Maggie Wade and Walt Grayson Make Appearance at MSA
Award winning journalists, Maggie Wade and Walt Grayson, made a humble appearance at Mississippi School of the Arts during a week-long showcase of Brookhaven, Mississippi. The WLBT Channel 3 newscast was heldRead More…
Dorian Davis ’16 Casts in Oscar-nominated Short Film “My Nephew Emmett”
Dorian Davis, an MSA class of 2016 theatre graduate, recently played a role in an Oscar-nominated, live action short film titled “My Nephew Emmett.” The film, directed by Kevin Wilson Jr, showsRead More…
Vocal Music Students Place at Festival Events
Mississippi School of the Arts’ vocal music students recently participated in the 2018 National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) competition, as well as the 2018 Mississippi High School Activities Association StateRead More…
Carnegie Hall Welcomes MSA Chorale Members
Students from Mississippi School of the Arts found themselves on the streets of New York City to attend Broadway shows and to perform at Carnegie Hall. The MSA Chorale, a large groupRead More…
Students Greet Legislators for Brookhaven Day at the Capitol
MSA ambassadors met with state legislators and guests at the Mississippi State Capitol Building for Brookhaven Day at the Capitol. It was an opportunity to show off what the City of BrookhavenRead More…
MSA Students Among Mississippi’s Future Literary Writers
The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) Literary Arts students recently received awards in the prestigious 2017-2018 Regional Scholastic Writing Competition. Writing entries represented diverse categories, including dramatic script, humor, journalism, personalRead More…
Visual Students Bring Home Awards from Scholastic Art Competition
The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) Visual Arts students recently received awards in the prestigious 2017-2018 Regional Scholastic Art Competition hosted by The Mississippi Museum of Art. The work of theRead More…
Mississippi Department of Education Spotlights Fine Arts School
We’re thankful to the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) for spotlighting Mississippi School of the Arts, the state’s public residential high school for fine arts. The Spotlight was recognized and shown atRead More…
Dartmouth College Glee Club Performs in Lampton Auditorium
The prestigious, Dartmouth College Glee Club recently performed an open concert on November 28th in Lampton Auditorium. The Dartmouth Glee Club is an exciting and accomplished ensemble with a 138-year history ofRead More…
We Grow Artists and Green Salads, Too.
The arts can be defined as many different types of things, ideas, and cultivations. Students at Mississippi School of the Arts have cultivated a new idea of the arts by growing green.Read More…
‘Taste of the Trust’ Proceeds to Benefit Restoration Project
A restoration project will soon be underway inside Enochs Hall, the art gallery and black box theater building on the campus of Mississippi School of the Arts. Originally as part of theRead More…
MSA Hosts 2017 Portfolio Review and Audition Day
Students at Mississippi School of the Arts had the opportunity to showcase their talent when several colleges and universities attended the school’s Portfolio Review and Audition Day. Students in Visual, Vocal, Media.Read More…
Lincoln County Library, the Scene of a Comedic Short Film
For Zachary Rast of Wesson and Nicolas Pace of Waveland, visiting the public library in Brookhaven is nothing new, since both are students at Mississippi School of the Arts. However, filming thereRead More…
MSA Students Kept Busy This Summer
This summer, The Mississippi School of the Arts’ (MSA) class of 2018 was busy traveling, perfecting their skills, and volunteering across the globe in places like New York City and Peru asRead More…
MSA Foundation and Brookhaven Trust Hosts Michael Roy
The Mississippi School of the Arts Foundation (MSAF) and the Brookhaven Trust are sponsoring a guest artist residency at the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) with internationally commissioned visual artist andRead More…
SGA Holds First Electronic Election
The Student Government Association recently conducted a school-wide election utilizing technology and preserving time and resources. How? By conducting the election online. MSA Technology Department set up the avenue for electronic ballotingRead More…
MSA Foundation Hosts Director and Actor, John Maxwell
The Mississippi School of the Arts Foundation (MSAF) is sponsoring a guest artist residency at the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) with Mississippi actor, writer, and director, John Maxwell in aRead More…
MSA Dance Represented at 2017 Mississippi Dance Festival
Students from the Department of Dance at Mississippi School of the Arts recently performed at the Mississippi Dance Festival at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Hattiesburg campus. The choreographic works of MSARead More…
Speaker of the House and Education Chair Visits Campus
Last week, we welcomed to the campus Mississippi Speaker of the House Philip Gunn and Education Committee Chairman Representative John Moore. Our guests were accompanied by MSA’s Foundation Chairman Bill Sones, District 93 Representative BeckyRead More…
Literary Instructor Joins Artists in Creative Community Cohort
Clinnesha Sibley, MSA’s newest Literary Arts Instructor, recently returned from a week-long workshop, Creative Community Fellows Cohort, in rural Vermont. According to a press release by National Arts Strategies, “Fellows will workRead More…
Doctoral Candidate Gives Science Presentation
On Monday, August 14th, Anatomy & Physiology classes at Mississippi School of the Arts welcomed a special guest from the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). Doctoral Candidate Edgar Meyer presented to students his work on Histology. “EdgarRead More…