Mississippi Arts Hour
Each week, members of MAC's staff host The Mississippi Arts Hour, a radio program broadcast on Mississippi Public Broadcasting's FM and digital radio networks. The show features interviews with Mississippi artists, musicians, craftspeople, and others involved in arts and culture from around the state.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 380
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| the Venice Architecture Biennale
The Mississippi Arts Hour goes international for this week's episode. Executive Director David Lewis is talking all about the Venice Architecture Biennale and speaking with Mississippi State Universi…
00:43:35 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Choctow Storytelling
Kristen Brandt talks to Rae Nell Vaughn of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and Jay Wesley, Director for the Department of Chahta Immi, as well as anthropologist and professor Tom Mould. They …
00:47:18 |
Sun 24 Aug 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Fondren Theatre Workshop
Leslie Barker talks with theatre artists, John and Diana Howell. They are two of the founding members of Fondren Theatre Workshop. Since its inception in 2003, Fondren Theatre Workshop has been commi…
00:46:53 |
Sun 17 Aug 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Kendall Dunkelberg
Lauren Rhoades talks with poet Kendall Dunkelberg, whose newly released collection of poetry is titled TREE FALL WITH BIRDSONG. Dunkelberg directs the low-residency MFA in Creative Writing at Mississ…
00:45:35 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
An Arts Hour Extra!
In this first podcast from the new series The Favorite Poem Project, Mississippi Poet Laureate Ann Fisher-Wirth discusses the American poet Emily Dickinson, reads her poem "A Bird came down the Walk—…
00:13:19 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Patrick Sansone
Larry Morrisey sits down with musician and Meridian native Patrick Sansone about his radio show “Baroque Down Palace,” which has recently been added to MPB Think Radio’s Saturday night music lineup (…
00:46:45 |
Sun 03 Aug 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| 'Sipp Culture
Mississippi Arts Commission Executive Director David Lewis sits down with some of the team from ‘Sipp Culture. Brandi and Carlton Turner founded and run the arts organization based in Utica. They tal…
00:46:29 |
Sun 27 Jul 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Jenny Anderson
Leslie Barker talks with photographer, Jenny Anderson. A Mississippi native and Ole Miss alum, she has spent the last eighteen years working as a photographer in New York City. Jenny’s expansive work…
00:44:03 |
Sun 20 Jul 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Sheri Shramek
Lauren Rhoades talks with Germantown High School's longtime art teacher, Sheri Shramek. During her nearly 35 years in the classroom, Sheri has seen many of her students win state and national awards …
00:44:57 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Shelley Ritter
Larry Morrisey visits with Shelley Ritter, the director of the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale. They talk about the museum's new exhibit that digs into the history of Margaret's Blue Diamond Lounge,…
00:45:30 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Greta Koshenina
Kristen Brandt talks with Greta Koshenina, a multidisciplinary artist, documentarian, cyanotypist, and curator based in Cleveland, Mississippi. They discuss her upcoming show, opening at the Mississi…
00:42:47 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Annie Caldwell
Larry Morrisey travels to West Point to visit with Annie Caldwell, a gospel singer and leader of her family group, Annie and the Caldwells. The group, which includes her husband and adult children, r…
00:45:39 |
Sun 01 Jun 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Lauren Rhoades
Kristen Brandt sits down with Lauren Rhoades, a writer and editor living in Jackson, Mississippi. Originally from Denver, Colorado, Lauren has served with AmeriCorps, started Mississippi's first ferm…
00:45:40 |
Sun 25 May 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Andrea Kostyal
Larry Morrisey visits with Hattiesburg-based painter Andrea Kostyal. She describes her process of creating the “imaginary cityscapes” featured in her paintings. Kostyal also talks about the workshops…
00:45:35 |
Sun 18 May 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Buck McDaniel
Lauren Rhoades talks with composer, conductor, and keyboardist Buck McDaniel. Originally from Columbia, MS, Buck is now based in New York City, where he has worked as Music Coordinator on the forthco…
00:51:25 |
Sun 11 May 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Thabi Moyo
MAC Executive Director David Lewis speaks with Thabi Moyo, the local festival manager for the National Folk Festival. David and Thabi discuss her pursuit and cultivation of the local arts community t…
00:45:45 |
Sun 04 May 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Adam Shemper
Maria Zeringue talks with photographer Adam Shemper. Shemper is a native of Hattiesburg, where his most recent exhibition “Light in These Hills: Oxford Mississippi” was on display at Prospect Gallery…
00:44:01 |
Sun 27 Apr 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Nathaniel Kimble
Larry Morrisey visits with veteran southern soul performer and Delta native Nathaniel Kimble. They talk about Kimble's musical roots in the northern Delta, his start with a radio hit, and life on the…
00:41:02 |
Sun 20 Apr 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Benjamin Morris
Kristen Brandt talks with Benjamin Morris, poet and author of a newly released poetry collection, The Singing River. Benjamin holds a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Edinburgh and i…
00:53:39 |
Sun 13 Apr 2025
The Mississippi Arts Hour| Olivia Clare Friedman
Lauren Rhoades talks with poet and fiction writer Olivia Clare Friedman whose most recent collection of poetry, AN ARM FIXED TO A WING, was published by LSU Press. The poems in this book seek out the…
00:45:09 |
Sun 06 Apr 2025
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