For the Love of Art

Art at has been an important element at the Mississippi Library Commission since we opened our doors in our new location back in 2006. In the ten years since, we have hosted artists and art groups in Mississippi who have displayed watercolors and wood, glass and gouache, pastels and portraiture, and everything in between. The art exhibits not only add beauty to our building, but they also bring in members of the community who might not visit the library otherwise. Our exhibits generally run for two months, with a special reception during the second month of the show. Due to recent budget cuts, exhibits in our building will be changing. Plans are in the making for a great variety of displays, programs, and exhibits, and we can't wait to show you what we have in store for you next. In the meantime, please enjoy this roll call of all the groups and artists who have displayed here over the last decade.

Randall Teasley April-July, 2006 Rose Simmons November-December, 2006 Experimental Watermedia Group March-April, 2007 Rick Anderson July-August, 2007 Jackson Watercolor Group November-December, 2007 Chris Brady and Southern Fired Glass March-April, 2008 Jim Anderson and Mississippi Art Colony July-August, 2008 Experimental Watermedia Group and Yerger Andre November-December, 2008 Buttons Marchetti March-April, 2009 Tom Harmon and Faye Speed July-August, 2009 Mary Jane Moak and Sam Cornman March-April, 2010 Alfred Nicols and Susan Clark July-August, 2010 Bewey Bowden and Claudia Cartee November-December, 2010 Gayle McCarty and Lee McCarty March-April, 2011 George Miles and Marcy Petrini July-August, 2011 Bill Bannister and Rick Anderson November-December, 2011 Art by Architects March-April, 2012 Jenny Thomas and Roger Leonard Long July-August, 2012 Jennifer Thomas and Bill Bannister November-December, 2012 3 Generations of Artists and Beach House Studio March-April, 2013 Fletcher Cox and Gretchen Haien July-August, 2013 Bewey Bowden November-December, 2013 Susan Wellington and Beach House Studio March-April, 2014 The Gaddis Group and Bill Bannister July-August, 2014 Chung-Fan Chang and Clayton Plunkett November-December, 2014 Steve Moppert, Mary Lane Reed, and Beach House Studio May-June, 2015 Sarah Beaugez September-October, 2015 Carrie Roebuck January-February, 2016 Bewey Bowden and Elaine Maisel May-June, 2016

Cecilia Edgeworth Baker      September-October 2006      Sylvia Doucet Stanton      January-February, 2007      Susan Cox Davis      May-June, 2007      VSA of Mississippi      September-October, 2007      Mississippi Artists' Guild      January-February, 2008      Andrew Cary Young      May-June, 2008      Helene Fielder and Ray Fielder      September-October, 2008      VSA of Mississippi      January-February, 2009      Catron Williams and Nancilee Bodine      May-June, 2009      Christopher Brady, Jess Tackitt,      and Phyllis Tackitt      September-October, 2009      Becky Barnett, Rhonda Blasingame,      Anne Campbell, and Carmen Castilla      May-June, 2010      Dyann Davis Gunter and George Berry, Sr.      September-October, 2010      Jerri Sherer and Roy Adkins      January-February, 2011      Mississippi State Hospital, Donna Davis,      and Pearl River Glass Studio      May-June, 2011      Bob Dunaway, May Lynn Dunaway,      and Larry Smith      September-October, 2011      Richard McKey and Casey Parsons      January-February, 2012      Lyle Peterzell and Kris Byrd      May-June, 2012      Dr. Mina Li and Anthony Difatta      September-October, 2012      Mississippi Artists' Guild      January-February, 2013      Teresa Haygood and Diane Williams      May-June, 2013      Pastel Society of Mississippi      September-October, 2013      Tom Cochran      January-February, 2014      Bill Wilson      May-June, 2014      Suzi Altman and Candy Spurzem      September-October, 2014      Jack Catlette and Jason Smith      Plein Air Artists of Mississippi      VSA of Mississippi and Jennifer Thomas      July-August, 2015      Joe Mac Hudspeth and Carolyn Wright      November-December, 2015      J. Mark Reed and Candy Spurzem      March-April, 2016

Until next time, happy reading!