Myrlie Evers Addresses Nation’s Teachers in NEH Workshop
Renowned human rights advocate Myrlie Evers addressed both sessions of “One Place, One Time: Jackson, Mississippi, 1963,” the National Endowment for the Humanities Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops co-sponsored by the Eudora Welty Foundation and Millsaps College. Held July 14-19 and July 21-26 and attended by 80 teachers from around the nation, the […] Read more »
Wiljax Gallery in Cleveland, Mississippi, Holds Photograph Exhibit
“Eudora Welty: 27 Portraits,” an exhibit featuring Welty photographs of the 1930s and ’40s, was on display at the WilJax Gallery in Cleveland, Mississippi, from September through early November. The images featured people captured by Welty in rural and urban settings. The opening reception September 12 attracted numerous guests from the Delta region, and educational […] Read more »
Three Welty Friends Receive Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Honors
Mississippi creative luminaries Patti Carr Black, Richard Ford, and Caroline Herring were honored by the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters (MIAL) in an evening that recalled Eudora Welty from start to finish. Black — noted author, exhibitor, scholar, editor, and promoter of the arts — received the Noel Polk Lifetime Achievement Award. Pulitzer Prize-winning […] Read more »
New York Times recommends a visit to Welty House
Planning to visit Jackson, Mississippi? Be sure to follow The New York Times recommendation in its Sunday, June 2, travel section entitled “36 Hours” and visit the Eudora Welty House. See what they have to say here. Read more »