Every Tuesday and Thursday, 11am–2pm! For three hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the ceramic studio will be open for our members. All skill levels and abilities are welcome. Available space in the studio is first come, first serve. Includes materials and firing. $40 per month. Registration required by the first of each month. Register Here …
If you’ve ever felt inspired to get involved with your community and support the arts, volunteering at The MAX could be just right for you. Find out about our volunteer program, meet our volunteers and tour our exhibits. Enjoy refreshments and enter to win door prizes.
Get an inside look at the Governor's Recording Studio at The MAX—take a tour and record a simple track! Find out how this state-of-the-art studio can meet your audio recording needs. Free with museum admission.
Join us for our first First Saturday at The MAX. Here’s the schedule for the day’s events: 10am–Noon Make + Take Workshop; 11–11:45 performance of "Death by Design" by Meridian High School drama students; Noon–1pm Music by Aa’Keela Hudnall; 1–2pm Collage Workshop with Lindsay Carraway; 2–3:30pm Blues Presentation by Gayle Dean Wardlow. The Governor's Recording …
Celebrate Black History at February's First Saturday at The MAX with a performance from "Death by Design: The Secret Holocaust of Wrightsville, Arkansas," a play by Meridian High School Performing Arts Teacher Randy Ferino. Five Meridian High students will perform a scene in The MAX Hall of Fame gallery. Congratulations to Randy and his students, …
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Join us for our First Saturday lunch concert—a performance by Aa’Keela Hudnall in The MAX Hall of Fame. Free with museum admission.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, 11am–2pm! For three hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the ceramic studio will be open for our members. All skill levels and abilities are welcome. Available space in the studio is first come, first serve. Includes materials and firing. $40 per month. Registration required by the first of each month. Register Here …
Tuesdays, February 4–March 24, 2–4pm In this eight-week watercolor class led by Rosemary Kahlmus, participants will learn the unique transparency of combining the paint with water, experimenting with color shades, and much more. Materials included in the course fee. Class meets every Tuesday through March 24 and is limited to ten students, ages 16+. Registration …
Learn and practice “throwing” on the potter̓s wheel in this eight-week ceramics course led by Dillan Ladner. All materials and open studio time included in the course fee. Class meets every Tuesday evening through March 24 and is limited to six students ages 16+. Registration required. $150 Members | $180 Non-members | $160 Seniors 65+ …
Groove into this beginner guitar course and learn the fundamentals of guitar including techniques, rhythms, chords, picking, and strumming. By the end of this eight-week class you'll apply fundamentals to classic songs! Students must bring their own acoustic guitar to class each week. Class meets every Wednesday through March 25 and is limited to six …
Learn the fundamentals of guitar—including techniques, rhythms, chords, picking, and strumming—and apply them to play classic songs. Class meets every Wednesday through March 25 and is limited to six students. Registration required. $70 Members | $80 Non-members Register Here
Check back for an update on this event. Taste Tennessee Williams’ favorites at a cocktail hour at The MAX. Wonderbird Spirits from Taylor, MS, will be on hand to create a Williams-inspired flight of cocktails. Must be 21 to attend. Advanced Registration Required. $20 Members | $25 Non-members. Purchase Tickets
Join The MAX and the Sunflower County Freedom Project for a student drama troupe performance of A Song for Coretta, a play by Pearl Cleage. Free and open to the public.
Bring your valentine to Maxie’s Juke Joint for a night of blues with Ra’Shad The Blues Kid and his band from Laurel, MS. Upcoming artists in the series include: Aa’Keela and The Beats, April 3; Vasti Jackson, June 5; and Jamell Richardson, July 31. Refreshments + cash bar available. Purchase tickets online or at the …
You’re in for a treat at February’s Brown Bag Lunch Concert! Purvis Elementary’s 4th Grade Chorus will perform a concert of songs written or inspired by Mississippi musicians. A performance by Crestwood Elementary School will follow. Bring your lunch and a friend or two and enjoy an hour of live music by these young Mississippi …
Join us as we celebrate Richard Wright, one of America’s (and Mississippi’s) greatest writers! Wright challenged our thinking with his books, Native Son and Black Boy. In honor of the 80th anniversary of the publication of Native Son, The MAX is screening HBO’s 2019 film adaptation. The first 70 guests will receive free bookmarks and …
Join us for a Mardi Gras party on the Rooftop Terrace at The MAX! We’ll have light refreshments, a cash bar, Mardi Gras music, games and giveaways. Costumes encouraged. Includes museum admission. $5 Adults | $1 Kids | Free for members. Purchase Tickets
Mississippi Children’s Museum–Meridian and The MAX invite you to a fun-filled birthday bash complete with cake, Green Eggs and Ham, face painting, storytelling, and much more. Free and open to the public. Museum admission $5.
Lindsay Carraway is a self-taught painter and mixed media artist diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The shapes, colors, and themes of women, family, and empowerment appear throughout her work. On exhibit January 25–May 3, 2020, Heal the Knife that Cuts the Wound offers a look into Carraway̓s world. Free with museum admission. Photo caption: …
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