Greenfield Farm Writer’s Residency celebrates artists before beginning construction
The mule farm hosted their last open invitational before construction begins on their writers’ residency.
by P.B. Jernigan, The Daily Mississippian
OCTOBER 31, 2025
Even in places that have long been abandoned, Mississippi’s long history of literary and artistic content creation is alive and well. On William Faulkner’s mule farm between Oxford and his birthplace in New Albany, Miss., lies Greenfield Farm, a future writer’s residency that will cultivate and support Mississippi creatives and artists.
On Sunday, Oct. 19, Greenfield Farm invited 10 artists to take part in their third Plein Air Invitational. The University of Mississippi collaborated with Mississippi State University, inviting five artists from Oxford and Starkville to participate. They created artwork throughout the day on the farm for a competition, with the winner being awarded $1,000.