Michael Roy, a 2005 graduate of the Visual Arts program at Mississippi School of the Arts, was recently welcomed back to campus to paint a large mural on the bridge walkway of the Student Life Center. Michael travels the country and world to showcase his artistic talent using spray paint and irregular lines of symmetry, inspiring many followers on his social media feeds. Michael is no stranger to this wall space. In 2017, the Mississippi School of the Arts Foundation and the Brookhaven Trust both hosted Michael Roy as a guest artist in residence. Roy painted the first-ever mural on MSA’s campus.
“It just feels surreal to be back on this campus,” he said. Michael’s work can be found on Instagram @birdcap
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Michael Roy paints his mural design (top-left). Chrystian Butler and Brianna Anderson (bottom-right), former MSA visual art students, came back to campus to assist Roy with painting the mural. The photo marked “2017” shows the original mural of the Phoenix flying created by Roy as the school’s first mural installation. “2022” shows the most current mural as of October 2022.