Five Women Artists You Should Know with Melissa Messina

In this free virtual event, we take a closer look at the artistic contributions of five black women – Betty Blayton, Mary Lovelace O’Neal, Howardena Pindell, Sylvia Snowden, and Mildred Thompson – to the continued development of American abstraction. Hear from independent curator and curator for the Mildred Thompson estate, Melissa Messina, about each of these painters, the role their art and ideas played in the history, and how they continue to influence artists working today.