As the state’s largest art museum,
the Mississippi Museum of Art is home to extraordinary works. Each
year, it plays host some of the best exhibitions in the nation.
As Mississippi's largest
art museum, the Mississippi Museum of Art is home to some
extraordinary works of art. In 1911 the Mississippi Art
Association was founded to promote the original work of Mississippi
artists, sculptors, writers, craftsmen, and other artistic fields.
It's not simply the best in local and regional art that they have
on display. Each year some of the most diverse exhibitions in the
nation come to Jackson, as well as numerous rotating exhibits from
the museum’s permanent collection of more than 3,100 works
of art spanning thousands of years of art history.
In addition to the continuing exhibits, the museum
offers year round educational classes, workshops and programs for
children, adults and teachers. The biennial Mississippi Invitational
Exhibition, which began in 1997, invites a guest curator to bring
an objective eye and fresh perspective on the state’s most
promising artists. And not to be missed is the museum’s monthly
“Unburied Treasures” and “Jazz, Art and Friends”
evening series of jazz, cocktails, literature and visual arts.
It’s the perfect place to mingle with area
artists and art patrons, while you take it the latest exhibit. See
for yourself today. If it's great art you're looking for, you are
sure to find it here.
Be Part of the Story.
Greater Jackson Arts Council
Jackson, Mississippi
601.960.1557 info@jacksonartscouncil.org
The Greater Jackson Arts Council
is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization that works in public/private
partnership with the City of Jackson and the Jackson Convention
& Visitors Bureau. Our agency also receives public funding from
the Mississippi Arts Commission, Hinds County Board of Supervisors,
U.S. Department of Education, and the National Endowment for the
Arts. Additionally, our programs and services are supported by private
foundations, corporate donors, our volunteer board of directors,
and individuals committed to cultural development in the city.
