# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Artist Talk/Demo: Mary Louise Porter
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 11:30 am – Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 12:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us Saturday, November 22nd, from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, for a lively discussion and painting demonstration from Mary Louise Porter, one of the artists include in our All Around Mississippi exhibit, showing now through November 29, 2025. The event is free for members, and $60 for non-members.

Mary Louise Porter is a contemporary landscape painter whose work draws inspiration from the rich landscapes of Louisiana, Arkansas, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. She holds a BFA and MFA in Painting from Louisiana State University and has participated in residencies across the U.S. and Costa Rica. Her work is featured in Expression of Place: The Contemporary Louisiana Landscape by John R. Kemp and in Louisiana Life magazine. Porter's paintings are represented in galleries and collections nationwide.

Porter creates abstracted landscapes that explore color, line, and texture to capture both the beauty and emotion of place. Working primarily in acrylics and mixed media, she layers surfaces to evoke the movement of clouds, reflections on water, and the rhythms of nature. Her work represents a journey of memory and imagination—an ongoing dialogue between land, sky, and spirit.

"The beginning of a painting is always mysterious to me. A painting develops, unraveling its composition as colors, lines, shapes, and textures gradually emerge on the canvas.”

Register here: https://www.meridianmuseum.org/event-calendar/artist-talkdemo-mary-louise-porter
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/meridian/artist-talk-demo-mary-louise-porter/200029168564019
- **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, sports, calendar
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 24

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Meridian
- **state**: MS
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 628 25th Ave, Meridian, MS, United States, Mississippi 39301
- **lat**: 32.3639
- **long**: -88.70317
- **full address**: 628 25th Ave, Meridian, MS, United States, Mississippi 39301

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Artist Talk/Demo: Mary Louise Porter being held?
  - **A:** Artist Talk/Demo: Mary Louise Porter takes place on Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 11:30 am to Sat, 22 Nov, 2025 at 12:30 pm at 628 25th Ave, Meridian, MS, United States, Mississippi 39301.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Artist Talk/Demo: Mary Louise Porter?
  - **A:** Artist Talk/Demo: Mary Louise Porter is organized by Meridian Museum of Art.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Artist Talk/Demo: Mary Louise Porter is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Meridian, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Artist Talk/Demo: Mary Louise Porter sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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