SEASON OF THE ARTS
MUSEUMS
The Highwaymen captured Florida scenes like this. R.A. McLendon, Fishing
Day Ends, oil on Upson board, 18x24 inches. Lightle Collection.
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News & World Report, National Geographic, Newsweek, The New
York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and others.
Jan. 8 – March 7
Right of Way: The Highwaymen
When a group of young and promising African American
artists was confronted with a race-based social system during
the Civil Rights Era, they devised a way to negotiate the
segregated color lines designed to limit their opportunities —
they bypassed them by taking their art on the road. By selling
their works not in a traditional gallery but from the trunk of a
car, these vivid and bold paintings found eager customers up
and down the Atlantic Coast of Florida. Their path to success
broke through barriers and is a story of intuitive talents,
dramatic paintings and resourceful practices that would earn
state and national recognition and continues to inspire today.
March 12 – April 25
TOP: Anniversary Invitational
Exhibition
Ten past winners of the top
awards from The Best of the
Best fine art juried show and our
Through the Eye of the Camera
photography juried show will
share a body of six works each in a
wide variety of media. Combining
two popular competitions, it will
feature a total of 60 works to mark
the museum’s 60th anniversary.
May 7 – June 18
Through the Eye of the Camera
Juried Exhibition
Amateur and professional artists
in traditional and digital photography
are encouraged to enter this
favorite competitive opportunity
that champions photography as an art form. We return to our
beginnings in this juried exhibition to close this special anniversary
season. Entries accepted by advance appointment March
31 — April 30.
Frank Spino’s watercolor, Key Lime #1, is part of the Best of the Best 2020.
The gallery will show paintings from The Highwaymen. Alfred Hair, Washer
Woman, oil on Upson board, 30x48 inches. Lightle Collection.
L’il Man, watercolor on
Ginwashi paper by Debby
Marriott is among the works
in the Best of the Best 2020
exhibition.
All dates and programming subject to change; please check the website for any updates or cancellations.