​According to Dismuke, "My compositions are influenced by things I am experiencing in my current season of life, such as goals, relationships, joys, fears, family, and faith. My work tells my story, but I like to leave enough ambiguity in the work that the audience can make their own interpretations. By inviting the viewer to interpret what the work means or what the artist was thinking, the viewer is forced to bring something of themselves into the work. I believe this binds the artist and the viewer."

Dismuke's interest in art began at an early age. He was always creating, searching for new things and ways to entertain himself. He later attended the University of Mississippi, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture. On a trip to Chicago, Illinois he was inspired by the public art placed around the city. "Growing up in rural Mississippi, I had never been exposed to public art on that scale. I returned home inspired to transform my home state of Mississippi into an art destination." From that inspiration, Dismuke co-founded the Yokna Sculpture Trail, a bi-annual rotating outdoor sculpture exhibition of 18-20 large scale pieces of work from artists all over the nation.

Dismuke's work has been included in several international and national exhibitions, including the Poydras Corridor Sculpture Exhibition, New Orleans, LA, The Walter Anderson Museum, Ocean Springs, MS, The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, Scope Basel in Basel, Switzerland, Lima, Peru, several gallery and museum shows, and private collections.

Dismuke will talk about his work and lead a walk-through of the exhibit in the Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery on Thursday, February 17 at 1:00 p.m. Later that day, a public reception is planned for 5:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.

The Cullis Wade Depot Art Gallery is located on the second floor of the Cullis Wade Depot next to Barnes and Noble Bookstore on MSU's main campus. Hours of operation are Mondays–Fridays, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., closed university holidays.

This exhibition and its programming are made possible in part from a community grant awarded by the Starkville Area Arts Council and sponsorship from the Starkville Visitors & Convention Council. Thank you!

This museum hosts collections of every sort and is meant to inspire, delight, and intrigue as you peer into our “cabinet of curiosities”!
We want you to become a part of our ever-changing museum! We accept collections of all types from the whimsical (perhaps, a collection of tiny felt mice) to the macabre (maybe, bejeweled skulls or bones).
To submit a collection for consideration to be exhibited, please read the following:
1.  The collection needs to be between 30-50 items. However, we will consider any unusual collection if it strikes our fancy!
2.  You must submit at least five photographs of your items. We will then determine if these would be a good fit for the museum and how we might display them. You may include details about items that would be of interest to the public in understanding your collection. 
3.  Items are on loan to the Museum (administered by the Hattiesburg Convention Commission) for 60 days. We commit to exhibiting them for a minimum of 30 days (except in February).
4.  Your collection will be returned to you upon removal at the end of your ‘month’, and when the next collection is ready for display.
5.  Although the museum is monitored by security cameras and installed behind special protective glass, the Museum is not responsible for loss or damage to your collection.
6.  By submitting your collection for consideration via email, you are agreeing to the instructions and terms contained herein should you be chosen to exhibit. 
7.  The Hattiesburg Pocket Museum reserves the right to present the museum and its contents in the manner that we desire.
8.  The Hattiesburg Pocket Museum reserves the right to change things that don’t work for us.
9.  The Hattiesburg Pocket Museum reserves the right to close loopholes on the spot.
10.  The Hattiesburg Pocket Museum reserves the right to improve our terms and agreements.
To inquire, submit, or otherwise comment, please email the Museum at pocket@hattiesburg.org.

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​October 5 – October 30

The Space Between
There are infinite possibilities that spring into being in every brief moment between one state and another. The moment a new state is entered, all of the other possibilities wink out like a light. What happens in that moment? What does the space between childhood and adulthood look like? Between woman and mother, inspiration and creation, motivation and movement, spirit and body, race and culture? What are the possibilities created there? What is left behind? This work seeks to explore the infinitesimal moments that bind each stage of change and growth to the next. For black girls and women, these snippets of quiet are often overlooked or overshadowed by larger, more intense life changes. The beauty of that space glitters and fades without notice. The Space Between is a celebration of those fleeting, quiet moments of infinite possibility.
Bio
Art has always been a huge part of Adrienne’s life. As a child, her grandmother would keep all of the paper grocery bags for Adrienne to draw on. She drew on the sidewalks with chalk and broken pieces of brick. She made costumes and masks and carved little slivers of used ivory soap into animals in her free time. As she got older her mother noticed that art was something that was going to be a part of Adrienne, so she began to encourage it. She was enrolled in art classes after school and on weekends. Her mother took her to galleries and museums. In high school, all of Adrienne’s electives were art related and after graduation, she went on to spend a year at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Though she only stayed for her foundation year, the experience at SAIC had a huge impact on her as an artist. Adrienne’s confidence grew and her willingness to experiment with styles and mediums flourished. After leaving SAIC, she returned home to St. Louis for a couple of years where she taught after school art classes to kids in the neighborhood and drew regularly on her own. Soon life took Adrienne in a completely different direction and she moved to St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands. Living there immersed her in an environment that was both familiar and completely foreign. It was the first time that she’d ever lived in a place where she was not a minority. The beauty of the land and the culture impacted her art in a huge way. She began to combine her willingness to experiment with styles and mediums with portraiture of the people around her. This was when she really began to paint. In her time on St. Croix, Adrienne got married and had three children. Her children added a new element to her artistic style and subject matter. Watching their growth and development as well as their innocence and sense of wonder touched a part of Adrienne that had not been visited since her own childhood. Capturing that innocence and intensity became the main focus of her work. When she was pregnant with her fourth child, she relocated from St. Croix and settled in Mississippi where her experiences were also both familiar and foreign. Today, she lives in a small town in Mississippi with her husband and four daughters.

Posted on October 4, 2021 at http://southsideartgallery.com/archives/the-space-between-adrienne-brown-david