The Walter Anderson Museum of Art in Ocean Springs will be honoring another legendary Mississippi artist on Saturday – Eudora Welty.
While the museum is an ode to Gulf Coast great Walter Anderson, those who run the quaint gallery never shy away from shining the spotlight on others who called Mississippi home while making a global difference in their respective mediums.
Eudora, a new documentary focused on the life and legacy of the Jackson writer, will air inside Thaxton Studios at the Walter Anderson Museum of Art on March 29 beginning at 2 p.m. After the screening, panel discussions exploring Eudora’s connection to Anderson and the intersection of their creative legacies will be held.
The documentary, based on the homonymous book by Anthony Thaxton, Amy Bryant Thaxton, and Robert St. John, is described as one in which Welty “is explored through intimate photographs and charming interviews with family friends set against the backdrop of Jackson, Mississippi. A film by Anthony Thaxton, Eudora is a revealing portrait of adventure, daring, humor, and love as we meet a writer we only thought we knew.”
Those who visit the museum to watch the screening will also get a chance to purchase signed copies of Eudora and The Bicycle Logs of Walter Anderson by John G. Anderson and Anthony Thaxton.
The late Welty is widely considered one of the best authors to ever come out of the American South. She won numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for The Optimist’s Daughter. Other major works of Welty’s include Delta Wedding, The Ponder Heart, and One Writer’s Beginnings.
The event is free to the public with registration available here. The Walter Anderson Museum of Art is located at 510 Washington Avenue in Ocean Springs.
