MADAMAS: Women, Madonnas, and Mothers



August 1-31, 2011
The Jasper Rand Art Museum
at the Westfield Athenauem Library
6 Elm Street
Westfield, Massachusett


This exhibition is divided into four independent area: Photographs, Dolls, Painting, and Batiks- from Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, and Brazil.

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