06/17/2026
See you tomorrow (Thursday), rain or shine, for a special OOMA After Hours | Juneteenth Celebration from 5:30-7:30PM! This FREE evening features music, culture, community, and celebration on the OOMA campus.
Studd Fordd, grandson of Mississippi blues legend T-Model Ford, has been carrying the blues since he was a child, from local juke joints in Clarksdale to major festivals and international stages. A drummer, guitarist, performer, and storyteller, Studd is keeping his promise to his grandfather by honoring the roots of the blues while creating a sound all his own.
As Studd says, “I don’t just play the blues. I am the blues.”
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On view during After Hours:
• Black Art In America's From Stono to Now: The Fire This Time | Beau Rivage Gallery
• Pleasant Reed Interpretive Center
• Jerrod Partridge | "Fluid Intersections" in the Welcome Center Gallery and open studio on the 4th floor of the Center for Ceramics
• Toshiko Takaezu - From OOMA’s Permanent Collection | Pod 4
• Gina Phillips - Bright, Dark, Dim, and Rogue | IP Art Gallery
• George Edgar Ohr: Selections from Gulf Coast Collections | Beau Rivage Gallery + Pods 1 & 3
FREE admission | Donations appreciated | Cash Bar
Sponsored in part through funding from Mississippi Arts Commission , Mississippi Humanities Council, City of Biloxi, Engineered Cooling Services, Tito's, Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area
