press - Nellie Mae Rowe
2018 -In Paris, Black Doll Exhibition Explores Women’s Craft, History of Childhood Play, and Dynamics of America’s Racial Structure
A 2018 exhibition at La Maison Rouge in Paris presented art objects produced during an early period in American history. “Black Dolls: The Deborah Neff Collection” features more than 200 dolls hand made between the 1840s and 1940s.
Nellie Mae Rowe, whose dolls were created a bit later than most, is one of only three artists who are cited by name in this exhibition; the makers of most of the dolls are unknown.
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Read Slate.com review by Jordan G. Teicher
Read the Culture Type review by Victoria L. Valentine
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Nellie Mae Rowe, “Untitled (Red Doll/Poupée Rouge),” Vinings, Georgia, 1970–1980
2017 - Museums Celebrate the Black Women Artists History Has Overlooked
By Priscilla Frank, Arts and Culture Reporter
The Huffington Post, February 20, 2017 (Updated February 24, 2017)
Nellie Mae Rowe, “Untitled (Two Figures and Animal,” Vinings, Georgia, 1979–1980
1978 - The Atlanta Journal
"Nellie Mae Rowe Draws Random Line, Gives Form to Memories That Crowd In" by W.C. Burnett for The Atlanta Journal