Last updated on March 28, 2025
Join us for a special evening celebrating the extraordinary Mary Ann Carroll, the "Queen of the Highwaymen"
The City of Orlando invites you to the public reception for "Mary Ann Carroll: Queen of the Highwaymen," a retrospective exhibition honoring the life and work of the only female artist in Florida's legendary Highwaymen group.
Friday, April 4, 2025
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Terrace Gallery, Orlando City Hall
This exhibition is the first solo show dedicated to Carroll’s extraordinary work and is cocurated by Flynn Dobbs, Public Art Coordinator for the City of Orlando, and independent curators Mark J. Lerner, Tony Hayton and John Biederwolf. A Black single mother during the Jim Crow and post-segregation eras, Carroll supported her seven children by painting at night and selling her landscapes by day, often traveling Florida’s highways.
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