How can art help communities heal after disaster? Join us for a panel discussion exploring the power of creativity and resilience on Friday, October 17, at 6 p.m. at the Mississippi Museum of Art. Presented in partnership with the Two Mississippi Museums and the Walter Anderson Museum, this program is part of the 20th-anniversary commemoration of Hurricane Katrina. Panelists include Elizabeth Robinson, artist and creator of the Life Shards permanent installation at the Mississippi Museum of Art; Melody Golding, photographer for the Hurricane Katrina: Mississippi Remembers, Photographs by Melody Golding exhibit at the Two Mississippi Museums; and Mattie Codling, executive director of the Walter Anderson Museum. The Mississippi Museum of Art is located at 380 South Lamar Street. This free program requires registration at msmuseumart.org. For more information, call 601-960-1515.
Join us at noon on Wednesday, November 19, for History Is Lunch as teachers and students who helped lay the foundation for Head Start share their stories of the program’s early years. What began in 1965 as an experiment in early childhood education has grown into a nationwide program that today serves nearly 20,000 low-income children and families across Mississippi.