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September 2018
“Love Daddy: Letters from My Father” Exhibit
“Love Daddy: Letters from my Father” reveals the complicated relationship between a father and son, separated by distance and time while bound by love and admiration. David Rae Morris, son of the late Willie Morris, uses photographs as snapshots into who his father was as a man, father, and author. Willie Morris’ letters reveal an everlasting love and affection that he was unable to express through dialogue but could through written word. The letters and photographs intertwined helped both men…
Find out more »November 2018
Christmas Cabaret Call for Performers
On Dec. 21, The MAX will be hosting a Christmas Cabaret. This holiday variety show will showcase the vast and varied talents of the local community. Acts can include, but are not limited to: singing, acting, standup comedy, dancing, speed painting, contortion, magic/sleight of hand, etc. All acts are to be in the spirit of the holiday season. If you are interested in performing in our festive cabaret, please contact Courtney at 601-581-1550, ext. 10 or courtney@msarts.org
Find out more »Make + Take Workshop
Young visitors to The MAX make an art project to take home. Activities are led by a museum educator and held in the second floor classroom. Free with museum admission.
Find out more »MAXStudio Holiday Workshop: Empty Bowls–Session 1: Build Your Bowl
In this two-session workshop, each person will create two ceramic bowls for the Empty Bowls fundraiser–one to keep and one to donate (to sell at the Empty Bowls benefit). Build your bowl on November 27, then glaze your bowl on December 4. $10 Members | $15 Non-members Register for this Event Empty Bowls is a fundraiser benefiting L.O.V.E.'s Kitchen. An admission fee at the benefit will include a handmade bowl made by a local artist (you!) and a bowl of…
Find out more »December 2018
Mississippi Day
Join us for a "Mississippi Day at The MAX," as we welcome our neighbors from Yazoo City and the surrounding Delta! We'll have FREE refreshments, a FREE photo booth, door prizes, and Mr. Mike's frozen yogurt for sale. Kids can create a souvenir art project at our FREE Make + Take Workshops. Discount admission: $5 Adults + Seniors | $1 Youth 6–17 | Kids 5 and under FREE
Find out more »Make + Take Workshop
Young visitors to The MAX make an art project to take home. Activities are led by a museum educator and held in the second floor classroom. Free with museum admission.
Find out more »Film Screening + Panel Discussion–Yazoo Revisited
Join us for a special screening of David Rae Morris' Yazoo Revisited: Integration and Segregations in a Deep Southern Town and a panel discussion about integration in Mississippi and Meridian. Panelists include David Rae Morris; Melba Clark Payne, the first black educator at Northwest High School; and moderator Stuart Rockoff, Mississippi Humanities Council. Free with museum admission.
Find out more »Holiday Workshop: Empty Bowls–Session 2: Glaze Your Bowl
On your second visit to The MAX, you'll glaze your bowls for the Empty Bowls benefit at Meridian High School on December 10. Empty Bowls is a fundraiser benefiting L.O.V.E.'s Kitchen. An admission fee at the benefit will include a handmade bowl made by a local artist (you!) and a bowl of soup.
Find out more »Mini Maestros in the Exhibits
Kids 5 and under experience the upstairs exhibits, led by a museum educator. Free with museum admission.
Find out more »Book Signing–Jan Risher
Mississippi native Jan Risher will be on hand to sign Looking to the Stars for Old Algiers, a collection of her columns from Lafayette, Louisiana's The Daily Advertiser. Free and open to the public.
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