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AFAMS welcomes the brand new Hattiesburg Community Art Group Director, Suzanne Lindsey!
Suzanne describes herself as an artist, designer, mother, teacher, and chef. She comes to Art For All Mississippi’s Hattiesburg Community Art Group (CAG) from Petal, MS where she grew up with a passion for art and design. She’s completed multiple degrees in art including a BS in Interior Design, University of Southern Mississippi; Masters in Healthcare Interior Design, Stephen F. Austin State; and a Masters in Art Education, William Carey University.
A mother of three, she desires to help provide a voice for all to express themselves through art. She feels that our CAG program will provide a nurturing environment to prosper within downtown Hattiesburg’s arts district.
Cool is on the way…we hope!
13.June.2022- The Art Center, AFAMS’ home studio, is getting a new air conditioner! The large crane has arrived to lower the A/C unit to be installed. It should be just in time for the dog days for summer! Students should be back in our studio by mid-July!
April 22, 2022- Art For All MS Exec. Director Tom Harmon welcomes Abigail Allen to the Jackson AFAMS Studio. Abi is the new AFAMS Hattiesburg Community Art Group (CAG) Director who will be teaching students in the Hattiesburg area. Welcome, Abi!
July 14, 2021- The AFAMS Community Art Group has been meeting in the Miss. Museum of Art classrooms since early May. The AFAMS / Miss. Art Center's air conditioning won't be finished being repaired until late September. Covid protocols are in force at all times.
Pictured here at the CAG art class are Terry Turman with Teaching Artist Carrie Roebuck (front), Demetrius Williams, Sandra Edwards and Derrick Perkins. Teaching Artist Charla Bullard (not pictured) has been helping to teach as well.
June 16, 2021- AFAMS Executive Director Tom Harmon and AFAMS Project Director Chuck Galey presented a STEAM arts integration lesson at the Mississippi Whole Schools Summer Institute! The session title was Having Fun With Shapes, A Steam Lesson in Tangrams. Using geometry and storytelling, the lesson includes many areas of art integration into the classroom that teachers can use for several subjects. Around 40 teachers participated virtually.
June 1, 2021- Announcing: AFAMS Executive Director Tom Harmon and AFAMS Project Director Chuck Galey will be giving a STEAM arts integration lesson at the Mississippi Whole Schools Summer Institute! Check out the Mississippi Arts Commission’s Whole School webpage: https://mswholeschools.org
May 1, 2021- Well, we WERE open for business! The Miss. Art Center’s HVAC system has broken down. Classes have been suspended until June 15, 2021 so that the maintenance and repair crews can make necessary repairs on the HVAC as well as make improvements to the facilities. Sorry ‘bout that!
April 15, 2021- We have opened back up! Our classrooms are now open for all our classes to resume with COVID social distancing well in place. With most of our students now receiving the vaccine, we’re thrilled to be open!
October 21, 2020- As we navigate through the fall and the pandemic’s second spike, we have developed several virtual workshops that are scheduled in November and December. Click here to navigate to the Virtual Professional Development Workshop registration.
October 19, 2020- due to the increase of COVID-19 cases in Mississippi over the past few days, classes have once again been suspended. We want to ensure the safety and health of our students. Stay tuned at this site or our FaceBook page as we move through the coming weeks and months.
September 9, 2020- We are slowly getting ready to resume classes! However, with our new reality of living with COVID-19, restrictions have been place on class size and scheduling. Click here to read the new OPERATING PROCEDURES for attending our art classes here at the Mississippi Art Center.
July 3, 2020- Tom Harmon, AFAMS Exec. Director is featured in this recent interview by Bill Wilson, aka The ArtThropologist. Click here to see the video.
March 13, 2020- CLASSES CANCELLED- As a consequence of the Coronavirus outbreak, we are cancelling all art classes here at the Miss. Arts Center until further notice. We will re-evaluate the situation at the end of March. We will post information on closings on our Facebook page as well as on our website: artforallms.com. ~Tom Harmon, Executive Director, 601.214.4016.
October 1, 2019- All classes will resume today beginning at the 10 a.m. drawing class this morning. All city water issues have been repaired. We have water and A/C!
September 27, 2019- Clay/Pottery class for today has been cancelled due to downtown water main breaking. We have no water or A/C here at the studio. Hopefully, repairs will be completed so that we can have class next week. Stay tuned!
September 26, 2019- due to a water main breaking in downtown Jackson, today’s drawing class and tomorrow’s clay class have been cancelled. Hopefully, we’ll be back up and running next week. Stay tuned!
19.August. 2019- Our own Carrie Roebuck, Teaching Artist at the Community Art Group here at Art For All Mississippi was recently honored with the acceptance of two of her pieces of art work in the prestigious Fondren Annual Cedars Arts Exhibition, a juried competition. In the photo, Carrie shows off her batik painting. An abstract ceramic sculpture created by Carrie was also accepted into the show. The exhibition opening reception is on Thursday, September 5th, 5:30 -8:00 pm.
August 13, 2019- Tom Harmon was interviewed by WJTV 12’s Tara Thomas for the station’s web content. He explained the Art For All Mississippi program and what it means to the participants. Click here to visit the video: Art For All Mississippi on Channel 12.
August 7, 2019- Carrie Roebuck and Carolyn Switzer work through the reorganization phase of the AFAMS framing area. We are clearing space for the new pottery kiln which should arrive next week. Photo by Chuck Galey.
June 20, 2019- The Community Art Group gathers at the Annual CAG Summer Exhibition. Front row from left: Angie Williams, Demitrius Williams, Terry Turman, Carolyn Switzer, Debra Viverette, Kent Viverette, Cameron Fox, Blanche Gaddis, Chuck Roberts. Back row left to right: Sandra Edwards, Tom Harmon, Durden Moss, Shirley Jones, LeVernon Perry, Carrie Roebuck, Freddie Wright, Arthur Green. Photo by Chuck Galey.
Schedule of events
June 20, 2019- CAG Summer Exhibition: June-August 2019, Jackson Municipal Art Gallery, 839 North State St., in downtown Jackson. The opening reception is Thursday, June 20th, 5-7 p.m.
June 20, 2019- The CAG Summer Exhibition is open and ready for you to go to the Jackson Municipal Art Gallery, 839 North State St., in downtown Jackson. The opening reception is Thursday, June 20th, 5-7 p.m.
March 21, 2019- Our own Art For All Mississippi Executive Director Tom Harmon competed, along with other Community Arts Group members, in the Mississippi Art Museum’s March Madness “Art Draw Off.” As you can see in the inset, he made it all the way through the brackets to just miss the champion ship title. Well done, Tom!
February 10, 2019- Tom Harmon (center) excepts a $5,000 donation from the Century Club.
November 27, 2018- Art For All Mississippi Community Art Group Studio hosted the Mississippi Art Museum sponsored Art Collectors Club. McKenzie Drake (left), Kalie Mason and Alan Inman discuss CAG’s art studio.