
Two MSA Students Awarded in William Faulkner Literary Competition
Mississippi School of the Arts congratulates two students for receiving awards in the William Faulkner Literary Competition. Joshua Clark, a class of 2024 Media Arts film student, received 2nd place for aRead More…

MSA Implements New Clear Bag Policy for Public Events
In the interest of enhancing existing security measures at Mississippi School of the Arts public events, a new clear-bag protocol is being implemented for the 2023-2024 school year. This is aligned withRead More…

Sound Engineer, David Wyman, Conducts Workshop for Media Arts
The Media Arts Film Department welcomed an Academy Award nominee to the lab for a three-day guest artist residency and workshop. The three-day workshop with David Wyman started in May when WymanRead More…

Two Film Students Receive Awards in 2023 Tupelo Film Competition
Senior ’23 Kameron Roach and junior Andrew Tran, both Media film students at Mississippi School of the Arts, recently received awards in the Mississippi High School Film Competition at the 2023 TupeloRead More…

Film Students Partner with Integrity Productions on Short Film
Media Arts students recently showcased a collaborative short film on Halloween night. The film, entitled “SCAR,” gave students experience working with a 3rd party film company in the Brookhaven, Mississippi area. DanielRead More…

Benjamin Taylor Wins First Place in Tupelo Film Festival Student Competition
Benjamin Taylor, a junior Media Arts student from Saltillo, MS, has garnered first place in the Mississippi High School Film Competition, a contest by the Tupelo Film Festival, for his short film,Read More…

Media Film Students Show Works at Spring 2022 Showcase
The Mississippi School of the Arts’ Media Arts film department celebrated its last showcase of the 2021-2022 school year. Junior and senior students produced short narratives and documentaries for an on-screen showingRead More…

Media Arts Instructor Accepted to K-12 Educator Residency at Gettysburg
On Hallowed Ground: Gettysburg in History and Memory John Kelly Shelburne will spend one week this summer at a professional development opportunity for K-12 educators in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The residency, funded throughRead More…

MSA Student Receives Best Student Film in Belhaven’s B52 Film Challenge
Benjamin Taylor, a junior MSA Media Arts student from Saltillo, Mississippi, has received Best Student Film award in the B52 Film Challenge, an event sponsored by Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi. BenjaminRead More…

Media Arts Virtual Popcorn and Film Night Entertains The Internet
If you tuned in on March 3rd, 2022, you saw a complete showcase of short films by MSA’s Media Arts program. For virtual Popcorn and Film Night, the department decided to showRead More…

Media Arts Department To Partner with San Francisco Art Institute
MSA Media Arts Department will partner with Christopher Coppola of San Francisco Art Institute for a shared collaborative class in the Fall 2021. MSA students will read “A Tale of Two Cities”Read More…

MSA Seniors Receive First and Third in Tupelo Film Festival
Ronald Ries and Addison Laird recently captured 1st and 3rd place in the high school student film competition of the Tupelo Film Festival. As Media Arts students at Mississippi School of theRead More…

McLain Boyd to Attend FutureDocs Abroad in Hue, Vietnam
McLain Boyd, a senior in the Media Arts program at the Mississippi School of the Arts, will attend a summer honors program in Hue, Vietnam from July 2 – July 18, 2021.Read More…

The Hart Boys Make Virtual Graduation Possible for Class of 2020
From May 8-19 for hours on end, brothers Thomas Hart and Clinton Hart sat listening to individual recognition ceremonies for 46 seniors who were able to attend. Seniors were invited to bringRead More…

Lancaster Places Second in High School Film Competition
In April 2019, the Media Arts junior and senior classes participated in the Tupelo Film Festival’s High School Film Competition, held at the Bolton Campus of Itawamba Community College. Students were ableRead More…

MSA Film Students Capture Top Awards at Tupelo Film Festival
Media Arts film students at Mississippi School of the Arts have accomplished a lot within the short time of the program’s opening. This year, the program will graduate its first class ofRead 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…

MPB and MSA Partner to Build Future Workforce
Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) and the Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) are partnering to provide educational opportunities to students in a new media arts program.The new initiative shares agency resources and includesRead More…

Media Students Intern With Arizona-based Film Company
While the majority of students in the Brookhaven area were out for Spring Break, a few Media Arts students from Mississippi School of the Arts tagged along with a film crew, gettingRead More…

Shelburne Leads Discussion Panel at “Film Haven” Film Festival
Students from Mississippi School of the Arts had the opportunity to be a part of the audience at Brookhaven’s first-ever film festival, “Film Haven”. The event, hosted by Running Wild Films andRead More…

MSA Announces New Media Arts Discipline of Study
The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) will be adding Media Arts to its intensive programs of study beginning the 2016-2017 school year. The new discipline will join the school’s prestigious programs inRead More…