About This Event

The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Inglis Anderson. Sept. 7 to Nov. 23. Meridian. The Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience hosts an exhibit of 40 works by the legendary Mississippi coast artist and a full slate of related programming. The exhibit will be on view in The MAX’s Fred & Sissie Wile Changing Exhibition Gallery. Related programs will run throughout the duration of the exhibit and will feature a wide range of Mississippi artists including the artist’s son, John G. Anderson, author of a new book on Anderson’s bicycle logs; former MSU art professor and Anderson expert Brent Funderburk; watercolorist Angi Cooper; Horn Island “resident artist” Robin Whitfield; potter Stephen Phillips; and USM ceramics professor Allen Chen. The exhibit includes rarely seen watercolors, block prints, ceramics, and sketches alongside some of Anderson’s most recognizable and iconic works. The exhibit is organized by the Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs (WAMA), drawing from its Permanent Collection and that of the Estate of Walter Anderson. Details: 601-581-1550 or visit msarts.org.