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Mary Frances Whitfield

Outsider artist - Mary Frances Whitfield

Aired 07/29/2019

Monograph

Mary Frances Whitfield

Clip: Season 1 | 5m 38sVideo has Closed Captions

Outsider artist - Mary Frances Whitfield

One of Alabama’s most significant outsider artists, Mary Frances Whitfield paints stirring depictions of everyday life for 18th and 19th century African-Americans. The Jefferson County Memorial Project, UAB's Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, AEIVA, and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute partnered to bring these pieces to Birmingham. The co-exhibits showcase Whitfield’s powerful paint

Aired 07/29/2019

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