Sarah Story to leave Mississippi Arts Commission post  | DeSoto County News

The Mississippi Arts Fee (MAC) Govt Director, Sarah Story, will step down from her position efficient Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Story has served as govt director since September of 2020.

“Sarah stepped into this position in the midst of the pandemic and efficiently led the company by way of this time,” stated MAC Board Chair, Marie Sanderson. “Even with the challenges the pandemic introduced, Sarah efficiently launched and noticed by way of a number of initiatives and left MAC in a greater place than the place she discovered it.”

Below her management, Story elevated the annual finances from $3 million to $7.2 million for the fiscal yr 2023. The extra funding went towards a $1 million improve for Mississippi Complete Faculties. She secured $3 million for the Constructing fund for the Arts, a grants program to assist infrastructure for arts organizations across the state. 

Story led the event of the strategic plan for 2023-2027 and spearheaded the agency-wide rebrand that may launch in early September. She additionally carried out a brand new fundraising initiative, “Artwork Crush,” along with the Governor’s Arts Awards, which doubled the Fee’s non-public funding.

“I’ve immense gratitude for the chance to reconnect with my residence state and work alongside the unimaginable artists and cultural staff devoted to brightening their communities by way of packages, performances, exhibitions, filmmaking, writing, and public artwork,” stated Story. “The inventive expertise in Mississippi evokes. I’m proud to have made an impression throughout my management. The MAC is integral to our previous, present, and future inventive legacy: supporting, selling, and connecting our wealthy cultural heritage to our residents and vacationers in Mississippi and past. I’ll proceed to be a proud fan, supporter, and promoter of the humanities in Mississippi.”

Story has accepted a place because the Director of Improvement for the Blanton Museum of Artwork at The College of Texas at Austin. MAC’s Deputy Director, Larry Morrisey, will function interim govt director till the position is stuffed.

The Mississippi Arts Fee has launched a seek for a brand new govt director to guide the state company. The deadline to use for this place is September 30, or till stuffed.

Pictures: Courtesy Mississippi Arts Fee