Audrey Flack at the Southampton Arts Center on November 12, 2023. Photo by James F Dawson

Publicized as “a captivating talk and movie” featuring Audrey Flack, a “pioneering artist whose work has left an indelible mark on the art world”, it was so much more for the Signature NAWA members in attendance. Historical Research Team leaders Mary Ahern and Susan Rostan, and newly inducted Roz Dimon sat enthralled by the conversation with an honorary Vice President of NAWA and a heroine. She engaged the audience with her autobiographical story of the Abstract Expressionist movement she was a part of and her evolution as a painter and sculptor. Audrey Flack is a touchstone for all contemporary women artists, advising us to do the work, keep our standards for successful art, our integrity, and what makes it real for each of us.

The showing of the film The Last Art Heroine, produced by Cindy Lou Wakefield, was in collaboration with the current exhibit Heroines of the Abstract Expressionist Era: From The New York School to The Hamptons at the Southampton Arts Center in Southampton, New York. The works of the 35 artists in the show are part of the collection of Rick Friedman and Cindy Lou Wakefield and include paintings by Audrey Flack and three more NAWA members: Nell Blaine, Dorothy Dehner, and Buffie Johnson.

All four NAWA Luminaries will be the subjects of ongoing research and historical reporting.

L-R. Roz Dimon, Audrey Flack, Mary Ahern, Susan Rostan Photo by James F. Dawson

Susan M. Rostan, M.F.A , Ed.D. Co-Leader: NAWA Historical Research Team

Signature Member of the National Association of Women Artists

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