MARTIN & PALM BEACH AREA MUSEUMS
34725 W. Boundary Rd., Clewiston 33440
877/902-1113 www.ahtahthiki.com
2051 S. Flagler Dr., West Palm Beach 33401
561/832-5328 www.ansg.org
811 Park Pl., West Palm Beach 33401
561/832-1776 www.armoryart.org
71 N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton, 33432
561/395-6766 www.bocahistory.org
501 Plaza Real, Mizner Park, Boca Raton 33432
561/392-2500 www.bocamuseum.org
3 NE 1st St., Delray Beach 33444
561/274-9578, www.delraybeachhistory.org
One Whitehall Way, Palm Beach 33480
777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton 33431
561/297-2661 www.fau.edu/galleries
300 N. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach 33401
561/832-4164 www.hspbc.org
373 Tequesta Dr., Tequesta 33469
561/746-3101 www.lighthousearts.org
4000 Morikami Park Rd., Delray Beach 33446
561/495-0233 www.morikami.org
531 North Military Tr., West Palm Beach, 33415
561/233-1757 www.mounts.org
1451 S. Olive Ave., West Palm Beach 33401
561/832-5196 www.norton.org
51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach 33444
2400 North Flagler Dr., West Palm Beach 33407
561/832-7428 www.pbmm.info/
2 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach, 33480
561/655-7227 www.fourarts.org
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Jim Fitch
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They were bringing art to their
expanding market by going doorto
door, becoming like the old-time
Fuller Brush Man.
The Highwaymen might have
been a shining light in Jim’s
career but they were not his end
game. He incorporated, with family
and friends, the Florida Masters
Collection for which he served
as acquisition agent at the time
when he named The Highwaymen.
In 2001 he founded and served
as curator for the South Florida
Community College’s Museum of
Florida Art and Culture. In 2005 he
became semi-retired, still working
with the Florida Masters Collection
and taking on consulting and
curating jobs. Jim is a frequent
commentator on the arts and
has invested over forty years as a
Florida arts advocate as a gallery
owner, artists representative
and art promoter. Jim looks a
lot younger than his eighty-three
years, and he has the vitality of a
man half his age. I’m grateful for
our friendship and his contribution
to Florida arts.
Gary Monroe began his literary
pursuits with The Highwaymen: Florida’s
African-American Landscape Painters.
In subsequent articles and books,
including Harold Newton: The Original
Highwayman, The Highwaymen Murals:
Al Black’s Concrete Dreams, and Mary Ann
Carroll: First Lady of the Highwaymen,
Mr. Monroe continued to tell this inspiring
story. Based on his nomination, these
painters were inducted into the Florida
Artists Hall of Fame in 2004. He has
written other books about Florida art.
Mr. Monroe can be reached through his
website at www.floridafolkart.net.
/www.ahtahthiki.com
/www.ansg.org
/www.armoryart.org
/www.bocahistory.org
/www.bocamuseum.org
/www.delraybeachhistory.org
/galleries
/www.hspbc.org
/www.lighthousearts.org
/www.morikami.org
/www.mounts.org
/www.norton.org
/
/www.fourarts.org
/www.floridafolkart.net