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About this activity
Gary Monroe is an award-winning author, photographer, and folklorist whose work has helped preserve and celebrate Florida’s cultural heritage. A Miami Beach native, Monroe is best known for his groundbreaking research on the Highwaymen, a group of African American landscape painters whose contributions were long overlooked. His landmark book "The Highwaymen: Florida’s African-American Landscape Painters" brought national attention to their work and . Through his books, lectures, and photography, Monroe continues to share Florida’s rich artistic traditions, folk culture, and diverse history with audiences around the world.
Schedule
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Where you’ll be
Betty J. Johnson North Sarasota Library
2801 Newtown Blvd
Sarasota, FL
