- February 18, 2025
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The now-celebrated Highwaymen artists are known for their vibrant, brash and evocative depictions of Florida's key waterways in the 1950s to 1990s, and the public will have a free opportunity to see those works in person at a temporary showing.
The Education Center at Temple Beth Israel is showing the works of 22 artists from Feb. 10-16 as a tribute to Black History Month.
The featured artists include Al Black, Alfred Hair, Charles "Chico" Wheeler, Curtis Arnett, Ellis Buckner, George Buckner, Harold Newton, Hezekiah Baker, Issac Knight, James Gibson, John Maynor, Johnny Daniels, Lemuel Newton, Livingston "Castro" Roberts, Mary Ann Carroll, Roy McLendon, Robert Lewis, Rodney Demps, Sam Newton, Sylvester Wells, Willie Daniels and Horace Foster.
While the Highwaymen artists mostly include men, the showing is set to feature the works of a female artist, Carroll.
As Education Center Program Director Susan Goldfarb explained, the artists garnered their title because they famously sold their paintings from their cars at the roadside at the peak of the nation's segregation of Black Americans.
She said the artists, "are now regarded as having contributed significantly in the history of art."
The center is also hosting a lecture by Kevin Costello, who will speak about the unique features of the paintings, particularly those by Hair and Newton. His talk runs 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and costs $20 for members and $25 for nonmembers.
This showing is made possible through the generosity of an anonymous collector.
The free exhibit is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.