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Hattiesburg unveils the final section of its Evelyn Gandy 'Glass Ceiling' mural
The mural took three years to finish
- Nov. 2024The first section of "Glass Ceiling" is completed.
- 2025The second section, showing women in professional fields, is completed.
- Nov. 9The third and final section is unveiled.
Source: Hattiesburg American
Hattiesburg unveiled the final section of its "Glass Ceiling" mural on Mon., Nov. 9. The three-part piece honors Evelyn Gandy, a Hattiesburg native and the first woman elected to statewide office in Mississippi.
WJTV reports the ribbon was cut and that the piece sits at Mobile and Batson streets, and WDAM says the mural covers the side of the Sugar Daddy's Bakery building. Artist Kym Garraway and her assistant Emma Hodges Sullivan led it, with students from the Gandy Leadership Academy for Young Women. State Rep. Missy McGee founded the academy and said about 60 girls have helped paint the wall.
“This is one of the more meaningful murals to me just to see it all take place.”
Hattiesburg Mayor Toby Barker
- Panel one: Gandy breaking through a glass ceiling
- Panel two: women working in professional fields
- Panel three: young girls looking toward their futures
The finished mural is 55 feet wide and 20 feet high. It was meant to be one section, but extra funds and wall space let it grow. The city's count of large-scale murals now stands at 71, on the way to its goal of becoming "The City of 100 Murals."
Hattiesburg's mural count keeps climbing
- 71
- large-scale murals in Hattiesburg now
- 13
- large-scale murals added since 2024
- 55 feet
- wide for the finished mural
- 20 feet
- high for the finished mural
Source: Hattiesburg American
