Summer Art Project with Lonnie Holley
Mon, Jun 24
|Walter Anderson Museum of Art
Lonnie Holley collaborates with students from Moss Point, MS.
Time & Location
Jun 24, 2019, 10:00 AM – Jun 27, 2019, 7:00 PM
Walter Anderson Museum of Art, 510 Washington Ave, Ocean Springs, MS 39564, USA
About The Event
The Walter Anderson Museum of Art (WAMA) announces a four-day Summer art project with renowned contemporary artist Lonnie Holley from Monday, June 24 – Thursday, June 27. The project, titled “Barrier Reclamation: Lonnie Holley and the Modern Wilderness,” will enlist the hands of students from Moss Point and nearby communities to create sculptures reclaiming materials found along the Mississippi Gulf Coast – including those found on the barrier islands – and incorporating narratives of and objects from participants’ own neighborhoods. A reception and program with Holley and participants will be held on Thursday, June 27 at 5 PM, with a 6 PM dialogue facilitated by Charles Reagan Wilson, historian, author, and past director of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi.
The project is executed in partnership with the Jackson County Civic Action Committee and the Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum.
Cost: Free; transportation…