​Mott-Warsh Collection
Flint, MI

The Mott-Warsh Collection, based in Flint, Michigan, is a private collection of fine art created by artists of the African diaspora and others who reflect on it. The Mott-Warsh Collection lends collection items to Flint-based public institutions and nationally touring museum and college exhibitions. Maryanne Mott and her late husband, Herman Warsh, initiated the Mott-Warsh collection in 2001 as a means of providing fine art to a broader audience in the City of Flint and beyond. Click here for more about the collection.

With a focus on art produced since 1940, the Mott-Warsh Collection contains work by over 300 artists covering a range of media from drawing to painting, prints to photography and mixed media to sculpture. Featuring 20th century masters, such as Romare Bearden and Elizabeth Catlett, to 21st century innovators Wangechi Mutu and Kehinde Wiley, the collection contains abstract and representational work depicting the unique cultural and social experience of Africans living and working in American society. Through its lending program, the intent of the collection is to educate viewers in art appreciation, art making processes, art history, 20th century American history and the history of the African diaspora.

Artwork from the Mott-Warsh Collection is available for public viewing at its MW Gallery and various locations in Flint and other cities. Click here for more information on MWC's art loans.
Picture
Titus Kaphar
Revisionist, 2013, Oil on Canvas, 48" x 60".
© Titus Kaphar. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York


 

MW Gallery

Opened in 2016, the MW Gallery is the permanent home of the Mott-Warsh Collection, featuring rotating exhibitions drawn from the collection that are free and open to the general public. The gallery serves as a place for community engagement with art through its programs. Click here for more about the MW Gallery.

Upcoming Events

Flint ARTWALK
2nd Friday of every month
6:00PM - 9:00PM*
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Every 2nd Friday MW Gallery joins with other venues in
downtown Flint to provide an evening of art and
entertainment with special extended hours and exciting arts programs!

Searching for Black Dandelions in Art and Ekphrastic Writing
Wednesday, April 9
6:00PM - 7:30PM
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As a part of Black Dandelion: Convergent Voice™ City of Flint Literacy Week, come to MW Gallery for a special presentation by young scholars showcasing their writings composed in response to art from the Mott-Warsh Collection and the Black Dandelion poem.