ARTIST’S BIO
Constance Keith Rogers Alford was born in Louisville, Ky. She received her A.B. from Randolph-Macon Woman's College and her M.A. and M.F.A. from the University of Mississippi. She taught as an Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Mississippi and as an Associate Professor of Art at Alcorn State University and is a former president of the Mississippi Art Colony.

Keith has exhibited her work in sites such as Elizabeth Gaskell College (Manchester, England), Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.), N.E. Louisiana State University, the New Orleans World Fair, the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum (Biloxi), the Meridian Museum of Art, the Attic Gallery in Vicksburg and the Gulf South Gallery in McComb.

Her work is in the collections of Peat Marwick (Jackson, MS); Deposit Guaranty National Bank; Bill and Nancy Yates (Philadelphia, MS) and the Collection of American Art at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.

HOW THE BUSINESS BEGAN…
In 2003, Keith was the designer/curator of an exhibit celebrating the Bicentennial of Port Gibson. She chose ten Mississippi artists of different ethnic backgrounds, working in different media, to create artwork based on some aspect of Port Gibson. The exhibit was shown in “The Bakery Building” which had just been restored by Port Gibson Main Street. The idea of having a gallery at 621 Market Street was born.

Keith’s Studio is upstairs, over the Bakery Building Gallery and has become known as ART/621.

KEITH’S PAINTINGS:



Notes to Myself
Encaustic with ink
7 1/2" square
$225 (unframed)

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Rural Industry
Wax, ink, and graphite
7 1/2" x 7"
$225 (unframed)

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Cooling Tower Road
Wax, ink, and graphite
7 1/2" x 7 1/4"
$225 (unframed)

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Jackson Street Extension
Encaustic drawing
12" x 11 1/2"
$225 (unframed)

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Friends of the Library
Acrylic on canvas
48“x 54“
$2400

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Everything Seemed Okay Until the Dog Left Home
Acrylic on canvas
36”x 44”
$1600

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Waiting for Sister by Memory Palace
Acrylic and collage on hollow door
36“x 44“
$1600