3/11/21

MGCCC student Uyen My Nguyen wins first place, two other awards at state art competition

MGCCC Harrison County Campus sophomore Uyen My Nguyen of Biloxi won three awards in the 33rd annual Student Art Exhibition and Competition of the Mississippi Community College Art Instructors Association (MCCAIA). The statewide exhibition, hosted by the MGCCC Jackson County Campus in …

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2/24/21

MGCCC instructor Jennifer Moffett named Humanities Council Instructor of the Year

Jennifer Moffett, language arts instructor at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus, received the 2021 Humanities Teacher Award.  The Mississippi Humanities Council gives the award to one instructor at each of the state’s institutions of higher learning.     Moffett, of …

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1/26/21

Blurred Clarity exhibit at MGCCC Harrison County Campus features Turkish artist

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Harrison County Campus will host an exhibit by artist Cetin Oguz February 1-28 in the campus Fine Arts Gallery.  The exhibit, Blurred Clarity, deals with time. Oguz, Fine Arts department chair at Delta State University, …

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12/17/20

MGCCC Jackson County Campus hosts Frank Janca exhibit

The MGCCC Jackson County Fine Arts Gallery is proud to announce the opening of the exhibit “Mississippi: The French Connection,” featuring the artwork of Frank Janca. The show will open January 4 and will run until February 26. A virtual …

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9/30/20

Jackson County Campus Fine Arts Gallery presents Grady Byrd’s “Retrospective” exhibit

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Jackson County Campus Fine Arts Gallery is proud to present the exhibit “Retrospective,” featuring the artwork of Grady Byrd. The show will run until October 29. Byrd of Ocean Springs has been one of the …

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9/3/20

MGCCC receives arts grant for new Immersive Media Performing Arts Center

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College received a $10,000 National Endowment for the Arts – Arts Engagement in American Communities grant for the Immersive Media Performing Arts Center (iMPAC) at the Harrison County Campus.  The grant will be used to produce a multifaceted …

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5/19/20

Drum majors announced for MGCCC’s Band of Gold 2020-2021 season

Four students have been selected as drum majors for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Band of Gold.  They will lead the band during the 2020-2021 school year. “We are very excited about our four drum majors and the new …

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4/29/20

MGCCC fine arts instructors receive grant for Arts-in-Motion project

The Mississippi Arts Commission has awarded a $14,440 project grant to Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College fine arts instructors Sandra Cassibry, Brandon Ring, Aaron Mann and Britney Patten for the Arts-in-Motion collaborative project.  Project partners include MGCCC’s Perkinston Campus Fine …

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3/11/20

M. C. Drake’s retrospective exhibit is a tapestry of the artist’s talents and experiences

Mississippi Gulf Coast’s Jefferson Davis Campus Fine Arts Gallery will host “M.C. Drake—Paintings, A Retrospective” from March 9-April 2, with a closing reception from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 2. The Coast native is no stranger to creating …

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3/9/20

MGCCC Jackson County gallery to exhibit Jerrod Partridge’s “Drawings”

The MGCCC Jackson County Fine Arts Gallery is proud to announce the opening of the exhibit “Drawings” featuring the artwork of Jerrod Partridge. The show will open Thursday, March 12, at 12:15 p.m. with a reception and Artist Talk. Partridge is a full-time artist in …

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