Lois Mailou Jones
A presentation of life and work of the pioneering black artist Lois Mailou Jones whose seven‑decade career broke racial and gender barriers, and reshaped 20th‑century art.
Presented by her great nephew Laurence Holland and her great-great nephew Touray Holland, this event offers an intimate look at Jones' artistic evolution, from her early struggles against the racism and sexism of the American art world to her emergence as a celebrated painter, whose work drew from African aesthetics, Caribbean color, Parisian modernism, and the deep well of her family’s history on Martha’s Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts.
Through rare family photographs, personal stories, recordings, and historical insight, Laurence and Touray illuminate the intertwined threads of artistic ambition, family strength, and cultural identity that defined Lois Mailou Jones’ extraordinary career.
Her paintings grace the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, National Portrait Gallery, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the National Palace in Haiti, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (KIA), among others.
ADMISSION INFO
Free Admission
Phone: (517) 282-1180
Email: jimrojeski@hotmail.com
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES
- Oct 7, 2026 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm (Wed)
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A reception will follow the presentation
