Jackson

5 Questions with Creative Exchange: What we have learned from our artists

Since August 2016, Creative Exchange has been asking each of our Artists With Impact a series of five questions, which appear at the end of every profile. We did this to create a thread of continuity…


Carlton Turner

The ROOTS of Transformation: A Place of Action Alongside Community

Alternate ROOTS is a 39-year-old Southern based arts organization that supports artists working at the intersection of arts and activism. The organization was founded at the Highlander Center in…


How can the arts be used to turn uninviting, downtown space into vibrant, active public space?

These stories are brought to you by a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the NEA’s Our Town program. Situated on the banks of the Pearl River, Jackson is Mississippi’s state…