Mississippi Folklife

A publication of the Mississippi Arts Commission, the re-launched Mississippi Folklife examines folk arts and cultural heritage across the state.

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A portrait of Thomas Felter with his guitar in Woodville, Mississippi. 🎸Photo by: D.L. Bennett… https://t.co/UL2LUZaJgZ

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Storefront on Gallatin, Street in Jackson, Mississippi, circa 2001. Photo by: Larry Morrisey… https://t.co/gD1xrA6wE1

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NEW✨Photographer Maude Schuyler Clay maudeclay shares a selection of photographs from her… https://t.co/tPFIEaTiDD

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McArthur Chism from Water Valley, Mississippi with one of his signature works: a bottle cap… https://t.co/C9zMdXAzwS

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Delta blues musician and guitarist Leo "Bud" Welch in Bruce, Mississippi. 🎶🎸Photography by Wiley… https://t.co/N2xJoIq5gl

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"Necessity was really the mother of the invention of this enduring local foodway." Sara Wood… https://t.co/NsQqUwA97M

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����Mississippi Folklife Editor Amy C. Evans @artandpie shared a recent visit with Cleveland born… https://t.co/fRC3B5i2wx

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"Every step means something. For example, if we jump, we say, ‘Thank you for the air.’ If we… https://t.co/Re8S328Wjc

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Burgess Dulaney working on a mud sculpture at his family farmhouse in Fulton, Mississippi (1990)… https://t.co/kuD9Qi6byB

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✨NEW on Mississippi Folklife: Austin based writer Rian Haight aqabarithmetic visits with… https://t.co/rwk79ojUS2

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"Red Bluff looks different every time you visit. Depending on the angle of the sun, and the… https://t.co/XNQ6ilNbCG

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In a new feature at Mississippi Folklife, returning contributor Meghan Holmes reba_bayou_… https://t.co/CIlCmNvd7g

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"Since I departed from my former home in Mississippi, the images and stories of the… https://t.co/Abo0m8qDmr

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✨"It’s easy to be nostalgic for sites that no longer exist, or aren’t in their “original” form… https://t.co/J2VtAcAmP9

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"When asked to define the Fair, members of the Bledsoe family are clear on one thing: it is a… https://t.co/y3g1T6Ce3i

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💥💥NEW on Mississippi Folklife! We invited Jackson based artist and lawyer David McCarty… https://t.co/4TU4JAOiLf

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John Drury and Sarah Mary Taylor at her home in Anding, Mississippi (1995). Photo by: Joyce… https://t.co/D72XwcWyOd

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"It is Sarah's drawings that offer insight into her quilts and pillowcase designs likely… https://t.co/j3cYT5QrvZ

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✨NEW story up at Mississippi Folklife with Brian Foster @bbrianfoster in conversation with blues… https://t.co/Pz53u7UwSa

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"This is Mississippi Rose, and we go'n' go to church now, yall." Blues musician and artist,… https://t.co/HVaAYtJ77Q