Individual: ENT.0674
Sarah Carlisle Towery
1911 – 2007
Student, Summer 1944
Sarah Carlisle Towery was a devoted teacher and painter. She attended Black Mountain College during the 1944 Summer Art Institute where she studied with Josef Albers and Jean Charlot. In 1972, Carlisle Towery helped found the World Art Workshop and traveled to Mexico, Greece, and Spain during the summer to work and create with other artists. She later taught art in her home when local schools did not provide art classes for children. The Alabama Art Colony on Lake Martin was founded in 1992 by her children as a gift for Carlisle Towery’s eightieth birthday.
Sarah Carlisle Towery was a devoted teacher and painter. She attended Black Mountain College during the 1944 Summer Art Institute where she studied with Josef Albers and Jean Charlot. In 1972, Carlisle Towery helped found the World Art Workshop and traveled to Mexico, Greece, and Spain during the summer to work and create with other artists. She later taught art in her home when local schools did not provide art classes for children. The Alabama Art Colony on Lake Martin was founded in 1992 by her children as a gift for Carlisle Towery’s eightieth birthday.
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