Baxter Knowlton’s oil on canvas “Jesmyn Ward” is meticulously reproduced in a signed 2018 limited print edition for collectors. Both the artist and his National Book Award winning subject represent the best of Mississippi and we are grateful for their support of the festival.

This year, we are pleased to announce that H.C. Porter is our official festival artist! The selected piece, “L.C. Ulmer” can also be found on the cover her of new publication, Blues @ Home: Mississippi’s Living Blues Legends.

Glennray Tutor’s oil on canvas “The Hoka” has been meticulously reproduced in a signed 2016 limited print edition for avid collectors of the American master and of Oxford, MS eccentricities. Featuring the now gone but legendary Oxford hangout for celebrated literary and cinema eccentrics, it’s commemorative art that would make Willie Morris and Barry Hannah proud!