Page 6 - Hobe Sound Reflections - May '23

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art HappeninGs

Highwaymen – From The

Street Corner To The
Smithsonian

Rare Collection Of Artwork Now Featured At
The Elliott Museum
In the 1950s during
the Jim Crow days,
s everal A frican-
American self-taught
a r t i st s f r o m t h e
Treasure Coast began
painting Florida’s Carrie and Marshall Adams
vivid landscapes,
looking for a better way a story as they depict people from the
to earn a livelihood. 1950s era, animals and intimate vistas.
Coined as the The exhibit also showcases an Sponsors Henry and Rachelle “Rocky” Grady, Carole Hauke, Jade Billard and
“Highwaymen,” they extensive “Canvas Board Wall” of Krystal Holley from the Law Offices of Travis Walker, P.A. Not available: Knight
traveled the highways, the artists’ early works, including and Ann Kiplinger and the Kiplinger Family Foundation
often stopping to sell Harold Newton, one of the founding
their art out of their members, along with a Tribute Wall to Roy McLendon, The exhibit is generously sponsored by The Kiplinger
car trunks, which led who was inspired by Newton, his neighbor. During the Family Foundation, Henry and Rachelle (Rocky) Grady,
to their nickname. Schumetta McLendon and Lois opening weekend of March 10, McLendon and his son, Bill and Carole Hauke, The Law Offices of Travis
Today, Highwaymen Watson Roy McLendon, Jr., also a Highwaymen artist, engaged in R. Walker, P.A., and the Florida Department of State
paintings have live painting demonstrations. The Elliott also hosted a 91st Division of Cultural Affairs.
deservedly earned a place to hang in the Smithsonian, birthday celebration for the elder McLendon, who turned
and all 26 of the Highwaymen artists are represented in 91 on March 23. Art Happenings on page 7
the Florida Artists Hall of Fame.
Through July 14 the Elliott Museum is proudly
displaying “Highwaymen – From the Street Corner to the
Smithsonian,” a rare collection of paintings that have never
been exhibited together. While many of their paintings
focus on well-known Florida landscapes, some of them tell

Standing: volunteers Bill Michaud and Donna Roselli.
Seated: Linda Ryan and Carolyn Michaud