Arteests
Creative voices, art, and expression from the Delta
Lois Lowry Shares Her Story with Clarksdale
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi Library full, mostly women—young to old—kids on iPhones, growing up fast, three young ladies in white headdresses, teachers with list for extra credit, several young Mennonite...
An Encounter with Emily Renee – Nuance
By MAGICAL MADGENew Orleans, LA A recent trip to New Orleans found Billy and me wandering in an outdoor art market during the early evening hours. It was a magical...
GROUND ZERO CARE FEST 2014 GONNA ROCK
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTO SLIDESHOWAttend this year's popular annual event CARE FEST 2014 to benefit the Clarksdale Care Station. Head to Ground Zero Blues Club, Thursday, September 25 at...
MOHEAD
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEOS and PHOTOS) Hey man, what kind of title is “Mohead?” Well, I am just following suite. The Telluride Blues & Brews Festival (September 12-14, 2014) lists...
Photographer Rory Doyle home in the Delta
By POOR WILLIAM Clarksdale, Mississippi (PHOTOS) On a serendipitous night in the Mississippi Delta, The Real Delta (TRD) hosted a “get-together” event at its office located at 216 Third Street in Clarksdale...
Designing a Logo Ain’t Easy
By MAGICAL MADGEClarksdale, Mississippi Designing a logo is not easy. My ex-husband Quimby Vance, native Mississippian and founder of EQ Design, deeply impressed upon me the importance of a powerful logo,...
Mississippi Delta Sunsets Nourish The Soul
By MAGICAL MADGE Clarksdale, Mississippi If you follow THE Delta Bohemian®--Poor William, Pontificus Minimus, Chilly Billy--also known as Billy Howell on Facebook, then you know how possessed he is with sharing, via...
Foxtrot Gallery Pop-Up Show and RUST Restaurant Festival Menu
Clarksdale, MississippiThe whole pop-up thing continues to trend in the Mississippi Delta. We dig the spontaneity. (more…)
Kingfish plays guitar at Hambone Gallery Pre-Sunflower Fest
By POOR WILLIAMClarksdale, Mississippi (VIDEO) With the annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival officially starting Thursday night at the VIP Tent, Clarksdale has already begun hearing great music. Red’s...
Director Lee Quinby Focuses on Clarksdale
By MAGICAL MADGE CLARKSDALE, Mississippi (VIDEO) Our relationship began three years ago when I spotted a small group of nattily dressed folks exiting Cat Head on a Sunday morning following the Juke Joint...
Which Marshall Bouldin do you know ?
By MAGICAL MADGE FLORENCE MARLEY HOWELLCLARKSDALE, Mississippi INCLUDES HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTICLES FROM CLARKSDALE "For his highly developed mind, his understanding of human nature, his beautiful vision, his great executive...
Marshall Bouldin III – Focus on a Portrait
By MAGICAL MADGE MARLEY HOWELL CLARKSDALE, Mississippi VIDEO and PHOTOGRAPHS How does a portrait artist get started? Watch the interview with the artist Marshall Bouldin III beneath his first commissioned portrait. (more…)