Walter Anderson Exhibit

Angi Cooper returns to The MAX to offer a free watercolor workshop. Like Anderson, Cooper draws inspiration from the sheer pleasures of the natural world in Mississippi “…the joy of watching a pair of young esteemed bluebirds fledge…the dramatic change in color of approaching rain clouds, the thrill of watching dolphins race a ferry boat, […] ...

Join us as we celebrate our Walter Anderson exhibit with a reading of Walter Anderson’s book The Pleasant History of an Unusual Cat , and Anderson’s Alice: Walter Anderson Illustrates Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, in collaboration with the Meridian – Lauderdale County Public Library, followed by an instrument petting zoo hosted by the Meridian Symphony […] ...

Join The MAX for an Earth Color workshop with Horn Island resident artist, Robin Whitfield. This 3-hour workshop offers a creative practice for connecting to nature through finding, foraging, and processing plant and mineral pigments. Participants will focus on the delights of working with found raw materials directly on paper, and have access to Whitfield’s […] ...

Come back to The MAX one more time to experience Walter Anderson, with Hattiesburg artist Allen Chen, whose utilitarian forms and glazes reflect much of Anderson’s work and arts and crafts inspirations. Chen is a professor at the University of Southern Mississippi, where he connects research activities in traditional wheel throwing, woodfire and experimental paper clay, […] ...