MW Gallery

05/27/2026

"Alma Woodsey Thomas had her first one-woman show at the age of 68 and developed her style in retirement. Despite her belated start, Thomas went on to have retrospectives at Washington, D.C.’s Corcoran Gallery of Art and the National Museum of American Art. She was the first African American woman to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art and her work has been shown at the White House on three occasions.

[...] Thomas’ early art creations were naturalistic and in the figurative tradition, however at Howard University she became fascinated by abstraction. When she was invited to exhibit her art at Howard in 1966, Thomas decided to experiment with a new approach that would lead to the type of painting for which she is best known today: large canvases filled with dense, irregular patterns made by brushes heavily laden with bright colors. Thomas' mature work has been compared with Byzantine mosaics, the pointillist technique of Georges Seurat, and the paintings of the Washington Color School, yet her work is quite distinctive." - Excerpt from the label of this artwork in the exhibition "Voice and Visibility: 25 Years of the Mott-Warsh Collection" curated by Stephanie James at MW Gallery in downtown Flint, MI, on view Feb. 12 - Aug. 22, 2026.

Featured artwork details: Alma W. Thomas, “Dahlias in the Fall”, 1969, Acrylic on canvas, 24 in. x 36 in. © Charles Thomas Lewis

MW Gallery hours: Thursdays 11AM-6PM, Fridays 11AM-6PM, and Saturdays, 11AM-5PM
815 S. Saginaw St. Flint, MI 48502
Admission is always free.

05/21/2026

This week the gallery is open regular hours Thursday 5/21 and Friday 5/22 11:00AM-6:00PM, but will be closed Saturday 5/23 in observance of Memorial Day. Have a warm and sunny weekend!

05/07/2026

See you this Friday for Flint ARTWALK! MW Gallery will be receiving its 20,000th visitor sometime that evening! Will it be you? We have a special surprise for the 20,000th visitor, as well as the first 25 visitors through the door at 6pm will receive a small thank you gift as a token of our appreciation for 10 years of being able to share art from the Mott-Warsh Collection with you.

05/05/2026

Be our 20,000th visitor and get a special surprise! Friday, May 8th MW Gallery will receive its 20,000th visitor since opening its doors in June 2016. Over the past 10 years, MW Gallery has had the privilege of sharing art from the Mott-Warsh Collection with the public in downtown Flint, MI. Thank you to everyone who has helped us achieve this milestone! You are our mission.

In addition to a surprise for the 20,000th visitor, the first 25 visitors through the door Friday during ARTWALK, starting at 6:00pm, will receive a small thank you gift. Then, join us next month at ARTWALK as we celebrate MW Gallery's 10 year anniversary on June 12, 2026!

04/18/2026

On May 20th, MW Gallery and the Sankofa Project present "Brutes, Wh**es, Sambos, & Mammies: The Politics of Black Bodies", part of Sankofa Project's Bearing Witness Series. Lecture by Delma Jackson, Workshop guided by Canisha Norris and Regina Laurie. Presented in conjunction with MW Gallery's current exhibition "Voice and Visibility: 25 Years of the Mott-Warsh Collection".

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Part of Sankofa Project's Bearing Witness Series

04/11/2026

What a fun night!

04/10/2026

ARTWALK is tonight in downtown Flint! Free art and entertainment in the heart of it all. See you there!

04/04/2026

Stop in this weekend for a dose of art! Open 4/02 - 4/04.

03/31/2026

On view now at MW Gallery:

03/12/2026

Hit the bricks this Friday during Flint ARTWALK! Free art events, live music, and activities will be going on throughout downtown Flint on 3/13 from 6-9pm.

MW Gallery will be open 11am-9pm Friday with music by Pia Broden Williams from 6pm-8pm.

Currently on view is the exhibition "Voice and Visibility: 25 Years of the Mott-Warsh Collection" which celebrates two significant milestones: the 25th anniversary of the MWC and the 10th anniversary of MW Gallery. This exhibit celebrates a visionary commitment to amplifying artists’ voices and expanding public access to powerful art. Come check it out!

03/11/2026

What are you doing 2nd Fridays? Come take a stroll through Flint ARTWALK, 6-9pm in downtown Flint! The perfect addition to any weekend plans. Next evening 3/13/26.