Sponsored
The Desoto Arts Council is proud to sponsor these highly successful endeavors.

Past

• Aria and Art
• Art Design Contest
• Celebrity Reads at Elementary Schools
• DeSoto Camera Club
• DeSoto County Courthouse Mural Restoration
• DeSoto High School Seniors Annual Art Contest
• Harpsichord Concert at First Regional Library
• Hernando Celebration of Art Festival
• Horn Lake Events
• It’s All About Dance
• Leadership DeSoto Artist Forums, Search, City Meetings
• Mississippi Boys Choir Performances
• Mississippi Symphony Orchestra Concert
• Photography Contest, theme: Home is DeSoto County
• Free Photography Workshop
• Smithsonian Institution Between Fences Exhibition
• Smithsonian Institution’s Community Arts Development Planning For DeSoto County
• DAC Community Arts Grant Projects include these:
  • Kudzu Playhouse Theatrical Performances
  • Hernando Middle School Choral Department -Hernando Music and Heritage Festival
  • Discover DeSoto Blues History Project
  • Smithsonian Institution Between Fences Exhibition with M.R. Dye Public Library
  • Northwest MS Theatre Alliance Community Theatre Awards
  • Oak Grove Central Elementary School Arts A La Carte visual art
  • African American History Performance

Ongoing

• Art Classes and workshops for children and adults-free whenever possible, scholarships available
• Art Programs for public, private and home schoolchildren
• Artist Forum
• Brown Bag Lecture Series at Hernando Public Library
• DeSoto Arts Council Community Arts Grants - deadlines April 30, October 31
• Library Presentations and Events
• North Mississippi Theatre Alliance Awards Ceremony
• Opera Memphis African American Month Performances
• Honoring Miriam Anderson, Paul Robeson at Oak Hill Baptist Church
• School Fieldtrips
• School Art Projects
• Sponsor of art programs for five DeSoto County High Schools through partnership with the Foundation for Excellence in Education

New & Coming Soon

• Community Arts Mini-Grant Program - up to $250
• Annual Holiday Artist Juried Show and Sale
• DeSoto Artist Series
• Kids’ Art Calendar
• DeSoto Arts Festival
• DeSoto Community Arts and Cultural Center
• DeSoto Blues Music and Culture Community Project
• DeSoto Kids Arts Festival celebrating all arts - Kids’ bands, kid-made films, visual art, dance-exhibitions, performances, demonstrations, screenings
• Creating art publications, making books workshops-graphic design
• Ticket recycling program
• Increased number of special arts performances, workshops, and opportunities for schools and adults including Opera Memphis, Como Opera Guild
• Hispanic Family Initiative with M.R. Dye Public Library
• DAC annual Holiday Party
• DAC annual Membership Party
• DAC Web site featuring community arts calendar, artist directory, kids art page
• DAC Newsletter-Online and print versions
• DAC column in local newspapers
• DeSoto County Arts & Cultural Sites Directory
• Volunteer DeSoto - 1.800.volunteer.org