CUAG – Talk by Mary Ann Carroll, Florida Highwaymen Artist

Artist talk by Mary Ann Carroll
12:00 noon on Wednesday, 3 February, 2016

In celebration of Black History Month, CUAG, ICSLAC and the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa are pleased to invite you to a talk by Mary Ann Carroll, the only female member of the Florida Highwaymen group of artists.

The Florida Highwaymen were a group of 26 African-American landscape painters that formed in the 1950s. Denied access to commercial galleries in the segregated South, the Highwaymen sold their work door-to-door and from their cars along Florida’s eastern coastal roads.

Mary Ann Carroll will speak about her life, art, and experiences as an artist during the Civil Rights Movement. She will be introduced by Mrs. Vicki Heyman, wife of Bruce Heyman, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada. 

Carroll is in Ottawa for an exhibition of the Florida Highwaymen’s work, curated by Guy Bérubé, director of LPM Projects, and presented at Galerie SAW Gallery from 5 – 29 February. 

Admission is free and everyone is welcome!
Paid visitor parking is available in P18 (the big concrete parkade)