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Delta Blues
Advisory
October 2, 2013
ATTENTION: ASSIGNMENT DESK
OCTOBER 2: EXHIBIT OPENING
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"1967 MISSISSIPPI HILL COUNTRY BLUES:
PHOTOGRAPHS BY GEORGE MITCHELL"
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Showcasing black and white photographs
that George Mitchell captured in the Hill Country
of Mississippi over thirteen days in the summer of
1967. Photography book also on sale in Museum Gift
Shop. Exhibit organized by the Mississippi Museum
of Art and supported with funds provided by the Museum's
statewide Traveling Exhibition Endowment, a fund made
possible through significant private contributions
matched by the National Endowment for the Arts, a
federal agency.
At Delta Blues Museum, through
December 2013.
Photo Credit: George Mitchell (born 1944),
Joe Callicott on his porch, 1967. Archival pigment
print, copyright � the artist. |
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OCTOBER 9: DELTA BLUES MUSEUM BAND CD RELEASE PARTY
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"From Clarksdale to Kansas City,
Vol. II" CD featuring blues artists Kenny Brown and
Bill Abel as special guests. CD on sale for $10 with
proceeds benefiting the Museum's Arts & Education
program.
At Ground Zero Blues Club,
5:00PM - 7:00PM |
OCTOBER 10: DELTA BLUES MUSEUM
BOOTH @ KING BISCUIT BLUES FESTIVAL
Through Sunday, October 12th in
Greenwood, MS
OCTOBER 12: DELTA BLUES MUSEUM BAND @ COAHOMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Homecoming performance, 4:30PM
OCTOBER 13: DELTA BLUES MUSEUM SPECIAL HOURS
Open on Sunday from 1:00PM - 5:00PM
About "Bridging the Blues"
"Bridging the Blues"
is a partnership between Mississippi Delta Tourism, Arkansas
Delta Byways, Arkansas Parks & Tourism, Mississippi Development
Authority, Memphis CVB and the Mississippi Arts Commission
to employ musical heritage for the economic betterment of
the region. For more information, visit www.bridgingtheblues.com.
About
the Delta Blues Museum
Established in 1979 by the
Carnegie Public Library Board of Trustees and re-organized
as a stand-alone museum in 1999, the Delta Blues Museum
is Mississippi's oldest music museum. A 2013 recipient
of the IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Services - the
nation's highest honor for museum and library service to
the community - the Delta Blues Museum is dedicated to creating
a welcoming place where visitors find meaning, value and
perspective by exploring the history and heritage of the
unique American musical art form, the Blues.
The Museum's current DEEPER
ROOTS campaign seeks $1.2 million for new and enhanced exhibits
for Phase II of its expansion -- which includes
the new Muddy Waters Addition -- enabling the Museum to better
preserve and display the history and work of Blues artists
from the Mississippi Delta, and advancing the Museum's ability
to "tell" stories that inspire and educate future generations
about this important American art form. Find out more at
www.deltabluesmuseum.org/deeperroots.asp.
For more information on events
or programs, please call (662) 627-6820, or visit the Museum
web site at www.deltabluesmuseum.org.
Members of the press may
access the PRESS
ROOM for further information, images and materials by
registration on the Museum website.
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This newsletter is supported in part
by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state
agency, and,
in part, from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal
agency.
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