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Join for a FREE exhibit: Making Their Way: The Florida Highwaymen Painters

About this event

This exhibition explores the improbable story and prodigious output of the Florida Highwaymen, a group of primarily self-taught African American artists who forged often lucrative careers as landscape painters against the backdrop of racially segregated Jim Crow Florida. Denied access to gallery representation and excluded from the mainstream art world, the enterprising Highwaymen painters adopted a model of itinerant distribution, peddling their riotous, often rapidly produced oils, almost always still wet and priced to sell at around $25, on average, wherever they could. Their exuberant art fundamentally shaped popular perception of the Sunshine State and provides lasting documentation of Florida’s disappearing natural paradise.

 

Date and Time

Thursday, December 4, 2025, 10:30 AM until 1:45 PM

Location

Addison Gallery of American Art
Phillips Academy
addison@andover.edu
3 Chapel Avenue Andover, Massachusetts 01810
Andover, MA  01810
USA
978 749 4015

Event Contact(s)

Harriet Yoffee

Category

Chapter

Registration Info

Registration is required
We will meet at the Addison Gallery at 10:30 AM
Car pooling is possible. Let Harriet (hyoffee@gmail.com) know in advance if interested
Following the visit, we will have an optional lunch in Andover (TBD)
for directions and parking information, refer to the website: https://addison.andover.edu/visit/plan-your-visit/
Registration modifications are permitted until Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Registration cancellations will be accepted until Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Cancellation Policy:
If you are a member and cancel your registration before the specified deadline, you will receive a full refund as a credit to your account. You can use the credit to pay for another event or put it toward your annual dues payment. Non-members will receive a refund on their credit card, minus a $4 processing fee.

No refunds are available to members or non-members after the cancellation deadline.

Number of People Who Will Attend

Everyone
(No Fee)
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