GROUNDBREAKING: Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience

Published 4:31 pm Saturday, October 3, 2015

Local and state officials and area business leaders gathered in Meridian Saturday at the future site of the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Center for a groundbreaking for the public-private facility.

The groundbreaking was the culmination of a decade-long effort to build a world-class museum in Meridian.

At the groundbreaking, officials announced that the exhibition space that will feature Mississippi artists in film, literature, music, arts, dance, theater and visual arts has been rebranded the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience.

MAEE Executive Director Marty Gamblin said the work has only started.

“It’s been a long ride, a long journey, but we don’t look behind,” Gamblin said. 

“… This was probably the easiest part — sticking the shovel in the ground. Now we have to determine what is going to be in this facility and that’s the challenge – to do it right.”

Read the Sunday edition of The Meridian Star for the full story.