Mott-Warsh Collection Flint

The Mott-Warsh Collection is a privately owned, publicly shared fine art collection that comprises over 800 works from the second half of the 20th century by artists of the African diaspora and those who reflect on it. The MW Gallery, located at 815 S. Saginaw St. in downtown Flint, MI, is the permanent home of the Mott-Warsh Collection where curated exhibitions comprised of work from the collection are displayed for free public viewing and enjoyment. The collection was established in 2001 by Maryanne Mott and her late husband, Herman Warsh, in her community of origin, Flint, Michigan. Their primary intent was to bring art into non-traditional venues where it could be encountered by people as they went about their daily lives. Today, rotating exhibits of MWC artists can be found in the public library, churches, health clinics, local colleges and universities, and the MW Gallery. The collection also lends to internationally and nationally touring museum exhibitions.