Art Across Mississippi brings the Mississippi Museum of Art’s special exhibitions to twelve host venues around the state; featuring artwork by regionally acclaimed artists - past and present. We visit the Ohr- O’Keefe Museum in Biloxi to view their programs and exhibits. We visit with artist and teacher Rick Anderson of Clinton; he shows us it takes more than just talent to paint.

Felder Rushing’s famous Garden-Truck was uprooted and trashed but Holmes Community College helped him bring it back to life. We browse Norris Bookbinding in Greenville, the largest book restoration and Bible repair service in the nation. We take flight with the the Mississippi Wing of the Commemorative Air Force; an all-volunteer organization dedicated to Honoring American Military Aviation.

A foraging forester identifies edible plants in the deep woods. We taste delicious tamales at the Delta Hot Tamale Festival in Greenville. And we take a road trip to Columbus to discover the scrumptious secret of Twisted Burgers.

We fly south to the Gulf Coast to learn what it takes to protect the habitat of the Least Tern. We take to the skies with volunteers of Pilots and Paws as they help deliver shelter pets to their new homes. It’s a Cat’s Tale as we take a look inside Cedar Hill Animal Sanctuary in Caledonia and see how they provide a safe-haven for exotic animals.

We explore the history of the Biloxi Lighthouse. Built in 1848, it stands as a symbol of perseverance, hope and change. We investigate the mysterious happenings at Rowan Oak when we visit William Faulkner’s former home in Oxford. And we tour the African American Military Museum in Hattiesburg with a group of high school students.

We spend time at a unique camp that teaches kids how to create media projects and become future media producers. We visit with budding artist Ava Prisk and her dad, graphic artist Ben Prisk, about her artwork for a new book. And Girl Scouts delve into the science and technology of robots at the annual FIRST Tech Challenge.

Mississippi Roads delves into pop art on this episode by visiting a nationally-known comic book artist from Mississippi, we explore the fantastic world of a sci-fi and comic book convention, we visit a young entrepreneur who brings pop culture to a Jackson midtown neighborhood and we gaze at some amazing illuminations at the Mississippi LIGHT Festival in downtown Jackson.

The Delta is a complex woven tapestry of race and culture, of poverty and wealth, and the interaction of all of these distinctions played out on a flat table of earth that is just as complex as the society living atop it; with hauntingly beautiful bayous and swamps in contrast with stark plowed fields that stretch to the horizon. Walt Grayson explores his native Delta on Mississippi Roads.

The Museum of Mississippi History and the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum opened on December 9th, 2017. Walt gives a brief tour of both.