18 PLACE NOV. 2 First Saturday: Artist Angi Cooper 10 am-12:30 pm Free admission 9 am-5 pm Angi Cooper returns to offer a free watercolor workshop from 10 am-12:30 pm. Like Walter Anderson, Cooper draws inspiration from the natural world in Mississippi. Enjoy free admission all day and view our exhibit The South’s Most Elusive Artist: Walter Anderson. NOV. 9 Reading of Robinson: The Pleasant History of an Unusual Cat 10 am-noon Join us as we celebrate our Walter Anderson exhibit with a reading of Anderson’s book Robinson: The Pleasant History of an Unusual Cat in collaboration with the Meridian-Lauderdale County Public Library, followed by a musical instrument petting zoo hosted by the Meridian Symphony Association. NOV. 9 Mac McAnally Preshow Social 5 pm-7 pm Join us before Mac McAnally’s MSU Riley Center concert. Our preshow social features pop-up chef Joey Thompson + his Moondog Makers & Bakers team from Corinth, Mississippi. NOV. 16 Earth Color Workshop with Robin Whitfield 9 am-noon Join The MAX for an Earth Color workshop with Horn Island resident artist Robin Whitfield. This three-hour workshop offers a connection to nature through finding and processing plant and mineral pigments. Participants will work with found raw materials directly on paper and have access to inks and raw pigments gathered from wild locations in Mississippi and beyond. NOV. 21 Merry NightMarket Extended hours: 5 pm-8 pm The MAX and Earth’s Bounty invite you to NightMarket for great food and drink, artists, artisans, farm vendors, food trucks, children’s activities, live music, and more. Free and open to the public. NOV. 23 Allen Chen Wheel Throwing Demo 10 am-noon Come back to The MAX one more time to experience Walter Anderson with Hattiesburg ceramics 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 works in traditional wheel throwing, wood firing, and experimental paper clay and teaches multimedium installation ceramic techniques. For details and to register for events visit msarts.org/events
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