Mississippi Museum of Art

380 South Lamar Street
Lamar , MS 39201
United States

PAST EVENTS

A Closer Look: Silhouette Artists in Antebellum Mississippi

From: 
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Until: 
Sunday, August 25, 2019

Fine/Folk: African American Art from the Collection

From: 
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Until: 
Sunday, January 22, 2017

This exhibition addresses the aesthetic influences of both folk art and Modern art on African American artists in the 20th century. These objects, chosen from the Mississippi Museum of Art’s permanent collection, include a variety of media yet are centralized around the notion of identity and self-representation.