Mississippi Women

Untitled, n.d., by Mae Helen Flowers. On loan from the Collection of Carolyn Carothers.

Mississippi Women highlights works by fifteen Mississippi women artists of the 20th century. For most, their gender, geographic origin, and timeline are where their similarities end. Their choice of mediums vary widely from painting on a pair of shoes, to the traditional oil on canvas, or encaustic pigmented wax on copper plate. A strong Southern Baptist faith may play a central theme in one artist’s work, while other artists have chosen nonrepresentational styles such as decorative post minimalism or abstract expressionism.