MSMS art teacher paints Sistine Chapel mural on ceiling
Angela Jones doesn’t think she can ever move from her dollhouse style home on College Street in Columbus. If she does, she said she would have to take her ceiling with her.
Cowbell canvas: A door prize leads to an enterprise celebrating spirit and special memories
Vicki Burnett will tell you — it all really began with bunco.
Stories in art: New Columbus resident uses art, music in love of African-American history
Going through Bess Daniels’ north Columbus apartment is like a who’s who of African-American history and art. The Georgia native moved to Columbus two months ago and has already filled her new home with art works from around the world, many of which demonstrate her love of world culture and black history.
Chalk it up
Pearls of wisdom — or just a smile for the day — may pop up in the most unexpected places. A coffee house, for instance.
In art, as in life, not all things can be taken at face value: The incredible tale of art forger Mark Landis
During the past 30 years of his improbable life, Mark Landis of Laurel has been called a philanthropist, a con artist, a benefactor, a criminal.
Jackson Square gets a little artistic
It’s been 18 years since Lex Jackson purchased Jackson Square Shopping Center on Highway 45 in Columbus.
A piece of installation art lands in Columbus
A new character has made his way to downtown Columbus.
Chicago man filling potholes — artfully
The perfect pothole might not exist for many people — but for mosaic artist Jim Bachor, it’s one with a nice oval shape.
An artistic life: A retrospective and new endowment fund celebrate a life well-lived
Larry Feeney could write a book. But he would probably much prefer to draw one. It could illustrate the history of Mississippi University for Women’s art department and the community of visionaries who grew it during his 37-year tenure as a full-time instructor. The pages would be filled with the finely-drawn images he is known for, compelling images of luminous beauty and strength.
Detroit awaits direction on art sale options
Detroit may have to rely on the generosity of strangers to keep its impressive art collection that was amassed with taxpayer dollars in better times.
Public art project elicits the profound, profane
It is public art made of private wishes.
In a phenomenon spreading across the globe, oversized blackboards, painted on buildings and freestanding displays, invite passers-by to complete the sentence: “Before I die I want to …”
Dallas football stadium gets ‘Sky Mirror’
ARLINGTON, Texas — The wife of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones waited five years for a piece of art big enough to hold its own
Museum: New Van Gogh identified
AMSTERDAM — The Van Gogh Museum says it has identified a long-lost Vincent Van Gogh painting that spent years in a Norwegian attic believed to
‘Revisit’ America and Mississippi through art during library exhibits
The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library is currently hosting the exhibit “Picturing America” through Aug. 23. “Picturing America” tells the story of America through its art. It
Downtown party Monday kicks off varied Pilgrimage events
Today marks the start of the 73rd Columbus Spring Pilgrimage, an award-winning event that has earned a reputation as one of the best and most authentic of its kind in the South. A city-wide block party and crawfish boil Monday, April 1, will officially launch two weeks of memorable home, garden and church tours and festivities.
Columbus High seniors display artwork at Rosenzweig
Two years ago, none of the students in Sarah Oswalt’s Visual Arts class could have imagined having a gallery opening for their work. Most of them were sure they had no artistic talent at all. But the class is a required part of the International Baccalaureate Diploma curriculum, meaning the 11 students had to at least give art a chance, even if they never fully embraced it.
Vet School sponsors art contest for children
Lights, camera, action! The Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine is inviting children to submit artwork that showcases animals on the “silver screen.”
Rufus Ward: The art of history
When researching Southern history, it is always interesting to find first-person accounts of earlier times, but it is most fascinating to find early images. It is surprising just how many of those early images are around and how they can relate to the present.
Adele Elliott: Call to artists and art lovers
There are many reasons to fall in love with a town. Chris and I landed in Columbus about 4 a.m. on a horrible night in August 2005. We were running from a witch named Katrina, her winds whipping too closely at our back. We pulled off the highway into this charming downtown, and felt like Dorothy entering Oz. I remember the funky little Statue of Liberty on a Main Street median, the inviting shops, and the calm allure of a place that seemed so very far from the storm.
In focus: Starkville Academy students showcase talent at Scholastic Art competition
Before Amber Chamblee started her freshman year at Starkville Academy, she feared the school wouldn’t offer the elective she most looked forward to taking. Chamblee, along with freshmen Jamie Anthony and Janiece Pigg, had been learning the ins and outs of photography since they were seventh-graders.