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Mississippi Gulf
Coast Artists
Walter Inglis Anderson Family and
WAMA
Manuel E. Jalanivich (1898-1944)
Mary Ethel Dismukes (1870-1952)
George E. Ohr family and Ohr-O'Keefe
Museum of Art
William Woodward (1859-1939)
Harry Del Reeks (1920-1982)
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ANDERSONIA
ADELE ANDERSON (1865-1935)
The Jackson County Times,
“Local and
Personal”, December 16, 1933.
“Miss Adele Anderson, sister of Walter Anderson, head of Shearwater
Pottery, who has been seriously ill in NOLA for some time, is now
with her brother and family at their East Beach home. Miss
Anderson was brought over from New Orleans Monday on train No. 4 and
conveyed by ambulance to the Anderson home”.
The Jackson County Times, March
9, 1935.
AGNES GRINSTEAD ANDERSON (1909-1991)
Josephine
Haley Neill,
“Stretching the Boundaries: The Writings of Agnes Grinstead
Anderson”, Ph.D. dissertation, (University of Mississippi-Oxford,
Mississippi-1998)
The Jackson County Times,
“The Column”, August
19, 1939, p. 4. “selling hand-blocked items”.
The Jackson County Times,
“The Column”, October
14, 1939, p. 4. “selling hand-blocked linen with Sara Lemon
and Elizabeth Bradford”.
The Ocean Springs News,
“Open camp (art and drama at
Oldfields)”, May 30, 1957,
p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Three teachers to retire”,
May 21, 1970, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Window of Hope (a
poem)”, August 13, 1970, p.
1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
"Mrs. Anderson speaks at Beta Club meeting", August 16, 1973, p.
6.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“June Publication Set For Anderson Book”,
January 12, 1989, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Approaching the Magic Hour-the story of a book”,
January 12, 1989, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Private world of great artist seen in widow’s memoir”,
June 22, 1989, p. 2.
The Mississippi Press,
“Sissy Anderson earns place in history”,
March 8, 1991, p. 1-A.
The Sun Herald,
“Agnes ‘Sissy’ Anderson dies”,
August 16, 1991.
ANNETTE McCONNELL ANDERSON (1867-1964)
The Jackson County Times,
“Local and Personal”,
January 13, 1923. “The home of Mrs. Walter Anderson
on the beach was seriously threatened by fire last Tuesday.
The fire department was quickly on the scene however and saved the
main structure, but the kitchen was burned to the ground”.
The Jackson County Times,
“Ocean Springs To Be Art Center of Coast”,
April 24, 1926, p. 1.
The Jackson County Times,
“Art Colony Established At Ocean Springs”,
May 29, 1926, p. 3.
The Jackson County Times,
“Organization of Little Theatre Guild in Ocean Springs”,
July 28, 1934, p. 3.
The Gulf Coast Times,
“Receives Second Degree From University”,
June 9, 1950, p. 1.
The Daily Herald,
“Mrs. Annette Anderson (obit)”,
January 27,1964, p. 2.
The Daily Herald,
“Attend Funeral”, January 31,
1964, p. 18.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Exhibit Art Works of Mrs. George W. Anderson”,
October 2, 1969, p. 11.
GEORGE WALTER ANDERSON (1861-1937)
The Jackson County Times,
“Local and Personal”,
June 8, 1927. “There is a great deal of rivalry
between our aspiring golf stars Dr. H.B. Powell, S.C. Spencer, G.W.
Anderson, and Chester “Walter” Davis”.
The Jackson County Times,
“G.W. Anderson
(obituary)”, February 27,
1937.
JAMES McCONNELL ANDERSON (1907-1998) and SARA KIRKPATRICK LEMON
(1910-2007)
James McConnell
Anderson:
a retrospective exhibition,
(WAMA: Ocean Springs, Ms.-1992)
The History of Jackson County, Mississippi,
(1989), “James McConnell Anderson”,
p. 110.
The Jackson County Times,
“Local and Personal”,
September 28, 1940, p. 4. “wife had operation at NOLA”,
probably an appendectomy.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Anderson tile murals restoration completed”,
July 5, 1979, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Design artist picked”,
January 19, 1989, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“New Community Center Mosaic”,
March 23, 1989, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Mosaic in place”, June
15, 1989, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Mosaic”, August 3,
1989, p. 1.
The Sun Herald, "Sara Kirkptrick Lemon Anderson",
March 12, 2007, p. A4.
The Sun Herald, "Sara, Mac together again on the pottery",
March 13, 2007, p. A4.
MAC’S EXHIBITS
The Ocean Springs News,
“Art Exhibit Set For Sunday”,
February 11, 1965, p. 4.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Mac Anderson to Show Original Works”,
February 10. 1972, p. 5.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Art Works of Mac Anderson Featured at Anderson Museum”,
January 9, 1992, p. 13.
WAMA, “A Retrospective
Exhibit”, January 11, 1992 to
February 27, 1992.
The
Ocean Springs Record,
"Centennial
birthday exhibition celebrates 'Mac' Anderson",
October 4, 2007, p. B4.
WAMA, "An Introspective Mind: The 'Mac' Anderson Centennial
Exhibition", September 27, 2007 to January 13, 2008.
The Sun Herald, "Mac gets his moment", October 30,
2007, p. B8.
WILLIAM "BILLY" ANDERSON (b. 1939)
The Ocean Springs Record, "Mr.
and Mrs. William Walter Anderson (photo)",
May 14, 1964, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record,
"Legacy in ink [Carolyn Fournier Anderson]",
March 2, 2006, p. B4.
The Sun Herald,
“Anderson Children All Remain Close To Home”,
April 9, 1995.
JOHN ANDERSON (b, 1947)
The Sun Herald,
“Anderson Children All Remain Close To Home”,
April 9, 1995.
The Sun Herald,
“Horn Island-beginning at the vanishing point”,
September 24, 2000, p. H-6.
LEIF ANDERSON (b. 1944)
Books
Leif
Anderson, Dancing With My Father, (University Press of
Mississippi-Jackson, Mississippi-2005).
The
Ocean Springs News,
“Ramblings”,
September 3, 1964, p. 1. “Will perform at the Martha Graham studio
in NYC. She has been a pupil of Leila Haller in NOLA for the
past two years”.
NOTES:
Lelia
Haller (1903-1986) of New Orleans was a ballet dancer and was
accepted to study dancing in Paris at an exclusive ballet school.
She started the first ballet school in New Orleans. Two
children: “Bobbe” Wulff Waters, the spouse of Wallace Waters of
Franklington, Louisiana, and Fred Wulff III. Lelia Haller used
MissLaBama, the Ocean Springs Front Beach home of her
sister-in-law, Bernadine Wulff (1899-1992), for a weekend
retreat.(Nelicia Checkley Cook, March 2, 2000)
Haller
was an expert horse jumper in the 1930s. She danced with the
Paris Opera Ballet and founded the Loyola Ballet school. She
retired in the fall of 1978, and was replaced by Gayle Pamelee.
Pedagogue to Kirk Peterson who was a principal dancer with the
American Ballet Theatre, the English National Ballet, San Francisco
Ballet, the National Ballet of Washington, and the Harkness Ballet.
.(Loyola Today, April 16, 1999) (see also, Lelia,
the Compleat Ballerina , 1984, by H.G. Scott)
Journals
The Bay Press,
“Featured Artist: Leif Anderson”,
February 13, 2004, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record,
"Christmas Concert”
(photo), December 25, 1975, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Dancer”
(photo), July 8, 1976, p. 5.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Dance concert to feature Leif Anderson", May 31,
1979, p. 3.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“She dances to music of nature”,
June 30, 1983, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Leif Anderson to present ‘Airth Movement’ technique",
December 1, 1983, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Leif Anderson performs at OS Day, Worlds Fair",
September 13, 1984, p. 15.
The Ocean Springs Record,
"Leif Anderson
dances
[photo]”, February 18,
1988, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record,
"Anderson to
dance”, June 15, 1989, p. 6.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Life dance tickets on sale at WAMA”,
June 25, 1984?, p. 6.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Many literary gems await discovery”,
August 4, 1994, p. 6.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Anderson to perform ['Merged by Love' and photo],
April 3, 1997, p. 6.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Leif Anderson slated to perform at WAMA”,
October 31, 2002, p. A-2.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Reminiscing”,
(photo of Leif, Mary, and Adele A. Lawton).
The Ocean Springs Record, "Bookwork", (photo),
April 14, 2005, p. A1.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Post-impressions",
April 14, 2005, p. B4.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Expert shares humorous
aspects of Welty's life", May 4, 2006, p. B6.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Leif Anderson to read on
Father's Day at WAMA", June 8, 2006, p. B7.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Leif Anderson to
give performance at WAMA", May 8, 2008, p. B4.
The Sun Herald,
“The Changing Leif”,
April 9, 1995, p. G-1.
The Sun Herald,
“Art’s daughter to perform at Museum of Art”,
September 26, 2004, H3.
The Sun Herald,
“The art of dance and parenthood”,
March 27, 2005, p. H5.
The Sun Herald, "Dance honors Anderson's memories of
'Daddy'", April 17, 2005, p. F7.
Mary Anderson Pickard
[Signing books at WAMA on October 30, 2007. Ray L. Bellande
image.]
MARY ANDERSON (b. 1937)
The Gulf Coast Times,
“Local Girls Leave For Music School in Vicksburg”,
June 12, 1952, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs News,
“Local Girl in Delta (Delta
St. Teachers College) Show”,
January 24, 1957, p. 4.
The Ocean Springs News,
“Woman rescued in near drowning at Inner Harbor”,
May 10, 1962, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Wildflower personified”,
May 15, 2003. p. B6.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Paintings of Mary Anderson Pickard on display at
son’s Christopher Inglis Stebly Art Gallery”,
May 27, 2004, p. B4.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Rainforest
revisited", April 24, 2008, p.
A1.
The Sun Herald,
“Anderson Children All Remain Close To Home”,
April 9, 1995.
The Sun Herald,
“O.S. artists find fresh views in seclusion”,
July 5, 2001, p. B-1.
The Sun Herald,
“Mom, son to hold art sale in Ocean Springs”,
April 21, 2002, p. H-1.
The Sun Herald,
'BEFORE and AFTER', “Pickard home at Shearwater", May 10,
2006, p. A12.
MARJORIE ANDERSON
The Gulf Coast Times,
“Local Girls Leave For Music School in Vicksburg”,
June 12, 1952, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs News,
“Engaged”, February 12,
1959, p. 8.
The Sun Herald,
"Historic homes reduced to rubble",
October 10, 2005, p. A5.
OLDFIELDS
The Ocean Springs News,
“Open Camp (art and drama
summer day camp)”,
May 30, 1957, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs News,
“Old Field’s camp has open house”,
June 27, 1957, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Oldfields Period Featured”,
April 26, 1973, p. 8.
The History of Jackson County, Mississippi
(1989), “Lewis Sha-Oldfields”, pp. 46-47.
Patricia Anderson Findeisen (circa 1961)
[Courtesy of Charles L. Sullivan, Professor Emeritus and Archivist
of the MGCCC Tex Hamill-Down South Collection at the Perkinston
Campus Archives]
PATRICIA ANDERSON
The Gulf Coast Times,
“Anderson Fete Honors Daughter, Husband”,
September 6, 1951, p. 1.
PETER ANDERSON (1901-1984)
The Gulf Coast Times,
“Visitor From England”,
June 23, 1950, p. 8. “Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Anderson
are Mrs. H.C.A. Mead of Ellicott City, Maryland, Henry Mead of
Harvard University and Miss Elizabeth Grey of London, England.
Miss Grey just completed four years at Bryn Mawr and will return to
England in the near future. She was especially interested in
visiting the south before leaving for her home.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Peter Anderson in art festival at Jackson Saturday”,
April 27, 1967, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Anderson receives ceramic award [Fred Award given
by Popular Ceramics]", October 10, 1968, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Potter’s legacy reflects on town this weekend”,
November 1, 2001, p. 1.
The Sun Herald, "Memories among the debris", November
1, 2005, p. B-1.
The Sun Herald,
"Pottery just one attraction [photo]", October 28, 2007,
p. A3.
PETER MICHAEL ANDERSON (b. 1931)
The Gulf Coast Times, "Mike Anderson now stationed at Fort
Dix", March 20, 1952, p. 1. [9th Infantry Division-47th
Regiment]
The Ocean Springs News,
“married Eunice Talbert at the
Ravenswood Baptist Church in Chicago. He is employed at the
Chicago Natural History Museum”, August 6, 1964.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Shearwater source of artful life for Annex manager”,
April 29, 2004, p. B4.
SHEARWATER POTTERY
Books
Christopher H. Maurer and Maria E.
Iglesia, Dreaming in Clay on The Coast of Mississippi,
(Doubleday: New York-2000)
Dod Stewart, Shearwater
Pottery, (Bristol Publishing: Slidell, Louisiana-2005)
The History of Jackson County, Mississippi
(1989), “Shearwater Pottery and the Andersons”,
pp. 65-66.
Magazines
Coastal Living,
“Living Legacy”,
Volume 6, No. 2, March-April 2002,
p. 50.
Down South, "Shearwater: Fifty
years of imaginative pottery", Volume
28, No. 4, July-August 1978, pp. 3-8.
Journals
The Bay Press, "Featured Artist: Jim Anderson",
November 11, 2005, p. 11.
The Bay Press, Shearwater auction part of successful
festival", November 11, 2005, p. 18.
The Houston Post,
“Spring Season Opens at Art Museum Today”,
March 1, 1931.
The Jackson County Times,
“Art colony established at Ocean Springs”,
May 29, 1926, p. 3.
The Jackson County Times,
“Shearwater Pottery Showroom Open Week of 12th
to 17th”, August
10, 1929, p. 3.
The Mississippi Press,
“Chance purchase inspires book about Coast pottery”,
November 1, 2000
The Mississippi Press,
"Peter Anderson Festival add New
Orleans traditions", September 28, 2005, p. 1-A.
The Jackson County Times,
“Rotary Club Visits Shearwater Pottery”,
November 9, 1929, p. 3.
The Ocean Springs News,
“Christine Engler Etchings Exhibit Being Held at Shearwater
Pottery”, February 13, 1958,
p. 5.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“17 artists at Shearwater workshop”,
October 29, 1970, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“17 artists at Shearwater workshop”,
November 5, 1970, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“LaFont Workshop photo of Mrs. Peter Anderson”,
January 21, 1971.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“LaFont Art workshop schedules Shearwater Session”,
October 21, 1971, p. 6.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“LaFont Workshop has Shearwater Session [7th
annual Shearwater Pottery sculpture and ceramics workshop]”,
November 4, 1971, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“LaFont Exhibit features Anderson, Stewart”,
March 11, 1976, p. 9.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Shearwater celebration [50th anniversary]to
include reception", October 26, 1978, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Shearwater Exhibit (at
Old State Capitol Museum)
Extended Through July 1st”,
June 21, 1979, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“LaFont art workshop to be held on Ocean Springs”,
October 27, 1983, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Rare Shearwater Pottery on Exhibit”,
November 2, 1989, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Book Review"- New book on a family and Shearwater not
to be missed”,
October 26, 2000, p. 16.
The Ocean Springs Record, "It's a wreck, but it's still
Shearwater", September 22, 2005, p. A1.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Shearwater finds home at Mary
C.", September 22, 2005, p. A1.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Recovering, reconnecting",
November 10, 2005, p. B4.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Shearwater opens to eager
collectors", December 22, 2005, B5.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Post impressions", December
22, 2005, p. B4.
The Ocean Springs Record,
"Couple
[Dr. Christopher D. Hogan and Kristen Hogan]
shares extensive Anderson collection",
January 12, 2006, p. B5.
The Ocean Springs Record, "The Annex returns to Shearwater
Pottery", October 5, 2006, p. B-7.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Showroom returns to Shearwater
Pottery", March 15, 2007, p. B-7.
The Ocean Springs Record, "Reopening [photo]",
March 15, 2007, p. A-1.
The Pascagoula Chronicle-Star,
“Shearwater Pottery Is Small But Important Part Of
County’s Culture”, July 6,
1945, p. 2, Section 2.
The Sun Herald,
“Art of being an Anderson”,
October 29, 2000, p. G-7.
The Sun Herald,
“Little vase leads authors to write book”,
October 29, 2000, p. G-7.
The Sun Herald,
“Andersons featured in magazine”,
March 8, 2002, p. B-1.
The Sun Herald,
“Anderson pottery to travel”,
November 5, 2002, p. A-1.
The Sun Herald, "Katrina will surely alter Shearwater's
palette", November 6, 2005, p. B-12.
WALTER INGLIS ANDERSON (1903-1965)
Walter Inglis Anderson Chronology
1903-
Born New Orleans, Louisiana on September 29th.
1911-1918-Attended St. John's School at Manlius, New York, 15 miles
southeast of Syracuse.
1919-1922-Attended the Manual Training School (Isadore Newman) at
New Orleans.
1922-1923-Attended Parsons Institute at New York City.
1924-1928-Attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at
Philadelphia.
1928-Studied in Paris and visited the Paleolithic Age caves in the
Dordogne Valley east of Bordeaux as the result of winning the
Cresson Award.
1929-Returned to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
1929-Joined his brothers, Peter and Mac, at Shearwater in Ocean
Springs.
1933-Married Agnes Grinstead at St. John's Episcopal Church at Ocean
Springs on April 29th.
1935-Painted murals in auditorium of Ocean Springs High School on a
WPA commission.
1937-Admitted to Phipps Clinic at John Hopkins at Baltimore,
Maryland for mental disorders.
1937-Daughter, Mary Anderson Stebly Pickard, born at Baltimore.
1938-Returned to Shearwater at Ocean Springs.
1939-Son, William "Billy" Anderson, born in October.
1940-Moved to Oldfields on the Sound near Gautier.
1943-Daughter, Lief Anderson, born.
1946-Returned to Shearwater and began Horn Island trips.
1947-Son, John Anderson, born in March.
1949-Journeyed to China and got as far west as Chungking.
1951-1952-Painted murals in the Ocean Springs Community Center.
1962-Bit by water moccasin at Horn Island.
1965-Weathered Hurricane Betsy at Horn Island.
1965-Died at New Orleans following surgery for lung cancer on
November 30th.
1991-WAMA opened on May
4th.
BIOGRAPHICAL
Louis Dollarhide, Of Art and Artists Selected Reviews of the
Arts in Mississippi 1955-1976, (University Press of
Mississippi: Jackson, Mississippi-1981).
The Gulf Coast Times, “Gulf Hills News (Pink Pony Mural)”,
July 26, 1951, p. 6.
The Ocean Springs News, “WIA Obituary”, December 9, 1965,
p. 3.
The Delta Review, “The Anderson Story, Splendor in
Mississippi”, Spring 1967, pp. 41-43.
The Bay Press, “Maurer explores the life of Walter Anderson”,
July 25, 2003, p. 1.
The Clarion Ledger (Jackson, Ms.), “Walter Anderson and
Family, a group of rare individuals", July 30, 1967.(by Mary
Brister
and Marie Hull”)
The Chicago Herald Tribune Sunday Magazine, “Artist in the
Eye of a Hurricane”, August 17, 1969.
The Chicago Herald Tribune Sunday Magazine, “Artist in the
Eye of a Hurricane”, August 17, 1969.
The New York Times, “Celebrating a Gulf Coast Artist”,
October 4, 1992
The Ocean Springs Record, “The Wonderful World of Walter
Anderson”, March 2, 1967 or 1961?
The Times Picayune, “Tranquil retreat was lost to island’s
secret purpose”, January 3, 1983.
The Ocean Springs Record, Walter Anderson art featured in
Clarion Ledger”, January 6, 1983, p. 9.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson collection installed at
Depart of Archives”, December 1, 1983, p. 2.
The Daily Herald, “Anderson’s works may stay after fair”,
May 14, 1984, p. B-1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Legacy beats as heart of
Shearwater”, December 27, 1984, p. 9.
The Sun Herald, “Artisans hail Anderson find (117
wallpaper paintings found)”, January 17, 1988.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Miller refuted-Anderson honored by
Art Colony”, September 29, 1988, p. 4.
The History of Jackson County, Mississippi, (1989),
“Walter ‘Bob’ Anderson”, p. 110.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Dali, Anderson comparison is made”,
February 23, 1989, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson Works Discussed (by
Mary A. Pickard)”, August 9, 1990, p. 14.
The Coast Magazine, “Walter Anderson, A Tribute”,
June/July 1991, pp. 91-106. (by Mary Anderson Pickard and Edward
Pickard).
Americana, “Brushed Aside No More”, February 1992, pp.
53-57.(by Maria Watson)
The Sun Herald, “A symphony of animals”, November 24,
1996, p. F-1.
The Sun Herald, “Love of Nature is clear in writings”,
November 24, 1996, p. F-1.
The Mississippi Press, “Virtual Realizations”, April 16,
2000, pp. B-1 and B-4.
The Sun Herald, “Where Walter Walked”. April 22, 2001, p.
G-1 and G-6.
The Sun Herald, “A Dusti (Bonge) discovery: Late
artist’s recently found work is link to Walter Anderson”, August
12, 2001, p. G-1.
The Sun Herald, “O.S. gave birth to one of the world’s finest
artists”, November 9, 2003, p. I1.(reprint from The
Washington Post-Style Section on October 25, 2003 by Paul Richard)
The Sun Herald, “The World of Walter Anderson”, January
25, 2004, p. H-2.
The Times Picayune, “Tranquil retreat was lost to island’s
secret purpose”, January 3, 1983.
EXHIBITS
The Gulf Coast Times, “W.I. Anderson is honord at Brooklyn
(Museum)”, May 27, 1949, p. 1.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Commercial Appeal (Guy Northrop Jr.)
Praises work of Local Artist (Brooks Memorial Art
Gallery-Memphis)”, September 22, 1950, p. 1.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Anderson art exhibit to demand wide
attention”, January 26, 1951, p. 1.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Anderson Exhibit attracts many out of
town visitors”, February 1, 1951, p. 1.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Anderson Dinner Honors Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Northrop”, June 14, 1951, p. 9.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Walter Anderson Exhibit at Jackson to
tour entire country”, November 8, 1951, p. 5.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Lauren Rogers Library and Art Museum,
Laurel, Ms., water colors, block prints, and pottery”, November
1, 1953, Section 2, p. 1.
Sturgis R. Ingersoll, “Henry McCarter”, The 150th
Anniversary Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
1955, pp. 95-97.
Robert J. McKnight, The World of Walter Anderson Traveling
Exhibition,
The Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, 1967.
The Ocean Springs News, “Art Exhibit Set For Sunday”,
February 11, 1965, p. 4.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Walter Anderson Art to Smithsonian
Institution”, October 5, 1967, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson Art Tour
[Chattanooga-NOLA]”, October 5, 1967, p. 8.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson’s paintings to be
presented at Brooks Gallery”, January 28, 1971, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record, “More than 10,000 shipped for safe
keeping (to Memphis)”, January 28, 1971, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson paintings shown”,
February 24, 1972, p. 7.(at W.R. Allen's 'Gallery Up' in Ocean
Springs. Photo of Sissy and Mert Stebley)
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Oldfields Period Featured”,
April 26, 1973, p. 8.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson Showing (photo)”,
May 3, 1973, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson Paintings to be displayed
(Gallery of Central La. Art Association), September 18, 1975, p.
8.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Walter Anderson Opens Saturday”,
April 22, 1976, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Walter Anderson’s artwork to go on
display”, July 17, 1980, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “La Font Exhibit Features Anderson,
Stewart”, March 11, 1976, p. 9.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Jackson Museum Creates Walter
Anderson Exhibit”, March 29, 1984, p. 3.
The Ocean Springs Record, Anderson art exhibit at Perk
(MGC Junior College at Perkinston, Ms.)”, March 22, 1990, p.
2.
The Ocean Springs Record-Independent, “Vanishing Point: The
View From Horn Island”, September 21, 2000, p. 20.
The Ocean Springs Record-Independent, “Hamlet and Beyond at
WAMA”, January 25, 2001.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Exhibit designer immerses himself
in Anderson”, May 15, 2003, p. B-6.
The Sun Herald, “Bogged Down” (“Our Vanishing Heritage:
The Harmonious Bog”, 79-piece exhibit at WAMA, May-August 1993), May
23, 1993, p. F-1.
The Sun Herald, “WAMA takes art by the Horn”, September
24, 2000, p. H-1.
The Sun Herald, “Hamlet drawings going on display”,
January 28, 2001, p. G-8.
The Sun Herald, “Marquee-‘Branching Out-Visions of
Nature’”,
February 16, 2002, p. 27.
The Sun Herald, “Art Mates-WAMA exhibit brings together
artwork from Anderson’s early, later years”, July 21, 2002, p.
H-1.
The Sun Herald, “World Through His Eyes”, March 2, 2003,
p. H-1.
The Sun Herald, “Designer’s ‘fresh eye’ puts Anderson cow
front, center”, May 12, 2003, p. A-1.
The Sun Herald, “Traveling Anderson exhibit to be ambassador
for state”, May 14, 2003, p. A-7.
Art Gulf Coast, “Art within a family tradition”,
Vol. 1, No. 1, (Lagniappe Limited LLC: Biloxi, Mississippi-September
2003.
The Sun Herald, “A big ole Mississippi goodbye”,
September 1, 2003, p. A-4.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson’s impact”, September 21, 2003,
p. H-1.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson art exhibit opens to the world”,
September 25, 2003, p. A-4.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson Makes A Splash”, September 26,
2003, p. A-1.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson exhibit wows crowds at Smithsonian”,
September 26, 2003, p. A-4.
Mississippi History News Letter, “Anderson Art at MMA”,
October 2003, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Washington Meets Walter Anderson”,
October 2, 2003, p. A1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson goes to Washington”,
October 2, 2003, p. B4.
The Washington Post, “Water Color Wavelengths”, October
25, 2003, p. C-1 (Style Section)
The Washington Post, ‘Strange’ Sights, October 25, 2003,
p. C-2 (Style Section)
The Ocean Springs Record, “Last exhibition weekend fulfilling
for WAMA education coordinator”, January 15, 2004, p. B4.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson tour exhibit hailed as
big success”, January 15, 2004, p. B4.
The Ocean Springs Record, “What they’re saying”, January
15, 2004, p. B4.
The Sun Herald, “A Print Off The Old Block”, February 6,
2005, p. H-1.
The Sun Herald, "Events mark end of Anderson N.O. exhibit",
April 13, 2005, p. A2.
The Sun Herald, "'Shelter from the storm' ",
November 1, 2005, p. B-1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson art ['Ecstasy: the
Mystical Landscapes of Walter Anderson'] hits the road”, March
27, 2008, p. B-8.
BOOKS, MUSIC and FILM
Agnes Grinstead Anderson, Approaching The Magic Hour,
(University Press of Mississippi: Jackson, Mississippi-1989).
Walter I. Anderson, Pelicans, (Cadmus Editions: San
Francisco-2004)
Patti Carr Black, Art in Mississippi 1720-1980,
(University Press of Mississippi: Jackson, Mississippi-1998)
Christopher Maurer, Love and Art at Shearwater-Dreaming in
Clay on the Coast of Mississippi, (Doubleday: New
York-2000).
Christopher Maurer, Fortune’s Favorite Child-The
Uneasy Life of Walter Anderson, (University Press
of Mississippi: Jackson, Mississippi-2003)
Patricia
Pinson, The Art of Walter Anderson,
(The University Press of Mississippi: Jackson, Mississippi-2003).
Walter Anderson for Children
Leif
Anderson, Dancing With My Father, (University Press of
Mississippi-Jackson, Mississippi-2005).
Mary Anderson Pickard, Patricia Pinson. with Christopher Maurer,
Form and Fantasy-The Block Prints of Walter Anderson, (University Press
of Mississippi: Jackson, Mississippi-2007).
Film
The Sun Herald, "Money in for Anderson documentary",
March 13, 2005, p. H-3.
Music
The Ocean Springs Record, “Logan Skelton is 2004 winner of
Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award in Music”, June
10, 2004, B4. (wrote Anderson Songs-based on the
writings of Walter I. Anderson)
Journals
The Bay Press, “Maurer explores the life of Walter Anderson”,
July 25, 2003.
The New York Times, “Celebrating a Gulf Coast Artist”,
October 4, 1992, pp. 25-26.
The Ocean Springs Record, “The Walter Anderson Studio",
August 17, 1967, p. 9.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Walter Anderson art to Smithsonian
Institute”, January 4, 1968, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Walter Anderson’s Horn Island logs
issued”, August 22, 1974, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record, “ETV will present half-hour Walter
Anderson”, September 22, 1977, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson illustration in new
edition book (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)”,
December 8, 1983, p. 9.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Legacy beats as heart of
Shearwater", December 27, 1984, p. 9
The Ocean Springs Record, “Art world inner circle opens to
Mississippi son", December 27, 1984, p. 9
The Ocean Springs Record, “The Islander to be rebroadcast
Saturday”, February 27, 1986, p. 5.(1st seen on Ms.
ETV in 9/1977 and PBS 2/1978)
The Ocean Springs Record, “Sissy Anderson to talk about new
book”, April 3, 1986, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson book goes on sale”,
June 15, 1989, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Private world of great artist seen
in widow’s memoir”, June 22, 1989.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson’s Magic Carpet
to premier in Ocean Springs”, August 24, 1989, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Print Painters experience
Anderson’s art up close and personal”, June 26, 2003, p. B6.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Walter Anderson Art damaged, but
restoration is underway", September 15, 2005, p. B4.
The Ocean Springs Record, “[Christmas] Ornaments
replicate Anderson designs", October 26, 2006, p. B7.
The Ocean Springs Record, “
The Sun Herald, "Fairy-tale matchup of artist and writer
delights reader (The Magic Carpet by Ellen Douglas)”,
December 27, 1987, p. F-1.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson’s 100th celebrated”,
September 30, 2003, p. A2.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson’s life on stage in O.S.”,
January 4, 2004, p. I1.
The Sun Herald, "Art communities assess lot" (Hurricane
Katrina damage), September 12. 2005, B-5.
The Sun Herald, "Anderson artwork could be reinvented from
Katrina's ruins", October 9, 2005, p. A17.
The Sun Herald, "Fundraiser to save Anderson art
(Jackson, Ms.)", November 17, 2005, p. A9.
Magazines
The Southern Register, “Walter Anderson Symposium”,
Spring 2004, (The University of Mississippi: Oxford,
Mississippi-2004), p. 5.
OCEAN SPRINGS COMMUNITY CENTER MURALS
The citizens of Ocean Springs through diligent effort raised funds
to build their community center on Washington Avenue in 1950.
A.P. “Fred” Moran (1897-1967) used his influence to thwart some
local resistance when Walter Anderson volunteered to paint murals at
the center in 1951. Moran supplied some of the paint to
Anderson for his endeavor.
Prior
to his commencement of the murals, Anderson researched the
historical theme by studying Gayarre's History of Louisiana,
and traveling to the Cabildo archives at New Orleans. His plan
was to depict the 1699 landing of Iberville at Ocean Springs on the
south wall, and the flora and fauna of the region on the north wall.
The murals on the north wall are also referred to as "the seven
climates" of the Gulf Coast. Although the murals are painted
in oils, he wanted to use fresco, i.e. the technique of painting on
fresh plaster with watercolor. Since the contractor used
cement to finish the walls, he painted on that rough surface.
The murals took over a year to paint (1951-1952), and are over 3000
square feet in area. They were painted primarily in the
evening when the artist could work without distraction.
A close scrutiny of the Anderson murals reveals they were not
completed. For some unknown reason, Anderson "walked out on
the job" in the spring of 1952, and returned to his endeavors on
Horn Island. The murals were unprotected until 1974, when the City
of Ocean Springs requested the Ocean Springs Art Association to
preserve the work. Under the leadership of Eldon Holmquist
(1902-1994), OSAA President, preservation consultation and
assistance was provided by a New Orleans art conservator who came to
Ocean Springs to train and supervise volunteers. The murals
were cleaned, touched up by two members of the Anderson family, and
varnished after the touch up.
Post-Katrina
The Ocean Springs Community Center was spared the wrath of Hurricane
Katrina. In early June 2006, the Winterthur Conservation
Program sent a team of seven conservators to Ocean Springs to
stabilize the paint in the Community Center murals. Flaking of
paint from the surface walls has been a problem in the slow
deterioration of Anderson's local masterpiece. It appears that
post-Katrina the process has only worsened. The Winterthur
team is donating its time and experience as part of the assistance
program to assist Mississippi Gulf Coast museums recover from
Hurricane Katrina. Sharon Blank will head the conservation
effort.(The Ocean Springs Record, June 1, 2006, p. B5)
2008 Restoration
On January 1, 2008, the City of Ocean Springs approved a major
renovation and preservation scheme on the Community Center at 512
Washington Avenue. The murals of Walter I. Anderson were the
salient objective of this effort. Patricia Kamm, a veteran
conservator of Anderson art works, was hired to supervise the
project. She worked on the 'Little Room' in 1991 and the Ocean
Springs High School Murals. A "Save America's Treasures" grant
from The National Park Service and a grant from MDAH totaling almost
$500,000 will fund the venture. Renovations to the Ocean
Springs Community Center will include: renovating bathrooms;
painting and exterior sealant; upgrading the heating and AC system;
installing sprinklers; security and lighting will also be improved.
Subsequently, several WAMA board members became very
concerned about a new kitchen planned for the Community
Center. Dennis Cowart, project architect, related that the
design of the new kitchen provides a separation of the food prep and
catering area from the main Community Center space. Food prep
will be limited to warming appliances only.(The
Ocean Springs Record, December 20, 2007, p. A1 and January 24, 2008,
p. A1)
Public use?
In mid-February 2008, John Gill, James Hagan and Matt McDonnell,
members of the OS Board of Aldermen, volunteered to serve on an ad
hoc committee to discuss the public uses of the Community Center in
regards the Walter Anderson murals. Phil Ward, Jeff Wasko, and
Stephen Stojcich will represent WAMA at the discussions. In
recent months, WAMA officials have been concerned about some of the
public activities in the Community Center and the deleterious
effects that these actions might have of Anderson's murals valued at
$27 million. Alderman Hagan may have set the tone for the
future meeting when he said in public that "I have concerns
that about the fact that we own the Community Center and we insure
the Walter Anderson art but have to follow other people's rules.
I have a letter in my hand from people who have rented this building
and from their experiences, it reads very bad. I know that
there are two sides to every story but it is time to close off the
wall at the Community Center and stop letting a private entity
dictate to us what to do."
REFERENCES:
The Gulf Coast Times, “Community Center Murals To Be Painted
By Bob Anderson”, February 22, 1951, p. 1
The Commercial Appeal, “Town Gets Huge Mural For $1 From
Gifted Anderson Brush”, June 24, 1951, Section V, p. 10. (by Guy
Northrup Jr.)
The Gulf Coast Times, “Writer in praise of Community Center
Murals-a labor of real love”,
July 12, 1951, p. 1 and p. 5.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Labor of Love by Ocean Springs Own
Artist”, November 1, 1953, Section 2, p. 1.
The Mississippi Press, “Anderson’s tiger boosts zoo”,
August 22, 1993, p. 3-D.
The Mississippi Press, “Lack of insurance on murals concerns
Springs alderman”, July 7, 2000, p. 1-A.
The Ocean Springs Record, “The Priceless Murals”,
February 16, 1978, p. 4.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Friends of Anderson ask for school
murals”, March 19, 1987.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson Murals Come to Life”,
July 29, 1993, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson murals worth a lot of
green, September 28, 2000, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson murals to be preserved",
June 1, 2006, p. B5.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Mary C. to welcome murals",
October 26, 2006, p. A1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Community Center renovations set
to begin",
December 20, 2007, p. A1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Community Center gets a face-lift",
January 17, 2008, p. A1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Public use discussed", January
24, 2008, p. A1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Ad hoc committees formed",
February 14, 2008, p. A1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Opinion-'It [OS Community
Center] belongs to the people'", February 14, 2008, p. A2.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson murals get the brush off”,
November 26, 1978, p. C-1.
The Sun Herald, “Question of how to ensure preservation of
murals considered”, November 26, 1978, p. C-1.
The Sun Herald, “Holmquist remembered as arts museum friend”,
November 9, 1994, p. A-2.
The Sun Herald, “The Test of Time”, December 17, 1994.
The Sun Herald, “A Fortune in Murals Insured for $2000”,
July 13, 2000, p. 1.
The Sun Herald, “Insurers estimate in work”, August 31,
2000, p. A-2.
The Sun Herald, “Aldermen delay mural decision”,
September 7, 2000, p. A-3.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson mural coverage will cost $8000 a
year”, September 21, 2000, pp. A-1 and A-8.
The Sun Herald, "Walter Anderson murals will get better
protection", August 21, 2005, p. A-10.
The Sun Herald, "Anderson murals will be preserved in
renovation", December 24, 2007, p. A2..
EXHIBITS
The Gulf Coast Times, “W.I. Anderson is honord at Brooklyn
(Museum)”, May 27, 1949, p. 1.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Commercial Appeal (Guy Northrop Jr.)
Praises work of Local Artist (Brooks Memorial Art
Gallery-Memphis)”, September 22, 1950, p. 1.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Anderson art exhibit to demand wide
attention”, January 26, 1951, p. 1.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Anderson Exhibit attracts many out of
town visitors”, February 1, 1951, p. 1.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Anderson Dinner Honors Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Northrop”, June 14, 1951, p. 9.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Walter Anderson Exhibit at Jackson to
tour entire country”, November 8, 1951, p. 5.
The Gulf Coast Times, “Lauren Rogers Library and Art Museum,
Laurel, Ms., water colors, block prints, and pottery”, November
1, 1953, Section 2, p. 1.
Sturgis R. Ingersoll, “Henry McCarter”, The 150th
Anniversary Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,
1955, pp. 95-97.
Robert J. McKnight, The World of Walter Anderson Traveling
Exhibition,
The Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, 1967.
The Ocean Springs News, “Art Exhibit Set For Sunday”,
February 11, 1965, p. 4.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Walter Anderson Art to Smithsonian
Institution”, October 5, 1967, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson Art Tour
[Chattanooga-NOLA]”, October 5, 1967, p. 8.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson’s paintings to be
presented at Brooks Gallery”, January 28, 1971, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record, “More than 10,000 shipped for safe
keeping (to Memphis)”, January 28, 1971, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson paintings shown”,
February 24, 1972, p. 7.(at W.R. Allen's 'Gallery Up' in Ocean
Springs. Photo of Sissy and Mert Stebley)
The Ocean Springs Record,
“Oldfields Period Featured”,
April 26, 1973, p. 8.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson Showing (photo)”,
May 3, 1973, p. 7.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson Paintings to be displayed
(Gallery of Central La. Art Association), September 18, 1975, p.
8.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Walter Anderson Opens Saturday”,
April 22, 1976, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Walter Anderson’s artwork to go on
display”, July 17, 1980, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “La Font Exhibit Features Anderson,
Stewart”, March 11, 1976, p. 9.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Jackson Museum Creates Walter
Anderson Exhibit”, March 29, 1984, p. 3.
The Ocean Springs Record, Anderson art exhibit at Perk
(MGC Junior College at Perkinston, Ms.)”, March 22, 1990, p.
2.
The Ocean Springs Record-Independent, “Vanishing Point: The
View From Horn Island”, September 21, 2000, p. 20.
The Ocean Springs Record-Independent, “Hamlet and Beyond at
WAMA”, January 25, 2001.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Exhibit designer immerses himself
in Anderson”, May 15, 2003, p. B-6.
The Sun Herald, “Bogged Down” (“Our Vanishing Heritage:
The Harmonious Bog”, 79-piece exhibit at WAMA, May-August 1993), May
23, 1993, p. F-1.
The Sun Herald, “WAMA takes art by the Horn”, September
24, 2000, p. H-1.
The Sun Herald, “Hamlet drawings going on display”,
January 28, 2001, p. G-8.
The Sun Herald, “Marquee-‘Branching Out-Visions of
Nature’”,
February 16, 2002, p. 27.
The Sun Herald, “Art Mates-WAMA exhibit brings together
artwork from Anderson’s early, later years”, July 21, 2002, p.
H-1.
The Sun Herald, “World Through His Eyes”, March 2, 2003,
p. H-1.
The Sun Herald, “Designer’s ‘fresh eye’ puts Anderson cow
front, center”, May 12, 2003, p. A-1.
The Sun Herald, “Traveling Anderson exhibit to be ambassador
for state”, May 14, 2003, p. A-7.
Art Gulf Coast, “Art within a family tradition”,
Vol. 1, No. 1, (Lagniappe Limited LLC: Biloxi, Mississippi-September
2003.
The Sun Herald, “A big ole Mississippi goodbye”,
September 1, 2003, p. A-4.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson’s impact”, September 21, 2003,
p. H-1.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson art exhibit opens to the world”,
September 25, 2003, p. A-4.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson Makes A Splash”, September 26,
2003, p. A-1.
The Sun Herald, “Anderson exhibit wows crowds at Smithsonian”,
September 26, 2003, p. A-4.
Mississippi History News Letter, “Anderson Art at MMA”,
October 2003, p. 2.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Washington Meets Walter Anderson”,
October 2, 2003, p. A1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson goes to Washington”,
October 2, 2003, p. B4.
The Washington Post, “Water Color Wavelengths”, October
25, 2003, p. C-1 (Style Section)
The Washington Post, ‘Strange’ Sights, October 25, 2003,
p. C-2 (Style Section)
The Ocean Springs Record, “Last exhibition weekend fulfilling
for WAMA education coordinator”, January 15, 2004, p. B4.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson tour exhibit hailed as
big success”, January 15, 2004, p. B4.
The Ocean Springs Record, “What they’re saying”, January
15, 2004, p. B4.
The Sun Herald, “A Print Off The Old Block”, February 6,
2005, p. H-1.
The Sun Herald, "Events mark end of Anderson N.O. exhibit",
April 13, 2005, p. A2.
The Sun Herald, "'Shelter from the storm' ",
November 1, 2005, p. B-1.
FRIENDS OF WALTER ANDERSON
The Ocean Springs Record, “Group seeks to preserve artist’s
work”, February 13, 1975, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Friends of Walter Anderson
organized”, March 13, 1975, p. 1
The Ocean Springs Record, “Friends of Walter Anderson to
convene”, February 1, 1979, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Building Site”, February 28,
1980, p. 22.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Friends of Walter Anderson begin
drive", May 15, 1986, p. 2.
Ocean Springs Public School Murals [in situ]
[Courtesy of Maria Carolina Bargas]
1927 OCEAN SPRINGS PUBLIC SCHOOL MURALS
"Ocean Springs: Past and Present”.
Walter
Anderson painted these murals in 1935 after he received a commission
from the Works Progress Administration (1935-1943), a New Deal
agency of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration (1933-1945).
These oil on canvas studies were glued to the plaster walls of the
1927 Ocean Springs Public School auditorium, now the Trent Lott
Performing Arts Center, in the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural on
Government Street. They were removed from the building on
Government Street by a professional conservator in 1989, and placed
on canvas stretchers for presentation in the WAMA.
The three paintings on the east wall of the museum galleria depict
the Indians of the area at their daily actives of fishing, hunting,
and cooking. The three west wall studies portray mundane white
man activities such as: feeding chickens, tonging for oysters, and
retrieving fishnets. The style for the murals is believed to
have been influenced by a visit to the Dordogne River Valley of
southwest France in 1928 by the artist. Near the city of Les
Eyzies de Tayac in the Department of Dordogne about 75 miles east of
Bordeaux, there are Paleolithic caves featuring parietal art
depicting animals primarily spotted horses and bison extant at that
time. The "Chesty Horse" sculpture is also believed to have
been influenced by this visit, the result of winning the Cresson
Award, a travel grant, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
which he attended from 1924-1929.
Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Center
On November 3, 2006, photographic reproductions of Bob Anderson's
1927 Ocean Springs Public School murals were dedicated in the Trent
Lott Performing Arts Theatre, formerly the school's auditorium.
The project cost more than $10,000. The Anderson family
donated one of their father's watercolor to raise funds for the
mural project. The painting was auctioned in New Orleans and
brought more than $10,000. The Ocean Springs Rotary Club and
Katrina Hurricane Foundation of Ocean Springs also made significant
contributions to the process. The Anderson family requested
that a brass plaque be placed with the exhibit to read: In
memory of Agnes Grinstead Anderson.(The Ocean Springs Record,
October 26, 2006, p. A1 and The Sun Herald, November 3, 2006, p. A1)
The Daily Herald, “Coast Artists Are Painting Scenes For PWA
Art Project”, February 2, 1934, p. 6.
The Jackson County Times, “Local artist highly praised by
officials (PWA)”, June 9, 1934, p. 1.
The Jackson County Times, “An appreciation of the murals in
the local high school auditorium (Ruth Dyrud, Dir, of Art,
University of Alabama)”, June 9, 1934, p. 3.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Anderson Tile Murals restoration
completed”, July 5, 1979, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Friends of Anderson ask for school
murals”, March 19, 1987, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Board (of Aldermen) to
consider release of murals”, November 12, 1987, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Restoration of High School murals
(good photos)”, January 18, 1989, p. 9.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Restoration of Anderson murals",
January 18, 1990, p. 9.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Restoration reaches murals”,
February 13, 2003, p. 1.
The Ocean Springs Record, “Mary C. to welcome murals",
October 26, 2006, p. A1.
The Mississippi Press, “Mural Coming Down”, March 6,
2003, p. 1-A.
The Mississippi Press, “Mac Anderson tiles to come down”,
March 6, 2003, p. 3-A.
The Sun Herald, "They're back home now-mural reproductions
shine at Mary C.", November 3, 2006, p. A1.
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Construction September 1990 and Moving 'The Little Room' February
1991
WALTER ANDERSON MUSEUM of ART (WAMA)
The WAMA began as an idea by a group of people in Ocean Springs and
Jackson to preserve the art and culture of Walter Inglis Anderson
(1903-1965). The Friends of Walter Anderson was chartered in
1974, and through their tireless efforts funds and grant money was
raised to build the museum on Washington Avenue in Ocea |
