Joshua Meador Festivities
Columbus, Mississippi, October 16 & 17, 2009
Philip Meador spoke at Mississippi University for Women Friday night (Oct 17), on the eve of what Gov. Haley Barbour
has declared Joshua Meador Day, in honor of Phil Meador’s father, Columbus native and Disney legend, Joshua Meador.
Philip said of his father, "He worked to paint, he painted to live."
Columbus, Mississippi Commercial Dispatch, October 18, 2009
The city of Columbus, Mississippi is honoring one of its own, favorite son Joshua Meador.
Read more by linking to these newspaper articles.
Columbus, Mississippi Commercial Dispatch, October 3, 2009
USA Today, October 10, 2009
As a young person, Josh was always interested in art and drawing. In time, his trek would lead him through the Art Institute of Chicago, a creative career at Walt Disney Studios as a director of animated effects, and a career as a fine art painter. But even in his early days, he was leaving his creative mark. As a high school junior, he painted a picture of mountains on the inside wall of his family's garage, and dated it March 12, 1929.
As part of the festivities, a Joshua Meador painting is being raffled off on NOVEMBER 7th. Raffle Tickets cost $50 each. Only 290 are being sold! Tickets are available from Columbus, MS historian Rufus Ward, Email Rufus Ward at RU204@aol.com
Checks are to be made out to
Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation
and mailed to
Rufus Ward
204 Travis Street
West Point, Mississippi 39773
above: photo of a drawing Josh completed on the wall of his family garage in 1929.
left: photo of the Meador home in Columbus, MS
below: Josh signed and dated his garage drawing
300 Main Street (662) 328-0222 Open Monday-Saturday 8:30am-5pm/Sunday, 12pm-5pm.
Additional information can be found at: www.columbus-ms.org
Joshua Meador Cloud Patterns 24 x 34
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