the National Endowment for the Arts and
is the second in a series highlighting the cultural
contributions of historic Mississippi personas in art,
literature, theatre and dance. William P. Andrews,
Gallery Director with Mississippi State University’s
Department of Art, serves as the project coordinator.
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“Feral
Benga”
Richmond Barthé
Courtesy Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson |
Additionally, the Mississippi Arts Commission, the
Starkville Area Arts Council, and the Mississippi State
University Department of Art are publishing a 104 page,
full-color, hardback catalog on the lives of the artists
and artworks of the exhibition that
will be circulated by the University Press of
Mississippi. Noted Mississippi writer, Patti Carr Black,
is providing her expertise to the project by serving as
curator and as editor of the catalog.
“It is a privilege for the Mississippi Arts Commission
to partner in this rare and remarkable project that
honors and recognizes these gifted Mississippians
through the American Masterpieces Initiative,” said
Malcolm White, MAC Executive Director. “Through this
exhibition and publication, we hope to offer a
thoughtful and respective view of these legendary visual
artists who drew life and inspiration from our beloved
Mississippi Gulf Coast.”
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“Vase”
George Ohr
On Loan from a Private Collection Biloxi, MS |
The
National Endowment for the Arts created this initiative
to acquaint Americans with the best of their cultural
and artistic legacy. The performances, exhibitions,
tours and educational programs across many different art
forms, held as a result of this
initiative,
are geared to reach large and small communities in all
50 states. Established by Congress in 1965, the NEA is a
public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the
arts. Additional funding for the concerts comes from a
grant from The Phil Hardin Foundation.
Exhibit dates and
locations are as follows:
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“Bananas”
Dusti Bongé
Courtesy the Dusti Bongé Foundation, Biloxi |
August 8 - September 21, 2008
| Lauren Rogers Museum of Art,
Laurel
October 2 – October 30, 2008
| MSU Dept. of Art Gallery,
Starkville
November 7 - December 19, 2008
| E.E. Bass Cultural Center,
Cleveland
January 2 - February 26, 2009
| GumTree Museum of Art, Tupelo
April 11 – July 12, 2009
| Mississippi Museum of Art,
Jackson
July 25 – August 29 2009
| University of Mississippi
Museum, Oxford
September 10 - October 15, 2009
| USM Museum of Art, Hattiesburg
November 6, 2009 - January 10, 2010
| Walter Anderson Museum of Art,
Ocean Springs
