The 11th annual Mississippi Book Festival has revealed this year's official festival art.

Each year, the festival honors a Mississippi artist and prints the chosen piece on commemorative posters and other merchandise.

This year, the official festival art is a vibrant scene of camaraderie, Southern food and Mississippi literature titled "Well-Fed and Well-Read" by Jackson artist Rosie Ferguson Gathings.

Well-Fed and Well-Read

"Well-Fed and Well-Read" includes several nods to Mississippi culture, including a plate stacked full of Moon Pies and a bottle of Barq's root beer.

The painting also contains subtle nods to Mississippi literature such as polaroids of Eudora Welty and William Faulkner. A Mississippi Book Festival bookmark is tucked into a book in the bottom left corner.

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