​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

Be MW Gallery's 20,000th visitor!
Friday 05/08/2026
On May 8th MW Gallery will receive its 20,000th visitor since opening its doors in June 2016. 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!

Flint ARTWALK
2nd Friday of every month
6:00PM - 9:00PM
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!
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Brutes, Whores, Sambos, & Mammies: The Politics of Black Bodies
Wednesday 05/20/2026
6:00PM - 8:00PM
Doors @ 5:30PM
**Max registrants reached 5/01**
Registration required, seats limited
​Join waitlist here
Lecture by Delma Jackson on the perception of Black bodies in visual contexts through history and in modern pop-culture. The workshop that follows after with Canisha Norris and Regina Laurie will invite collective breathing, embodying, analysis and meaning-making from the experience, considering individual and collective well-being.
CONTENT WARNING: Strong language, mentions of sex, violence, racism. DISCRETION ADVISED.

MW GALLERY LOCATION
815 S. Saginaw Street | Flint, Mi 48502
Corner of S. Saginaw St. and E. Court St.
Gallery entrance on E. Court St.
810-835-4900

MW GALLERY HOURS
11:00AM – 6:00PM  Thursday and Friday
11:00AM – 5:00PM  Saturday
11:00AM – 9:00PM  2nd Friday of Each Month