Anderson, A Mississippi Legacy exhibited at Tradition campus
The William Carey University Tradition campus will present "Anderson, A Mississippi Legacy," an exhibit featuring works by three generations of the Walter Inglis Anderson family from October 19 - November 11. A reception will be held Wednesday, October 26 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the administration building.
Walter Inglis Anderson was among the most prolific and talented artists of the 20th century, and his name is often associated with art of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. A native of New Orleans and long-time resident of Ocean Springs, Anderson was educated in New York and was a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Art. He spent his life capturing the essence of the Mississippi coastal heritage, particularly Horn Island.
William Carey University's Sarah Ellen Gillespie Collection includes works by Walter Anderson, his brother James McConnell Anderson, his daughters Lief Anderson and Mary Anderson Pickard, and his grandson Christopher Inglis Stebly.
In September the university partnered with Oddfellows Gallery in Hattiesburg for a historic showing of works by three generations of the Anderson family. "The Sarah Gillespie Collection includes many works by the Anderson family, and they have never been out of the vault at one time and exhibited together," said Rick Wilemon, an adjunct art instructor at WCU and graduate assistant at the Sarah Ellen Gillespie Museum of Art. "Now we want to share these works with our Tradition campus and the Gulf Coast community."
The exhibit can be seen in the lobby of the administration building at the Tradition campus, located at 19640 Highway 67 in Biloxi. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday - Friday. For more information, call (228) 702-1775.