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Arts Advocates Gallery
3501 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34239
Community: Sarasota
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The lecture will feature closeup looks at the artists' paintings, video clips of the artists demonstrating their painting style, and personal tales of being part of the Highwaymen.
Event Details
The Florida Highwaymen: Pioneers of Art and Enterprise
Presented by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
January 17, 1-2:30 pm
Held in the Arts Advocates Gallery, Crossings at Siesta Key mall, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239
$15 | 941-309-5111 • olliringlingcollege.org
In 2004, 26 Florida Highwaymen artists were inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. The Highwaymen, self-taught artists who began painting in the mid-1950s, overcame the social conditions of the Jim Crow South and thrived as painters and entrepreneurs. Unable to sell their works in galleries, they sold their paintings from the trunks of their cars along Highway A1A. Join Stephenie Frasher for an in-depth look at six of the 26 Highwaymen artists: Alfred Hair, Al Black, Rodney Demps, James Gibson, John Maynor, and Sam Newton. The lecture will feature closeup looks at the artists' paintings, video clips of the artists demonstrating their painting style, and personal tales of being part of the Highwaymen.
Presented by Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)
January 17, 1-2:30 pm
Held in the Arts Advocates Gallery, Crossings at Siesta Key mall, 3501 S. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34239
$15 | 941-309-5111 • olliringlingcollege.org
In 2004, 26 Florida Highwaymen artists were inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. The Highwaymen, self-taught artists who began painting in the mid-1950s, overcame the social conditions of the Jim Crow South and thrived as painters and entrepreneurs. Unable to sell their works in galleries, they sold their paintings from the trunks of their cars along Highway A1A. Join Stephenie Frasher for an in-depth look at six of the 26 Highwaymen artists: Alfred Hair, Al Black, Rodney Demps, James Gibson, John Maynor, and Sam Newton. The lecture will feature closeup looks at the artists' paintings, video clips of the artists demonstrating their painting style, and personal tales of being part of the Highwaymen.
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