This week’s Angelus News column is about Georgia folk artist Nellie Mae Rowe, her vibrant drawings, installations, sculptures, and paintings, and the phantasmagorical “playhouse” she created from, in, and around her modest bungalow.
The link leads to a guided tour of the current exhibit at the California African American Museum called Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe.
Plus, check out the free preview of my latest Substack post: The Joys of Road Trips, Jane Eyre, and Aging:
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–From Iris Irigo’s Images and Shadows: Part of a Life
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