Shelia Granger-Malone, a Lifelong Learning student at Jackson State University, is showing her art work at the Mississippi Arts Center.
The exhibit that runs through April 30 at the Center, 201 E. Pascagoula St. in downtown Jackson, is titled “Pages from Diaries,” and includes mosaics, mixed media, and drawings.
It is presented by the Greater Jackson Arts Council.
Malone said that she has been sketch artist and portrait painter since childhood.
She attended Jackson State University and studied art in 1986, she said, but a military career and family duties prevented her graduation.
Malone, 47, said that she finally realized a couple of years ago that she had “unfinished business” and started back in the Lifelong Learning school. She will graduate in May, she said.
But, she added: “I plan to be around for a while!”
She is applying for the masters program in public policy.
The School of Lifelong Learning in the College of Education and Human Development is dedicated to providing quality education to adults. Located in the E.E. Thrash Universities Center, 3825 Ridgewood Road in Jackson, the school has classroom facilities for both graduate and undergraduate students.
For more information, see: https://www.jsums.edu/lifelearning/