The Bank of Jackson presents "Down on the Delta," an art show featuring Jackson photographer Virginia Parks Williamson and Mississippi artist Drew Divilbiss.

A native Southerner raised in Trimble, Tennessee, Williamson says she has grown up with an appreciation for the magic of the South — the sporting culture, the food, the music, the people and the ideas. Williamson, who lives in Jackson, started photographing the Mississippi Delta a few years ago, concentrating mainly on blues musicians. She gravitated to “blues” clubs and festivals and became fascinated with not only the music, but also with the musicians themselves. Their music told stories of their Southern culture and a time when rural life was migrating toward an urban existence. Her favorite subjects include David “Honeyboy” Edwards and Pinetop Perkins, the two oldest living blues legends today. Her photographs are on exhibit at Rivertown Gallery and Palladio in Memphis.

Divilbiss lives and works in Starkville, Mississippi. He graduated from Mississippi State University with a degree in Fine Art with an emphasis in painting and a minor in architecture. Over the past few years, Divilbiss received numerous awards and contributed to a variety of public/private collections all over the United States and Germany. More recently, he has been honored with positions in Professional Artist Residencies that involve workshops and demonstrations. As a young professional artist, Divilbiss strives to communicate diversity, time and space using material and process as his only two raw ingredients.

“Down on the Delta” will be on display at the bank through June 30 during normal banking hours. The bank is open from 8 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and until 5:30 on Fridays.

Each August, The Bank of Jackson is proud to cosponsor the annual Starlight Symphony, by the Jackson Symphony Orchestra. The outdoor concert on the grounds of First Presbyterian Church is free. People bring blankets and lawn chairs and a picnic supper as they eat and relax while the orchestra performs under the stars. The exciting program of popular and light classical favorites includes the 1812 Overture, complete with carillon and cannons.

This year's Starlight Symphony will be Saturday, August 28, 2010.

Tthe Bank of Jackson raised money for Relay for Life, a fund-raiser for the American Cancer Society, on May 11. Strumin' for a Cure had live music and sold hot dog and hamburger dinners.

The Bank of Jackson sponsored a benefit to raise money for the Discovery Museum and its new home at the Carnegie Library. The benefit featured the beginning of an international puppet exhibit at the museum and foods from around the world. See pictures from the event.

The puppets are the personal collection of Dr. Larry Ray, head of the School of Art and Communications at Lambuth University. The collection represents Dr. Ray’s forty-five years of travel throughout the world and has never been on public display before.

The collection includes both antique and new puppets made from a variety of textures, including wood, skin and fabric. The exhibit also includes large scale marionettes from Sicily, Italy, and China; exquisitely crafted doll-like Indonesian wayang puppets and many other types of puppets from far off lands and cultures.

The Bank of Jackson and Randolph’s Greenhouse sponsored the Second Annual Garden Affair on Tuesday, May 4. The event was at Randolph's Greenhouses, 1690 Airways Blvd. Proceeds went to Loving Paws Animal Rescue.

The evening of casual gardening fun included presentations by horticulture specialists, vendors, including artists, painters and crafts people; gardening demonstrations; heavy hors d’oeuvres and beverages; a master gardeners' booth; and live music by Bob Raines & the Dirt Pilgrim.

The Bank of Jackson and Randolph's supplied door prizes. Byrd's Southern Rents provided tents. The Forked Vine Wine & Spirits, Mid-Town Wine Shoppe & Spirits and Scotty's Snack Shop donated food and beverages.

See pictures from the 2009 event.

In 2009, we planted pumpkins in the spring and gave them away in the fall.

(See our pumpkin planting picture gallery.)

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