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The Florida Highwaymen at Sarasota city hall

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An exhibit of work by the Florida Highwaymen at Sarasota town hall thru Feb. 2024.
In its heyday, the Highwaymen was a group of 25 Black & Brown men & one woman (Mary Ann Carroll), landscape painters who traveled Florida's highways painting & selling from the mid-1950s thru the 1980s. Started by Alfred Hair & Harold Newton, the prodigious group created approx. 200,000 paintings.
The exhibit is made possible by Highwaymen collector & historian Roger Lightle.

To learn about the Highwaymen & a snippet of their incredible stories go to: https://www.pbs.org/video/the-highwaymen-artists-co8ff

"Living legend" by The Highwaymen
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