MS SC564

Recognizes art businesswoman Lesley Silver of Vicksburg, Mississippi, as the recipient of the 2014 Governor's Arts Award for Arts in the Community, presented on February 20, 2014, at Belhaven University Center for the Arts.

Honors Silver for opening and operating the Attic Gallery in downtown Vicksburg for 41 years, providing a showcase for hundreds of artists and advancing Mississippi's prominence in the arts.

Acknowledges Silver's dual role as both a distinguished artist and astute businesswoman who has supported regional artists by giving them exhibition space and sales opportunities.

Commends the Attic Gallery as a thriving center for commerce and culture that has lifted many artists to national prominence and serves as the cultural heart of Vicksburg.

Directs that this resolution be presented to Lesley Silver, forwarded to the Governor and Mississippi Arts Commission, and released to the Capitol Press Corps.