M.B. Green
Master instrument builder M. B. Green was born in Soso (Jones County) in 1930, into a family of farmers. When his father died in 1945, the family moved to be
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Vernon Errington
Unlike those who carve walking sticks or canes, Vernon Errington of New Hebron finds gnarled, unique pieces of wood in the woods surrounding his home and converts them to walking
McArthur Chism
McArthur Chism was born in Glendora, Mississippi in 1942 and grew up in Water Valley. As a child, he became interested in drawing and sketched many aspects of his community,
Claudia Ka Cartee
Claudia Cartee is a skilled potter with an eclectic background. Her father’s family was and is based in Seminary, Mississippi. Claudia was born in Orange County, California, where her father
Jesse Burge
Jessie Burge lives near his family’s “old home place” in Lamar County; his father was a sharecropper there. He first handled a guitar when his father bought one for an
Bubba Biggart
Long known as a center of chair making in the state, Thomastown lies south of Kosciusko in Leake County, Mississippi. Thirty years ago, there were up to a dozen builders