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SUMMARY:<i>John Jennings: Build Your World</i> Opening Day
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening day of John Jennings: Build Your World, a new exhibition that explores the extraordinary storytelling and world-building of John Jennings — Mississippi native, NYTimes bestselling graphic novelist, Harvard Fellow, and Hugo- and Eisner Award-winning artist.\nGuests are invited to experience the exhibition as a living space that sparks reflection, joy, and imagination through visual art, music, movement, conversation, and hands-on activities.\nSchedule of events:\n10 am: African dance and drum circle with N’spire Walker in the Citizens National Bank Courtyard\nBuild Your World art stations\n11 am-12:30 pm: Create cyanotypes with H.I. Green in the Trustmark 2D Studio\n11 am-2 pm: Make zines with Justin Ransburg in the Structural Steel Services Hall of Fame\n12 pm: Leaving Legacies KRUMP street dancers perform in the Citizens National Bank Courtyard\n1 pm: John Jennings artist talk in the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Multipurpose Gallery\n2:15 pm: Meet the artist mixer in the Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi Multipurpose Gallery\nSkenny Burgers food truck will be on-site from Jackson\n\nAll events are free with museum admission:\n\n$14 Adults (18–64)\n$12 Seniors (65+)\n$8 Youth (6–17)\n$2.50 admission for Mississippi Power Customers all summer\nFREE admission for Members, Children (Under 5), Educators\nFREE admission for Active and Retired Military and their Families all summer\n\nCollege students receive free admission on opening day with ID.\nIn John Jennings: Build Your World, Jennings’s groundbreaking work in Afrofuturism, folklore, and comics is brought to life through multiple creative projects, including Silver Surfer: Ghost Light (Marvel). With work featured at The MET and appearances on CBS Sunday Morning and multiple Marvel documentaries, Jennings is a rock star in the world of comics.\n \n\n
URL:https://www.msarts.org/events/john-jennings-build-your-world-opening-day/
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