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December 2009

  • Mississippi Arts Commission to host a Series of Grantwriting Workshops for Artists and Arts Organizations Read Story

November 2009

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces Recipients of 2010 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts Read Story

October 2009

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces Recipients of Arts Reinvestment Initiative Grants Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission to Host Statewide Conference on the Arts Read Story

September 2009

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces 2009-2010 Poetry Out Loud Program Read Story
  • Endangered Folk Art Environment Preservation Initiative Read Story

August 2009

  • Mississippi Arts Commission and Carnegie Hall Announce Expansion of Communities LinkUp! Program  Read Story

July 2009

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Welcomes Visionary Leader, Bill Strickland, as Keynote Speaker at Whole Schools Summer Institute  Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission announces FY 2010 grants  Read Story

June 2009

  • Eleventh Annual Whole Schools Summer Institute Focuses on "Painting the Big Picture"  Read Story

May 2009

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces Arts Reinvestment Initiative  Read Story
  • Nominations being sought for 2010 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts  Read Story

April 2009

  • Perkinston Elementary School Presents Great Seal to Lt. Governor Phil Bryant    Read Story
  • Nicholson Elementary School Presents Great Seal to Governor Haley Barbour    Read Story

March 2009

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Presents Poetry Out Loud State Finals   Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission Partners with MSU Riley Center to Host the Mississippi Arts Presenters Network Statewide Gathering   Read Story
  • Student from Water Valley High School Wins Poetry Out Loud State Finals   Read Story
  • Doss Family Singers Perform at the Mississippi State Capitol   Read Story
  • Sacred Heart High School Student Makes Special Presentation at the State Capitol   Read Story
  • The Mississippi Arts Commission Announces Whole Schools Initiative Model Sites   Read Story

February 2009

  • Mississippi Arts Commission to Host 2009 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts   Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces Grant Application Deadline  Read Story

January 2009

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Partners with Mississippi Development Authority to Offer Training Workshops for Festival Coordinators   Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission to host a Series of Grant Writing Workshops for Mississippi Artists and Arts Organizations  Read Story

November 2008

  • Online Visual Arts Resource Now Available  Read Story
  • Traveling Exhibit Offers Lesson in Visual Arts Read Story

October 2008

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Invites Teachers to Training Workshop for Poetry Out Loud Program   Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces 2009 Recipients for Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts   Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces Minigrant Application Deadline    Read Story

September 2008

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Welcomes New Board Chairman  Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces 2008-2009 Poetry Out Loud Program   Read Story

August 2008

  • Mississippi Arts Commission's Arts-Based Radio Program now on MPB Music Radio  Read Story

July 2008

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces Second American Masterpieces Series Read Story

June 2008

  • "Celebrating Our Creative Spirit" to be focus of the Tenth Annual Whole Schools Summer Institute Read Story
  • Walton Selected to Serve on Board of Southern Arts Federation Read Story

May 2008

  • Nominations being sought for 2009 Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts Read Story

April 2008

  • Copiah County receives Building Fund for the Arts Grant Read Story
  • Tupelo Community Theatre receives Building Fund for the Arts Grant Read Story
  • City of Booneville receives Building Fund for the Arts Grant Read Story
  • Bay St. Louis Little Theatre receives Building Fund for the Arts Grant Read Story
  • Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston Campus, receives Building Fund for Arts Grant Read Story

March 2008

  • Student from Washington School in Greenville Wins Poetry Out Loud State Finals Read Story

February, 2008

  • MAC Announces Poetry Out Loud State Finals Read Story

January 2008

  • MAC partners with Mississippi Division of Tourism to offer training workshop for festival coordinators Read Story
  • MAC Announces Recipients of 2008 Governor's Awards For Excellence in the Arts Read Story
  • MAC Announces Parnership to Celebrate the Life and Work of Mississippi Writer, Richard Wright  Read Story

October 2007

  • MAC Offers Artist Training Opportunity Across the State Read Story
  • MAC Welcomes Southern Arts Federation Read Story
  • MAC Grant Provides Funds for Arts "Bricks and Mortar" Read Story

September 2007

  • MAC Announces Concerts Celebrating American Master Composer, William Grant Still Read Story

August 2007

  • Bay/Waveland Middle School Steps into Good Health Through the Mississippi Arts Commission Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces 2007-2008 Poetry Out Loud Program Read Story

July 2007

  • Acclaimed Harvard Medical School Psychiatrist to Teach at Whole Schools Summer Insititute  Read Story

June 2007

  • Creative Community Recognized as Small Business Read Story
  • "Element of Courage" to be Focus of Whole Schools Summer Institute Read Story

May 2007

  • Mississippi Arts Commission welcomes one of America's most celebrated teachers as featured instructor at Whole Schools Summer Institute Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission announces Minigrant Deadline Read Story

March 2007

  • Mississippi Arts Commission awards $18 million through Building Fund for the Arts program Read Story
  • Ridgeland High School Student Wins Poetry Out Loud State Finals Read Story
  • Poetry Out Loud Recitation Contest Attracts Students from Across the State Read Story

February 2007

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Radio Show now available as a Podcast Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces 2007 Poetry Out Loud Competition Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission to hold "Town Hall" meetings in Louisville, Cleveland and Oxford Read Story

January 2007

  • Mississippi Arts Commission and Tourism Department Offer Training Workshops for Festival Coordinators  Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces 2007 Recipients of the Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts.  Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission to hold Town Meetings Read Story

November 2006

  • Jill Conner Browne featured speaker at Gulf Coast Cultural Charrette.  Read Story
  • Mississippi Arts Commission Co-Sponsors Gulf Coast Cultural Charrette.  Read Story

October 2006

  • Mississippi Arts Commission announces All Write! Initiative.  Read Story

September 2006

  • Mississippi Arts Commission Announces Building Fund for the Arts.  Read Story

August 2006

  • National Endowment for the Arts Chairman, Dana Gioia to visit Mississippi.
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  • Mississippi Arts Commission announces 2007 Poetry Out Loud Competition.
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  • Key Community Grant through the Mississippi Arts Commission assists the town of Okolona.
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July 2006

  • Mississippi Arts Commission announces partnership in Gulf Coast Business Recovery Program.
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  • Southern Arts Federation and Mississippi Arts Commission extend deadline for application for emergency relief funds.
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  • Warhol Foundation Doubles Recovery Fund to Assist Mississippi Gulf Coast Artists and Craftsmen.
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June 2006

  • The "Winds of Change" bring new and engaging programs to the Whole Schools Insititute.
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  • MAC to host grant writing workshop for Gulf Coast Artists and Arts Organizations.
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May 2006

  • Southern Arts Federation and the Mississippi Arts Commission to provide emergency relief funds to Gulf Coast oganizations.
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  • Mississippi Bluesman to Perform in Washington, D.C.
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  • Mississippi Arts Commission Produces Weekly Radio Show.
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  • Mississippi Arts Commission Model Whole Schools Receive Recognition
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April 2006

  • Minigrant Deadline June 1, 2006
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  • Creative Writing in Retirement
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  • Mississippi Arts Commission receives Warhol Foundation Grant to assist Gulf Coast Visual Artists
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  • Winner of Poetry Out Loud Recitation Contest Announced
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March 2006

January 2006

  • 2006 Recipients of the Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts Announced
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