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On Saturday, May 3, the Arts, Hancock County hosted their sixth version of “Under a Flower Moon” in the forest north of Kiln. Early in the day, the weather threatened to wash it all out, but while it was pouring buckets in Bay St. Louis, the weather for the artists held up; it didn’t rain a drop. To make a fortunate situation even better, it was unusually cool and crisp. Even the mosquitoes held off for perhaps this one more night. The late afternoon light was magical and enchanting as it slowly gave way to darkness. 
Upwards of twenty artists arrived at my forest home in the Dedeaux community to create art in the woods. The twenty or so installations ranged from sculpture to colorful hanging fabric and paper. There were king cake babies coexisting with koala bears not far from woven and wrapped hanging mandalas – an old rotary phone. A totem pole with clay masks stood near luminous ceramic mushrooms dangling from bushes. Varied ceramic masks festooned a wall near a version of Matisse’s chapel. An extraordinary beaded picnic display was laid out near paper sculptures glowing under black light. An opossum made an appearance. 
Even as many patrons milled about, checking out the installations, others were being entertained by Pandorium belly-dancing and two local musicians, Hadley Hill and Heather and the Monkey King. “Cook’s-Day-Out” provided really good – and inexpensive – food. 
As darkness fell, the entertainment segment was capped off by fire dancers, and as it ended and the mass of people quietly wandered off, I overheard artists talking about how amazing it all was as they teased out nascent ideas for next year – just you wait… *hint hint* May 2, 2026! 
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