The Exhibit
A stunning interactive multi-media experience, Backyards & Beyond combines eighty-one mixed media paintings by Mississippi artist and visual storyteller H.C. Porter with audio recordings of the paintings' subjects collected by exhibition co-founder Karole Sessums. The exhibit also includes large floor installations, videos, and a story kiosk.
This extraordinary merging of art and humanity tells the story of life on the Mississippi Gulf Coast during the year following Hurricane Katrina. However, each visitor will experience a much larger story within the Katrina story... a human story... a story about every one of us and what we can learn from one another in order to become better people ... more generous, more empathetic, and more inclusive.
Porter, Mississippi's premier social realist, weaves her subjects' faces and voices of diversity with the commonalities of loss and hope through her powerfully
moving environmental portrait paintings, each telling his or her own story directly to the viewer through audio guides. The result is an unforgettable immersion experience.
Due to popular demand
proudly presents the return of
“Backyards and Beyond: Mississippians & Their Stories - the first year after Katrina” This powerful traveling exhibition received an overwhelming response by the public during its national premiere in Jackson, Mississippi in the spring of 2008 leaving an indelible impression on all who saw it. Thanks to BankPlus Backyards & Beyond will make a final return visit to Jackson in 2010 offering everyone visiting or living in Central Mississippi a final opportunity to experience this historic, life-changing exhibition in the capital city.
Exhibit Hours
Arts Center of Mississippi: March 1 - April 1, 2010
Mon - Fri: 10 am to 6 pm
Sat: 10 am to 5 pm
Sun: 12 pm to 5 pm
Free Admission. Donations for MS Gulf Coast recovery encouraged.
For additional information, please call 601.960.1500 or visit us at www.backyardsandbeyond.org
Mon - Fri: 10 am to 6 pm
Sat: 10 am to 5 pm
Sun: 12 pm to 5 pm
Free Admission. Donations for MS Gulf Coast recovery encouraged.
For additional information, please call 601.960.1500 or visit us at www.backyardsandbeyond.org
Directions to the Exhibit
The Arts Center of Mississippi is located at 201 E. Pascagoula Street in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. From Interstate 55, take the Pearl Street Exit (Exit 96A) into downtown Jackson. Turn left at Lamar Street. The Museum is located two blocks south at the northeast corner of Lamar and Pascagoula Streets. For individualized directions, please use the interactive map below.
Located in downtown Jackson's Arts District,
the Arts Center of Mississippi is next door to the new Jackson Convention Complex, the Russell C. Davis Planetarium, the Mississippi Museum of Art, Thalia Mara Hall (City Auditorium), the new Telecommunications & Convention centers, and within walking distance of the Old Capitol Museum, & the War Memorial Building, all significant educational and cultural attractions in the heart of the capital city.
the Arts Center of Mississippi is next door to the new Jackson Convention Complex, the Russell C. Davis Planetarium, the Mississippi Museum of Art, Thalia Mara Hall (City Auditorium), the new Telecommunications & Convention centers, and within walking distance of the Old Capitol Museum, & the War Memorial Building, all significant educational and cultural attractions in the heart of the capital city.PARKING
Limited Free Parking available behind the building. Metered parking is available on Lamar and Pascagoula Streets, and paid parking lots are adjacent to the building. Passenger drop-off and complimentary parking for tour and school buses is also available.