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Art Conversation - I Sing Because I am Happy: Florida Self-Taught Artists

When:

July 10, 2026 · 11:00 AM

Where:

C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library, 2607 E Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Tampa, FL

Source:

6AM City Lakeland – Events

Join us for an engaging and interactive discussion at the C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library. Joanna Robotham, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Tampa Museum of Art, will present a talk on three of Florida’s distinguished self-taught artists: Harold Newton, Purvis Young, and Ruby C. Williams. Each artist found success as painters despite the adversity they faced during the Jim Crow era. On the Space Coast, Harold Newton was regarded as one of the pillars of the Florida Highway, a