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Mississippi Invitational in its Last Week at MMA

The show was recently reviewed favorably in the industry magazine Art in America.

The Mississippi Invitational was featured in a recent edition of Art in America.

The Mississippi Invitational was featured in a recent edition of Art in America. Photo by Courtesy MMA

After this week, the 2009 Mississippi Invitational exhibition is history. This year's exhibition is the seventh such survey of Mississippi art, including a variety of works from a diversity of artists. Selected by New York based-based curator Peter Plagens, the exhibition features artists including Duncan Baird, Cleveland; Brent Fogt, Jackson; Marita Gootee, Starkville; Philip R. Jackson, Oxford; David Lambert, Jackson; Annabelle Meacham, Senatobia; Christopher Miner, Jackson; Mathew Grant Puckett, Jackson; Lee Renninger, Gulfport; and Amanda Sparks, Jackson.

The Mississippi Museum of Art will be closed Thanksgiving Day. The Museum will reopen Friday morning at 10 a.m. and resume normal hours of operation. Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m; Palette Café will be open Friday for lunch.

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