For most of her life, Tupelo resident Sarah Barrett thought her purpose was to create art. Now, she teaches it.
Arts & Culture
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Two high school seniors share their best advice for incoming freshman.
If you’ve walked down East Main Street in Starkville lately, you may have noticed a new addition to the college town’s collections of downtown stores.
Former public school teacher Amanda Koonlaba has transformed her upstairs corner of the Link Centre in Tupelo into a colorful space designed to help kids embrace their creativity.
When she graduated from Blue Mountain College in 2017, Journey McCalister wasn’t sure what she was going to do next.
To Toccopola artist Samantha Baldwin, painting is tentative. Or, at least its essence is. Whether she must catch a fleeting idea or gain legal permission to paint public property, her craft is indefinite, provisional. That’s why good art relies on prompt action.