Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Art Exhibit


In recognition of National Library Week, April 11-17, students from Patricia Williams’ eighth grade class at Moorhead Middle School visited the MDCC Stanny Sanders Library on the Moorhead campus. The class toured the library under the direction of their middle school librarian Beverly Hale and MDCC librarian Audrey Beach. Pictured above are some young artists who enjoyed viewing the art exhibit on display by artist Bob Colman of Yazoo City. Those pictured are from front left: Beach; Jernilluis Nicholson; Charlie Watson, Jr.; Demarquise Dean; back left: O.J. Roscoe; Hale; and Darrell Johnson.

The Stanny Sanders Library at Mississippi Delta Community College in Moorhead held a reception for Yazoo City artist Bob Coleman on Tuesday, April 20. Colman’s exhibit entitled New Millennium Art Show has been on exhibit as part of the Come to the Library series offered each semester. The paintings have been on display since the first of August and will be at the library until the end of the month. Coleman is an accomplished artist and writer whose work has been displayed across the state. Above discussing Coleman’s work are from left Audrey Beach, event coordinator, Wallace Mallette, MDCC art instructor and Coleman.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Bob Coleman to Visit MDCC


Murals of local artist, Bob Coleman, are on display in the Stanny Sanders Library on the Moorhead campus of Mississippi Delta Community College. Coleman, a native of Doddsville, now lives in Yazoo City. He attended MDCC, then Sunflower Junior College, where he played football for the Trojans.


During his early years at home, Coleman’s mother encouraged her children to draw and paint, and she would display their art work which she rotated on a weekly basis in a special frame. Little did Coleman know that his talent would pay off after the failure of his farm in 1951. Encouraged by his boss at the lumber yard in Ruleville, Coleman began painting again and painted signs to make a living. He moved his business to Yazoo City in 1952 and has never looked back. Coleman’s signs are created by free hand and his first mural was of a tree on a Yazoo City hillside painted on the side of a building in downtown Yazoo City. Many of these murals have been destroyed or painted over or have faded with time.

Coleman is highlighted on the website of the Mississippi Art Commission and has display his art across the state, the latest being at the Powerhouse Community Arts Center in Oxford. He is also an accomplished poet and has two self-published books, entitled “Rays of Light” and “Father’s Prayer.”

Coleman’s work, which he calls “New Millennium Art,” revolves around his inspiration from a preacher’s sermon.” His work will be on display in the library until the end of April. On April 20th at 10:30 a.m., the library will hold a reception for Coleman. The exhibit is free and the community is invited to visit the library to view Coleman’s work and attend the reception.