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Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience Winter 2020

PLACE From the Upcoming Exhibition Tennessee Williams: The Painter and the Playwright February 6–April 11, 2021 Sulla Terrazza della Signora Stone, ca 1970s, oil and pencil on canvas. Courtesy of the Key West Historical Society.

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I have always been particularly fond of a section of the Little Room Mural by Walter Inglis Anderson. In 1991, I was the director of the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. One of my major projects, besides the construction of the new museum, was moving the Little Room from Anderson’s Shearwater cottage to a vault inside the new museum downtown. During the process of moving and conserving the work, I had an opportunity to spend a great deal of time inside the room as conservators plied their trade.

The Little Room Mural is a floor-to-ceiling masterpiece depicting a full 24-hour transition through night and day. Anderson’s imagination and gestural brush work bring to life — in vibrant colors — the plants, animals, and light changes of his imaginary day. My favorite time of day is found on the east dawn wall and the south “glory of the day” wall.

Nighttime storm clouds loom, punctuated by stars, then transition into an explosion of light and color marking the new morning.

We have navigated the tremendous challenges and darkness of 2020. I believe a new morning is coming. Anderson wrote in his journal, “Nature does not like to be anticipated, but loves to surprise; in fact seems to justify itself to man in that way, restoring his youth to him each time, the true fountain of youth.” I think his words appropriately reflect our museum family’s experience over the past year.

During my nearly 35 years at various museums, I have never worked with a more hardworking, dedicated, and talented group of people. I’ve also never witnessed a more faithful assembly of museum members and donors. Our staff members, volunteers, and board of directors have been diligent in moving forward despite the year’s difficulties and uncertainties. We must keep our eyes on the bright horizon, inspired by each other and by our exciting mission. Although storm clouds surround us now, we will soon be in “fair winds and following seas.”

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Mark A Tullos Jr. President | CEO The MAX

The Little Room, floor-to-ceiling murals chronicling the transition from night to day, Walter Anderson Museum of Art.

Board of Directors Ann Alexander, Chair Meridian Archie Anderson, Treasurer Meridian Marian Barksdale, Secretary Oxford Shawn Brevard Tupelo Sheryl Davidson Meridian Tommy Dulaney Meridian Veldore Young Graham Meridian Checky Herrington Starkville

Board Spotlight Welcome New Board Members

The MAX is pleased to announce the addition of six members to its board of directors, enhancing the board’s diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, age, religious beliefs, professional skills, and geographic reach.

The new directors include a Southern studies professor with extensive publishing credentials, a veteran Mississippi nonprofit alliance leader, the city of Meridian’s chief administrative officer, and individuals with extensive business and volunteerism experience.

Melanie Mitchell Meridian Dede Mogollon Meridian Joe Norwood Meridian

Ralph Eubanks, Oxford Award-winning Author

Millie Swan Hattiesburg Billy Thornton Gulfport Fred Wile Meridian

Eddie Kelly, Meridian City of Meridian

Duffee Williams Meridian Laura Carmichael, Ex-Officio Meridian Director Emeritus

Annie McMillan, Hattiesburg Mississippi Power

Fred Cannon Billy Estes Alan Lamar

Sammy Moon, Jackson Mississippi Alliance of Nonprofits and Philanthropy

Caroline Cannada Rush, Meridian Community Leader Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience 2155 Front Street Meridian, MS 39301 601-581-1550 msarts.org

Kelly Swain, Meridian Swain & Collins, P.A.

By Stacey Wilson, MAX Curator of Exhibitions

Tennessee Williams: The Painter and the Playwright

“Why did I write?

Because I found life unsatisfactory.”

—Tennessee Williams, 1911–1983

Inspired by his tumultuous upbringing, Tennessee Williams changed American theatre by bringing to the forefront the forgotten Americans— the outcasts of society.

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Tennessee Williams transformed his alcoholic and often absent father into one of his most famous characters, Big Daddy from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. His mother was the strong and overbearing, yet foolish, Amanda Wingfield from The Glass Menagerie. Williams pushed theatre to new limits by exploring topics of sex and violence like never before. In addition to plays, he also wrote screenplays, poetry, essays, short stories, and an autobiography.

With hit after hit, The Glass Menagerie (1944), A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), The Rose Tattoo (1949), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), and Night of the Iguana (1961), Williams was at the top of his career between the mid 1940s and early 1960s.

However, despite his success, behind the scenes Williams battled depression as well as a lifelong addiction to alcohol and prescribed medications. Writing was his coping mechanism. But after the death of his longtime partner Frank Merlo in 1963, Williams sank deeply into his addictions.

His playwrighting career never recovered, but a new career and coping mechanism emerged — painting.

selling his paintings for about $2000 each, but oftentimes giving them away to friends and colleagues.

Tennessee Williams: The Painter and the Playwright, organized by the Key West Art and Historical Society, will be on display at The MAX from February 6–April 11, 2021. The exhibition features 18 paintings plus an interview with David Wolkowsky, developer and preservationist, whose collection comprises the exhibition. It took Wolkowsky several years and some difficulty to collect all of the paintings, but he did so because preserving the history and culture of Key West was important to him.

Williams visited and lived in Key West for more than 30 years. This exhibition explores the innermost thoughts and struggles of the playwright in visual form. Tennessee Williams: The Painter and the Playwright not only celebrates Tennessee Williams, but is an example of how the arts can aid in the healing of mental illnesses such as addiction and depression.

After a mental breakdown in 1969, Williams was admitted into a psychiatric hospital.

After his release he traveled to Europe where he studied painting with Australian painter Michael Garady in exchange for writing lessons. While in Key West he had the same arrangement with close friend Henry Faulkner. With their encouragement, Williams’ hobby became his new career.

Williams painted on the patio of his Key West home and sometimes on his close friend David Wolkowsy’s private island.

Williams experimented with several mediums including oil, pencil, oil washing, charcoal, and pastels. The themes of his artwork ranged from characters from his plays to portraits of close friends to homosexuality. Williams never hid his sexuality, but struggled with it for most of his life. He was quite successful as an artist

At left: Le Solitaire, 1977, oil on canvas board.

Courtesy of the Key West Historical Society.

Above: Tennessee Williams with his bulldogs, 1958.

Photo by Don Pinder.

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By Coleman Warner, MAX Director of Development

MAX Reflections: Four Perspectives Their vantage points couldn’t be more diverse: a renowned actress and university educator, known for television and film roles; a budding painter not yet in high school; an aspiring singer and actor, just getting started in community college; and a seasoned photographer who documents timeworn settlements and their residents.

They also have important things in common: a deep appreciation for the arts and their potential impact, and a close association with The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience in Meridian.

“I really believe a young person experiencing The MAX will walk away with a sense of personal pride and history,” said Greenwood native Tonea Stewart, retired dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Alabama State University. “They will have a better understanding of their history, regardless of their race. They will see that where you come from does not dictate where you end up … Anyone visiting The MAX will understand that where there is a will, there is a way.

They will understand that culture is important, that art is important.”

The two-story arts museum on Front Street has touched vast numbers of individuals since its opening in the spring of 2018. Professionals at The MAX are refining plans for greater outreach and engagement — online as well as on-site — even as they and other cultural partners work to overcome effects of the COVID crisis.

The MAX recently gathered reflections from four artists who connect in unique ways with its mission. In addition to Stewart, a theater PhD who resides in Montgomery, they include Iris Barnard, an 8th grader at Lamar School in Meridian; Josh Davis, a freshman at Meridian Community College and Meridian High graduate; and Jane Rule Burdine, a documentary photographer who grew up in Greenville and now lives in the community of Taylor near

Top to bottom: Aspiring painter Iris Barnard, Tonea Stewart on her first visit to The MAX, aspiring actor and poet Josh Davis.

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Oxford. All see The MAX as a vital source of inspiration and education as it celebrates artists from a wide spectrum of creative fields.

Stewart, a Jackson State University speech and theater graduate who later taught at the university, is remembered for her recurring role as Aunt Etta Kibby in the TV series In the Heat of the Night and for her acting and directing contributions at the New Stage Theater in Jackson.

She has served as a narrator for exhibits in a number of civil rights museums around the country. Stewart was enlisted to provide voice-over introductions for several artists featured in exhibit videos at The MAX. “I was so proud to do it,” she said.

“Number one, Mississippi is home, and number two, The MAX museum is the best-kept secret of museums in this nation. It is fabulous. It’s clear that special attention was given to make a unique and paramount statement about the subject matter at hand.” She is particularly drawn to special effects such as images of beloved Mississippi dishes appearing as a visitor moves plates on a kitchen table, and rousing spirituals delivered by an African-American choir in an immersive church exhibit.

Stewart said she always encourages acquaintances and relatives to stop in Meridian to experience The MAX, and they are typically stunned at the quality of exhibits.

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a youth art contest at The MAX with a richly-colored acrylic on canvas. Added to the second-floor School gallery, her untitled work was accompanied by this description: “The painting displays a world split into two identical floating islands, where one is forever day and one is forever night. It plays with the idea that in space there is no up or down.”

The young painter has taken art classes at the Meridian Museum of Art and at institutions in other states where her family has lived. She hopes to one day secure a spot at the Mississippi School of the Arts residential school in Brookhaven.

She draws inspiration from the contest experience at The MAX, and from the museum’s highlighting of details from the life journeys of many Mississippi artists.

“I really believe a young person experiencing The MAX will walk away with a sense of personal pride and history. They will have a better understanding of their history, regardless of their race. They will see that where you come from does not dictate where you end up.

They will understand that culture is important, that art is important.”

—Tonea Stewart

“This is specific history,” she said.

“It’s very interactive in all the local history — in engaging young artists, young people’s talents.”

Josh Davis, a native of the Lauderdale community near Meridian, has been pulled into the arts — with focused interest in poetry-writing, acting, and singing R&B

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me in a good way. I feel like it had to happen in order for me to grow as a performer.”

For Jane Rule Burdine, a self-taught photographer devoted to traveling backroads and capturing images of local culture, the presentation of her work at The MAX represents a great honor. In The Home gallery at the museum, a collection of 10 Burdine photographs are grouped on a wall covered by patterned wallpaper, just above a piano. They mostly depict ordinary Mississippians in their home settings.

— as a result of the influences of family members and a Meridian Public Schools teacher, Randy Wayne. He also gleans insights from movie acting. Davis plans to pursue formal training in theater and music at Meridian Community College and beyond.

The MAX has been a valuable resource for Davis and friends drawn to the performing arts. In early 2020, Davis won a Poetry Slam competition at The MAX. “I learned a lot about how to perform the spoken word,” he said. “That experience was definitely one that I’ll be taking away with

“I’ve always loved the remaining architecture that’s there from the old ways, and have photographed much of it, the towns that are decaying and old barns and things like that, the shotgun houses that are disappearing,” said Burdine, an Ole Miss sociology graduate. “People don’t know a lot about Mississippi and they have preconceived notions and so forth.

What’s most important to me is to portray the beauty of the land, the beauty of the people.”

These four perspectives offer just a glimpse into the ways that artists and friends of the arts engage with The MAX and its mission. There will be many others, as new audiences explore Mississippi’s extraordinary arts legacies.

Above: Jane Rule Burdine, Leland, 1993, chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist.

The subject is Eugene Powell (1908-1998), a.k.a. Sonny Boy Nelson.

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By Mark Tullos, MAX President|CEO

Meet The MAX “Hero”

Our Focus on the Younger Generation

After opening this new interactive museum and education center, we were faced with a myriad of unanticipated opportunities through programming. In an age where planning the effective use of limited resources, it is crucial for museums such as The MAX to have a very concise vision of where we want to be in the future.

We also needed to revisit our mission, which was impacted by our “key learnings” in our first two years of operation. We interacted closely with a strategic planning consultant over seven months, even collaborating virtually through the 2020 Pandemic!

Our planning consultants with A Different View, laid tremendous groundwork before our planning process even began. We learned a great deal through their community focus meetings and analysis of our program evaluations and data. Under their leadership, we crafted a succinct and compelling mission and vision.

First we stated our challenge: “Mississippi’s rich arts contributions are often unknown or misunderstood.” In the second sentence, we explain what we do: “We enlighten and inspire by sharing stories of creative expression, providing an opportunity for all generations to reach their full potential.”

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The strategic planning process involved board, staff, and major stakeholders, and generated a five-year plan that is clear to prospective contributors and actionable for our staff and board.

While we wish to serve everyone, our resources require us to identify one primary target audience, and we call this “Our Hero.” The MAX can make the most impact by focusing on the younger generation to enlighten and inspire them creatively. Therefore, our hero is ages 3–18. A fuller understanding of our audience is required to ensure we can achieve our mission, so we developed an “avatar.” An “avatar” is an embodiment often in a person we call our “hero.”

These are some of the attributes of our “hero.” n They are in school. n They spend their free time generally in front of a screen. n They like to follow personalities such as movie stars, action heroes, musicians,

writers, singers, etc.

n They have some arts exposure. n Their biggest problem is their identity — they don’t understand their own story

and what they can be or how to connect their story so that they can be the “hero.”

n They are frustrated by a lack of confidence, inspiration, money, opportunity,

communication. n They often lack the experience and support needed to move forward. Everything from supplies to transportation, parent/teacher support, etc. n They need affirmation, confidence, praise, a sense of belonging. They need activities and knowledge to stimulate curiosity. n They live everywhere! n They could live in both a stable and unstable environment. n Transformation: They have a desire to express themselves. They need changes in thinking and direction. They need tools for identity.

By identifying youth ages 3 through 18 years, we now have a guide star for our journey into the future. Our focus on inspiring the next generation of artists not only energizes our staff and volunteers, but it provides our contributors and stakeholders a solid identity for our institution.

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Generosity at the Close of 2020 The Year End Appeal of The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience provides an important opportunity for friends of the museum to sustain and advance its mission.

This represents the year’s broadest appeal for contributions, and the campaign’s timing allows supporters to prepare filings for associated tax deductions.

Contributions address a litany of needs at the state institution. They support programming for schools and families; on-site concerts and other special events; outreach to partner organizations across the state; research and writing in support of special exhibitions; and development of new digital assets and online outreach. They allow The MAX to pursue lofty goals.

“The Year End Appeal has taken on added significance in 2020 as a result of financial difficulties caused by repercussions from the pandemic crisis, as this prolonged public health issue has impacted visitation and disrupted many public and private gatherings,” said MAX Director of Development Coleman Warner.

The museum is open and has taken measures to ensure the safety of all, but nevertheless faces unusual budget challenges — similar to those impacting nonprofits across the nation.

“The museum has reached out to dozens of longstanding major supporters with a ‘MAX Forward’ campaign to address short-term budget needs, and responses to the Year End Appeal will reinforce that campaign,” Warner said. “We deeply appreciate the generosity of our loyal donors and members as our museum professionals work to sustain vital programs and develop new ones. We will continue to play a lead role in Mississippi arts education.”

You or your organization may have received a mailing about the Year End Appeal. Support options also are explained under “Join + Give” on the museum’s website at msarts.org.

Questions can be directed to Warner at coleman@msarts.org or Membership Manager Margo Evans at margo@msarts.org.

Gift Cards now available at The MAX

The perfect stocking stuffer!

Stop by The MAX Store or the visitor services desk and purchase a gift card in any denomination. Gifts cards can be used to purchase a membership, pay a class fee, buy a ticket to any event, or shop in The MAX Store.

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Celebrate the artistry of Tennessee Williams! Organized by the Key West Art and Historical Society, Tennessee Williams: The Painter and the Playwright examines Williams’ career as a visual artist and how painting helped him cope with addiction and depression.

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Free with museum admission.

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Plan your visit to The MAX on the first Saturday of the month for a full day of fun. We’ll have live performances, artist demonstrations, illustrated talks, workshops for kids, free refreshments, and more—all at deeply discounted admission prices.

Adult tickets are just $5, youth 6–18 tickets are $1, and children 5 and under and members are always free.

12/5/20 Christmas in Paradise 1/2/21 New Beginnings 2/6/21 Tennessee Williams

Mark “Muleman” Massey

Join Maxie for a night of music, dancing, and fun! The two Mississippi musicians featured in the Blues Series this winter will perform a variety of music styles. Free refreshments + cash bar available. Shows at 6–9pm. $20 Nonmembers | Free for Members For more information, visit msarts.org/calendar.

Funded in part by a grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission.

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MAXStudio: Winter Classes Sign up for our Winter classes and learn to paint with watercolors, use the potter’s wheel, or handbuild ceramics.

And hone your wheel thrown ceramics skills or create original jewelry with our two guest artists at The MAX this session.

Beginner’s Watercolor Painting with Rosemary Kahlmus

Beginner’s Wheel Thrown Ceramics with Dillan Ladner

Tuesdays Feb. 2–Mar. 9, 2021 2pm–4pm

Tuesdays Feb. 2–Mar. 23, 2021 5:30pm–7:30pm

$150 Members $180 Non-members $160 Seniors 65+

$150 Members $180 Non-members $160 Seniors 65+

In this six-week class, students will learn the basics of watercolor painting. All materials included in the course fee. Class size limited to ten students, ages 16+.

Registration required.

Learn and practice working on the potter’s wheel in this eight-week beginner’s ceramics course. All materials, firing, and open studio time included in the course fee. Class size limited to six students ages 16+.

Registration required.

Things to do this Winter at Members Only Exhibition Preview Party Tennessee Williams: The Painter and the Playwright Feb. 5, 2021 | 2pm–6pm | Free for Members The MAX invites you to Sip & View, an exclusive member̓s preview of Tennessee Williams: The Playwright and the Painter. Choose a time that is convenient for you and view the exhibition while enjoying a complementary beverage. Please RSVP by Feb. 3. Online: msarts.org | Email: members@ msarts.org | Phone: 601-581-1550 ext. 31 14 | P L A C E

Dates and times are subject to change.

For updates and to register for events, visit msarts.org.

Beginner’s Handbuilt Ceramics with Elizabeth Williams

Wheel Thrown Ceramics Intensive with Allen Chen

Jewelry Making with Casey Jennings of Ponderosa Drive Designs

Thursdays Feb. 4–Mar. 25, 2021 1pm–3pm

Feb. 27 + Mar. 6, 2021 9am–3pm

March 6, 2021 9am–Noon

$175 Members $200 Non-members

$60 Members $85 Non-members

Join Ceramist Allen Chen for an intensive in Wheel Thrown Ceramics. Allen will work one-on-one with students to troubleshoot and improve their work on the wheel in this two-part workshop.

Instruction, glazing, firing, and lunch included in the course fee. Ages 16+. Class size limited to six students.

Registration required.

Join artist Casey Jennings for a jewelry-making workshop and create your own customized earrings.

(Each participant will leave with two pairs of handmade earrings.) All supplies and instruction included in the course fee. Class size limited to 25. Registration required.

$150 Members $180 Non-members $160 Seniors 65+ Learn the basics of building functional ceramic pieces by hand in this eight-week progressive course. All materials, firing, and open studio time included in the course fee. Class size limited to six students ages 16+.

Registration required.

The MAX WineDown Feb. 11, 2021 | 8pm–10pm $15 | Free for Members

Members Only: Open Ceramics Studio Thursdays | 11am–2pm $70 per month

Welcome back to The MAX WineDown! For this edition of the WineDown, your team will bring three identical bottles of a varietal TBD. If your wine earns the “Best Bottle” title, you'll stock your bar with a great selection of wine for your next party! To register your team, visit msarts.org.

Every Thursday MAX Members of all skill levels can practice their ceramics skills in our open ceramics studio. Space in the studio is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Materials and firing included. Registration required at msarts.org by the first of each month.

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Membership at The MAX gives you a front row seat to everything Arts + Entertainment. Grand Patron Level Members + above are listed below.

As of October 31, 2020.

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