(L-R) Mark Geil, interim chair for JSU’s Department of Art, with Reshonda Perryman, director of branding and creative engagement for Visit Jackson, Glenda Barner, owner of Sugar’s Place, and graphic design students Ashanti Stiff and Tyler Tremble in front of Sugar’s Place downtown Jackson. (William H. Kelly III/Jackson State University)

(L-R) Mark Geil, interim chair for JSU’s Department of Art, with Reshonda Perryman, director of branding and creative engagement for Visit Jackson, Glenda Barner, owner of Sugar’s Place, and graphic design students Ashanti Stiff and Tyler Tremble in front of Sugar’s Place downtown Jackson. (William H. Kelly III/Jackson State University)

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