Every Thursday afternoon, members of the Mississippi Arts Commission staff host "The Mississippi Arts Hour," a radio program broadcast on WLEZ (103.7 FM) in Jackson, Mississippi. The show features interviews with Mississippi artists, musicians, craftspeople, and others involved in arts and culture from around the state. April 12, 2007 - The Attic Gallery in Vicksburg, Mississippi has been showcasing the work of unique visual artists for over 30 years. Gallery owners Lesley Silver and Daniel Boone join Malcolm White for a discussion of the history of the gallery, Vicksburg's blooming arts scene, and their latest venture, the Highway 61 Coffee House . click here to listen to the interview.

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Join us at the Attic Gallery Friday, April 13 From 7 PM to 9 PM for the opening of Freefall into Grace an exhibition of drawings by Jann Ferris The Attic Gallery 1101 Washington Street Vicksburg, MS 39183 For a few years Jann Ferris has been making hundreds of drawings of fanciful figures and hiding them. Last month the series was exhibited at the Mississippi Museum of Art, and now the Attic is proud to bring this amazing collection home to Vicksburg. Come meet Jann and see Freefall into Grace. ------------------------------------------------- When the work was shown last month at the Mississippi Museum of Art, Betsy Bradley, director of the museum, wrote the following: If one were to ask Jann Terral Ferris her medium as an artist, she might respond that she is a textile artist, a jewelry designer, even a master teacher or visionary arts education reformer; and all of these are true. She would probably not identify her medium as pen and ink drawings. She calls these drawings he