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URL:https://www.georgiahistory.com/events/historical-marker-dedication-fol
 k-artist-nellie-mae-rowe-1900-1982/
SUMMARY:Historical Marker Dedication: Folk Artist Nellie Mae Rowe (1900-198
 2)
DESCRIPTION:The Georgia Historical Society will hold a dedication for a new
  historical marker: Folk Artist Nellie Mae Rowe (1900-1982). The dedicatio
 n will take place on Wednesday\, May 15\, 2024\, at 11:00 a.m.\, at the Fa
 yette County Administrative Complex\, 140 Stonewall Ave W\, Fayetteville\,
  Georgia. The event is open to the public. Ample parking is available at t
 he complex.\n\nThe marker reads:\nFolk Artist Nellie Mae Rowe (1900-1982)\
 nBorn in Fayette County\, Nellie Mae Rowe learned craftsmanship skills suc
 h as basketweaving and sewing from her parents. She quit school to work on
  her family’s farm\, later working as a domestic laborer. After retiring
 \, she devoted herself to artmaking\, relating it to childlike play. Using
  themes from African-American traditions and her Christian faith\, Rowe ex
 plored gender\, politics\, and race. She used assemblage and repurposing t
 echniques like many contemporary African-American artists\, creating color
 ful illustrations\, hand-crafted dolls\, and sculptures. Rowe transformed 
 her Vinings home into her “Playhouse.” Though many people toured the P
 layhouse\, she experienced harassment and vandalization. Rowe’s first ex
 hibition was in Atlanta as the US Bicentennial revived interest in folk ar
 t. Her work has appeared in exhibitions and collections nationwide. Rowe d
 ied in 1982 and is buried in Fayetteville’s Flat Rock\nAME Church Cemete
 ry.\nErected by the Georgia Historical Society\, The Fayette County Histor
 ical Society\,\nand the Fayette Heritage Project
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