2025, June 7. Commercial Dispatch. ‘Nostalgic jam band’ frontman, fine artist come to MARS residency. https://cdispatch.com/lifestyles/nostalgic-jam-band-frontman-fine-artist-comes-to-mars-residency

 

2025, April 26. Commercial Dispatch. With a camera or a paint brush, Payne captures images that speak to you. https://cdispatch.com/lifestyles/with-a-camera-or-a-paint-brush-payne-captures-images-that-speak-to-you/ 

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2025, June. All Events in Starkville. AiPP “Glib Glub” by Joseph MacGown. https://allevents.in/starkville/aipp-glib-glub-by-joseph-macgown/200028382674154

 

2024, November. Today in Mississippi. MacGown sees world through different eyes (page 17):

https://issuu.com/nationalcountrymarket/docs/tm1124_4-county

 

2024, November 9. Commercial Dispatch. From fashion to painting, local artist uses bodies as her canvas. https://cdispatch.com/lifestyles/from-fashion-to-painting-local-artist-uses-bodies-as-her-canvas/

 

2024, August 29. Starkville Daily News. Local artist following in family’s footsteps. https://www.starkvilledailynews.com/news/local-artist-following-in-family-s-footsteps/article_d6c6aac4-661e-11ef-9143-3f272c4559f5.html

 

2024, June. Rooted [magazine]: Mississippi Transplant: Joe MacGown.

https://rooted.substack.com/p/mississippi-transplant-joe-macgown

 

2024, May 8. Professional sculptor headed back to Starkville. https://www.starkvilledailynews.com/news/professional-sculptor-headed-back-to-starkville/article_57766236-0d73-11ef-9747-ab9f77895f1e.html

 

2024, April 20. Noise music duo stops in Starkville following European tour. https://cdispatch.com/lifestyles/noise-music-duo-stops-in-starkville-following-european-tour

 

2024, April. Oxford Magazine. Joe MacGown: Science meets place.

https://oxfordmag.com/joe-macgown-science-meets-place/

 

2024, April 8. Daily Journal, Tupelo, MS. ICC Hosts Joe A. MacGown exhibit: https://www.djournal.com/news/education/icc-hosts-joe-a-macgown-exhibit/article_11b0c400-f5ed-11ee-8704-1f66f56656e9.html

 

2024, April 4. Starkville Daily News, Starkville, MS. Local Artist hopes to inspire students through work: https://www.starkvilledailynews.com/news/local-artist-hopes-to-inspire-students-through-work/article_a41884f8-f5ee-11ee-8090-774e07a9cb67.html

 

2024, March. Bold Journey. Meet Joe MacGown.

https://boldjourney.com/news/meet-joe-macgown/

 

2024, October 29. Starkville Daily News. Local artist selected as MacGown Art’s new artist in residence. https://www.starkvilledailynews.com/news/local-artist-selected-as-macgown-art-s-new-artist-in-residence/article_5e7a83de-9642-11ef-ac80-e31c2c246c5e.html

 

2023, October 23. Commercial Dispatch. From working on the farm to painting in the studio. https://cdispatch.com/lifestyles/from-working-on-the-farm-to-painting-in-the-studio/

 

2023, October 17. WCBI. Local artist looks to establish artist community in Starkville. https://www.wcbi.com/local-artist-looks-to-establish-artist-community-in-starkville

 

2023. September 9. Commercial Dispatch. Insects and Interdimensional Beings exhibit coming to arts council. https://cdispatch.com/lifestyles/insects-and-interdimensional-beings-exhibit-coming-to-arts-council

 

2023, September 22. Starkville Daily News, Starkville, MS. MacGown to showcase his work at SAAC. https://www.starkvilledailynews.com/news/macgown-to-showcase-his-work-at-saac/article_071b8a2c-596f-11ee-8346-7bde6e8ab6ef.html

 

2023, May. Canvas Rebel. Meet Joe MacGown.

https://canvasrebel.com/meet-joe-macgown/

 

2023. Mississippi Presenters Network, Video interview: Joe MacGown.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=503586114125705

 

2022, November 23. Commercial Dispatch. Artist Karina Rovira comes to MacGown Art Studio. https://www.starkvilledailynews.com/news/artist-karina-rovira-comes-to-macgown-art-studio/article_a6795a92-6b84-11ed-8a34-b3ba75c6f03c.html

 

2022, November 23. Starkville Daily News. Artist Karina Rovira comes to MacGown Art Studio. https://www.starkvilledailynews.com/news/artist-karina-rovira-comes-to-macgown-art-studio/article_a6795a92-6b84-11ed-8a34-b3ba75c6f03c.html

 

2022, September. Commercial Dispatch. Joe MacGown leaves his mark in Starkville. https://www.starkvilledailynews.com/news/joe-macgown-makes-his-mark-in-starkville/article_41acec7c-2f03-11ed-9563-1fa307024993.html

 

2022, August. Orion [Magazine]. This self-taught scientific illustrator like to draw bugs.

https://orionmagazine.org/article/bug-scientific-illustrations-joe-macgown/ 

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2022 January. Columbus Matters. The splendid, amazing, awe-inducing artwork of Joe MacGown. https://columbusmatters.net/the-splendid-amazing-awe-inducing-artwork-of-joe-macgown

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2020, June 14. Joe MacGown Solo Show at the Gumtree Museum of Art, Tupelo, MS (video). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEbVdsMJRBY

 

2019, August 31. WCBI. Prairie Arts Festival inspires young artist. https://www.wcbi.com/prairie-arts-festival-inspires-young-artist/ 

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2019, April 26. Mississippi State College of Architecture, Art, and Design: “From the Gallery.” Interview with Joe MacGown. https://www.facebook.com/CAADatMSU/videos/mississippi-state-university-department-of-art-gallery-director-lori-neuenfeldt-/378813256053638/

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2018, April 10. The Reflector. Former student, city bring vibrant mural to Starkville. https://reflector-online.com/20854/news/former-student-city-bring-vibrant-mural-to-starkville 

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2018, January 6. The Commercial Dispatch. Obsessvie…expressive: Sometimes it all works out in a wonderfully weird way. https://cdispatch.com/lifestyles/obsessive-expressive-sometimes-it-all-works-out-in-a-wonderfully-weird-way

 

2016, October 12. Gainesville Times. Joe MacGown’s surrealist and scientific artwork on display at Piedmont College. https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/get-out/get-out-top-stories/joe-macgowns-surrealist-and-scientific-artwork-on-display-at-piedmont-college/

 

2016, July. Whitehot Magazine. The Antipodes Project: A Visionary Assemblage of Thirty Artists. https://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/project-visionary-assemblage-thirty-artists/3482

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2015, March 9. Dallas Dreams and Divinities Equinox Show. Luminarte Gallery, Dallas Texas. https://www.dreamsanddivinities.com/2015/03/dallas-dreams-divinities-equinox-show/

 

2013 - Coldiron, C. A. "Wildlife Art Today". Schiffer Publishing. Drawing of insects included in book.

 

2012 - February. Collaboration with Dumaine included in feature: The Horror Zine.

http://www.thehorrorzine.com/Art/February/Bernard%20Dumaine/Bernard%20Dumaine.html

2012 January  31. Kevin Gregg and Christy Tracey, "The Real Story" Newspaper. Interviewed about my artwork. 

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2012,  January . Joe Lee and Leilani Salter,  "Town and Gown." Feature article. 

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2012 - Daniel Doyle. Feature on Joe MacGown. Mississippi Journal of Sustainable Living, spring issue.

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​2011, October 30. The Energy Spectrum Exhibition, Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS: Gallery talk by Joe A. MacGown (video). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdOcDi-qUoQ

 

2011, May 27 – Commercial Dispatch, Columbus, MS. Joe MacGown’s surreal world on display: https://cdispatch.com/lifestyles/joe-macgowns-surreal-world-on-display/

 

2010 - Artwork featured in: "Visionary Art Yearbook", edited by Otto Rapp and published by Blurb.com. I have artwork on pages 37, 92, 142, 143, and on the inside of the dust jacket at the back of the book.

 

2010 - Artwork featured in: "Miximages: Exquisite Corpses", by Bernard Dumaine and published by Blurb.com. I have artwork on pages 10 and 45.

 

2010 - "Echinodermatter" included in "Imagine the Imagination: New Visions of Surrealism" published by NEgoist Publishing Co., Poland.

 

2009, 28 December. Featured on front page of Starkville Daily News. See writeup at: "Local Artist Selected for Show in Chicago".

 

2009, June. Two drawings and interview in the Taj Mahal Review. Cyberwit.net, India. Vol. 8, No. 1. 224 pp.

 

2009, 8 May. I was featured as the daily artist on "The Daily Art Fixx". This web site features and writes about a different artist everyday. Very cool You can see my feature out at "Semi-Strange Art: Joe MacGown".

 

2009, 24 April. Featured on front page of Starkville Daily News. See writeup at: Semi-Strange Exhibit set to Open in Eupora.

 

2009, 19 April. I was interviewed by a new surreal collaborative group called the Collaborative Corpse. You can read the interview here: "Interview with club member Joe MacGown".

 

2009, 5 January. Featured on front page of Starkville Daily News. See writeup at: Local Artist's Work Featured at Meridian Museum of Art.

 

2009, January. I had three of my drawings published in an art and poetry book entitled "Harvests of New Millennium", which is published in India. The three pieces are "Infinity" , "Self Searching 5" , and "Facing the Future".

 

2007, December. Midsouth Entomologist. Cryptic Habits: the Hidden Lives of Entomologists. Interview with Joe MacGown, Illustrator, Mississippi Entomological Museum. https://midsouthentomologist.org.msstate.edu/Volume1/Vol1_1_html_files/vol1-1_008.html

 

2007, November. I was interviewed by the "Exquisite Corpse" club, a wonderful surreal collaborative group hosted on the Deviant Art web site.

 

2007. I had a drawing featured in an art and poetry magazine called "Vain" (2007). This magazine is dedicated to art and literature and even includes a cd. Go to their web site for more info (http://callmevain.com/).

 

Podcasts by Alan Aldridge, host of Porch Talk

 

Porch Talk, June 2025. Andrew Brister Interview at MARS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/andrew-brister/id1419345393?i=1000710993355

 

Porch Talk, April 2025. Glenn Payne Interview at MARS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-payne/id1419345393?i=1000705386279

 

Porch Talk, April 2024.Mirrored Fatality Interview at MARS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mirrored-fatality/id1419345393?i=1000652007307

 

Porch Talk, May 2024. Lawson King Interview at MARS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lawson-king/id1419345393?i=1000655779211

 

Porch Talk, December 2024. Saddiq Dzukogi Interview at MARS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saddiq-dzukogi/id1419345393?i=1000679332002

 

Porch Talk, November 2024. Rosemary Jones Interview at MARS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rosemary-jones-pinkplaidcirculated/id1419345393?i=1000676047771

 

Porch Talk, October 2023. Amy Webb interview at MARS: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4GC1jNgDNzwm0VGJ50pziU?si=6PiuF01GR3O86SiTs4miXQ

 

Porch Talk,  August 2023. Zoe Ishee interview at MARS: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1G2em62016OzURP44Sj0pF

 

Porch Talk,  April 2023. Scott Levi Jones and Co. interview at MARS: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1MxmJbgcVaIOfbMh9xxnJQ

 

Porch Talk,  April 2023. Starkville DIY interview at MARS: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3z7b1csrtsqvsZoo3To0sA

 

Porch Talk, November 2022. Karina Rovira Interview at MARS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/glenn-payne/id1419345393?i=1000705386279

 

Porch Talk, May 2022. Julia Reyes Interview at MARS: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7kbY8iBDgBFs2lthn9yloz 

 

Porch Talk, August 2022. Joseph Garland Interview at MARS: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6FvjI0XTl8fX3uLJohlwL6