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Dr. Nadia Alexis Receives Mississippi Arts Commission Grant

Nadia Alexis of McComb, Mississippi has been awarded a $4,250 literary artist fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission. This fellowship is a portion of the more than $1.7 million in grants MAC awardedRead More...

4 Students Receive NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing Contest

Mississippi School of the Arts congratulates 4 junior students (Ava Buckley, Eydi Kitchens, Julia Landry, and Kendra Quarterman) by securing a designation for 2024 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing, given by theRead More...

MSA Student Filmmaker Builds Upon Learned Experiences

It has been six years since the first Media Arts class graduated from Mississippi School of the Arts. Hundreds of hours of planning, casting, directing, filming, sound recording, shot editing, and specialRead More...

BEST OF SHOW 2024 — MS 3rd Congressional District Art Contest

Two students of the Visual Arts Department were chosen as winners in Mississippi’s Third Congressional District Art Contest, sponsored by the office of Congressman Michael Guest. Kandace Tate, a senior from Jackson,Read More...

Literary Artists Receive Spring 2024 Writing Competition Awards

Mississippi School of the Arts recently recognized Literary Art students for receiving writing competition awards in the state. Additionally, two students will have their poems published in the American High School PoetsRead More...

MSA Announces SHOW US YOUR BEST, MISSISSIPPI! 2024 Contest Winners

Mississippi School of the Arts has announced the winners of the 2023-2024 “Show Us Your Best, Mississippi!” art contest. Students statewide were invited to participate in this competitive event. Mississippi’s schools shouldRead More...

Mississippi High School Combined Choir Receives Sweepstakes Award

The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) and Brookhaven High School (BHS) combined choir recently competed at the Central State Performance Assessment hosted at Ridgeland High School, sponsored by the Mississippi HighRead More...

Visual Arts Senior, Aarah Mayor, Selected as 2023-2024 STAR Student

Aarah Nicole Mayor, a senior visual arts student from Greenwood, Mississippi, has been named STAR Student at Mississippi School of the Arts for the 2023-2024 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council (MEC)Read More...

Film Students Receive Scholastic Art Competition Awards

Mississippi School of the Arts celebrates the Media Arts department for receiving Scholastic Art awards. Film students submitted work to the Scholastic Art Mississippi Regional Competition. According to John Kelly Shelburne, theRead More...

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Community Events / Showcases

 
MSA Class of 2027 Audition Season 
Oct 1, 2024 - Feb 1, 2025 • MS School of the Arts

 
Miscast 2024 - Vocal Music Cabaret 
Oct 11, 2024 - Oct 12, 2024 • Enochs Black Box (MSA)

 
"Eurydice" by Sarah Ruhl -- 2024 Theatre Fall Production 
Nov 7, 2024 - Nov 9, 2024 • Enochs Black Box (MSA)

 
Excerpts of the Nutcracker 
Nov 18, 2024 • Enochs Black Box (MSA)

 
Vocal Music Matinee Musicale 
Dec 4, 2024 • Lampton Auditorium (MSA)

 
Visual Arts Winter Art Show 
Dec 5, 2024 - Jan 23, 2025 • Enochs Art Gallery (MSA)

 
Visual Arts Winter Art Show Opening Night 
Dec 5, 2024 • Enochs Black Box (MSA)

 
MUSICAL: "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" 
Dec 6, 2024 - Dec 8, 2024 • Enochs Black Box (MSA)

 
2024 Devised Theatre Showcase 
Dec 10, 2024 • Enochs Black Box (MSA)

 
2024 Media Arts Fall Festival Showcase 
Dec 12, 2024 • MS School of the Arts

 
2024 Vocal Music Winter Concert 
Dec 17, 2024 • Lampton Auditorium (MSA)

Student / Campus Events

 
2024 Portfolio Review & College Showcase Day
Oct 10, 2024 • MS School of the Arts

 
October 2024 Coffee House
Oct 21, 2024 • MS School of the Arts

 
November 2024 Coffee House
Nov 18, 2024 • MS School of the Arts

 
December 2024 Coffee House
Dec 16, 2024 • MS School of the Arts

 
January 2025 Coffee House
Jan 27, 2025 • MS School of the Arts

 
February 2025 Coffee House
Feb 24, 2025 • MS School of the Arts