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The Mississippi Arts Hour| Alexis McGrigg
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David Lewis speaks with visual artist Alexis McGrigg, a contemporary artist who examines themes of Blackness, space, spirituality, identity, and collective consciousness. Her artwork utilizes the mediums of painting, drawing, and interdisciplinary media to explore the multiplicity of Blackness through figurative abstraction and conceptual narratives. She integrates poetry, sound, and performance in her arts practice and research. Alexis is currently South Arts 2023 Mississippi’s Fellow for Visual Arts. Her work is featured in the South Arts 2023 Southern Prize and State Fellows Exhibition at the Ohr-O'keefe Museum of Art from August 17 - December 13, 2023. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast
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The Mississippi Arts Hour| Kate Medley
45:19Larry Morrisey visits with photojournalist and native Mississippian Kate Medley. She has just published Thank You Please Come Again, a book of photography that documents life and culture at the southern service station. The book includes photos and stories of many Mississippi businesses, including Betty’s Place in Indianola. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Jennifer Beasley
47:25Kristen Brandt talks with Jennifer Beasley, the artistic director for the Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet. She trained with the Twin City Ballet in Monroe, Louisiana and at the University of Kentucky. She has contributed to the dance community in Mississippi both as a professional dancer with Ballet Mississippi and as a dance instructor by founding the Mississippi Metropolitan Dance Academy. Tune in to learn about the upcoming performance of The Nutcracker Ballet by the Mississippi Metropolitan Ballet company which marks the company’s 30th anniversary performance of this holiday classic. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Ebony Lumumba
46:57David Lewis speaks with Ebony Lumumba, Chair of the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival. They discuss her career in literature, early influences in the arts, and her role in the historic Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival.. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Andrew Bryant
44:02Lauren Rhodes talks with musician Andrew Bryant about his new album PRODIGAL. They discuss how Andrew’s lived experiences and Mississippi roots turned into songs. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast
An Arts Hour Extra!
17:18Poetry is alive and thriving in the Magnolia State! On the Mississippi Poetry Podcast you’ll hear poets sharing their work, telling their stories, and offering tips to help listeners flex their poetic muscles. In this episode, poet Nadia Alexis joins host and Mississippi Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce to talk about revising our lives through poetry, why the best writing comes from questions, and which vegetable has the worst texture. A resource for teachers or community leaders can be found here: https://arts.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Podcast-Supplement_Alexis.pdf
The Mississippi Arts Hour| C.T. Salazar
44:49Lauren Rhoades talks with C.T. Salazar, a Latinx poet and librarian from Mississippi. Their debut collection, Headless John the Baptist Hitchhiking, was published in 2022 with Acre Books. They also edited Mid/South Sonnets, a poetry anthology released this summer with Belle Point Press. C.T. is also the 2020 recipient of the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters award in poetry. He lives in Cleveland, Mississippi, where he is a Reference Instructional Services Librarian and Assistant Professor at Delta State University. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast
The Mississippi Arts Hour|Institute of Southern Storytelling
43:32Leslie Barker talks with painter, multimedia artist, musician, and storyteller Anthony Thaxton, restauranteur, author, philanthropist, and international travel guide Robert St. John and Mississippi College President Dr. Blake Thompson about the Institute of Southern Storytelling at Mississippi College. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Meg Cooper
45:31Maria Zeringue talks with Meg Cooper, coordinator of the Great Delta Bear Affair festival in Rolling Fork, Mississippi. During this hour, Meg and Maria discuss the types of programming visitors can expect at the festival and how the town of Rolling Fork is recovering from a devastating tornado that hit the area this past March. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast
The MS Arts Hour| Adam Estes
41:33Larry Morrisey talks with saxophonist Adam Estes. Estes is a professor of music at the University of Mississippi in Oxford and a founding member of the Assembly Saxophone Quartet. As part of the celebration of their 20th anniversary this year, the group is releasing their third recording, which includes their arrangements of music by the contemporary composers Avner Dorman, Alfred Schnittke, and Bill Ryan. If you enjoyed listening to this podcast, please consider contributing to MPB. https://donate.mpbfoundation.org/mspb/podcast