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Delta Blues Press Release

May 05, 2021

DELTA BLUES MUSEUM ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL TOURS

Clarksdale, Mississippi

Latest online educational offerings funded by MAC Rapid Response grant

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

[Clarksdale, Mississippi - MAY 05, 2021] - Delta Blues Museum is expanding its educational offerings online to include three new Virtual Tours, produced by Mississippi filmmaker Coop Cooper and available online later this month. Each video will feature a new tour "guide" inside the Museum, and each guide will offer their insight into a different Blues artist. Mississippi musicians Jimbo Mathus and Christone "Kingfish" Ingram along with Arts & Education instructor John Holmes will serve as guides for the new tours.

The latest videos are being underwritten by the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) Rapid Response grant program. MAC Rapid Response grants were created to support small-scale arts activities in Mississippi communities and to adapt artistic focused work in an online setting. These funds are part of an expanded version of MAC's Minigrants program, designed to assist with the urgent needs of art organizations amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

This project is supported in part by funding from MAC, a state agency, and in part from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. All of Delta Blues Museum's virtual tours are free to the public and available through our Virtual Tours page.

Virtual Tour viewer donations are suggested and appreciated.

About the Mississippi Arts Commission
The Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, serves the residents of the state by providing grants that support programs to enhance communities; assist artists and arts organizations; promote the arts in education and celebrate Mississippi's cultural heritage. Established in 1968, the Mississippi Arts Commission is funded by the Mississippi Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mississippi Endowment for the Arts at the Community Foundation for Mississippi and other private sources. The agency serves as an active supporter and promoter of arts in community life and arts education. For information from the Mississippi Arts Commission, contact Anna Ehrgott, Communications Director, 601-359-6546 or aehrgott@arts.ms.gov.

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 first 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 - and a 2014 recipient of the National Arts & Humanities' Youth Program Award, 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 is also recognized as a Great River Road Interpretive Center. 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 register in the Press Room on the Museum's website to access further information, downloadable images and related materials.

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Phone: 662-627-6820
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