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URL:https://www.georgiahistory.com/events/historical-marker-dedication-nel
 lie-mae-rowe-and-her-playhouse/
SUMMARY:Historical Marker Dedication: Nellie Mae Rowe and her Playhouse
DESCRIPTION:[caption id="attachment_64768" align="aligncenter" width="1920"
 ] Color photo: By Lucinda Bunnen\, 1971 © Lucinda Bunnen B&amp\;W photo: 
 By Judith Alexander Augustine\, 1971 © Judith Alexander Augustine[/captio
 n]\n\nThe Georgia Historical Society will hold a dedication for a new hist
 orical marker: Nellie Mae Rowe and her Playhouse. The dedication will take
  place on Saturday\, June 1\, 2024\, at 2:00 p.m.\, in front of Hotel Indi
 go (2857 Paces Ferry Rd SE\, Atlanta\, GA 30339). The event is open to the
  public.\n\nLocation details: The dedication will take place in the right-
 of-way in front of Hotel Indigo. There will be parking available at the ho
 tel.\n\nThe marker reads:\n\nNellie Mae Rowe and her Playhouse\n\nNellie M
 ae Rowe (1900-1982)\, a self-taught African-American artist\, lived near t
 his site for 45 years. Rowe began creating art as a child. After retiring 
 in the 1960s\, she devoted herself to artmaking\, associating it with chil
 dlike play. Using assemblage and repurposing techniques\, she explored pol
 itics\, race\, her faith\, and her experience as a woman. Rowe adorned her
  yard and home—her “Playhouse”—with colorful drawings\, installati
 ons\, and sculptures. During the 1970s\, many locals and visitors toured R
 owe’s Playhouse. Rowe experienced harassment and vandalization due to ra
 cial prejudice and lack of understanding of her art. Toward the end of her
  life Rowe’s work received national attention. Shortly after her death h
 er Playhouse was demolished. Rowe’s art has since been exhibited worldwi
 de and included in collections such as Atlanta’s High Museum of Art and 
 New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.\n\nErected by the Georgia Histori
 cal Society\, Vinings Village Homeowners Association\, and The Judith Alex
 ander Foundation
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