X
c
Open Mondays 11am–6pm | Reserve tickets now
Contact Calendar Museum Store S
Asheville Art Museum

Asheville Art Museum

North Carolina museum exhibiting 20th century American art

Explore
D

Exhibitions

Collection

Learn

Calendar

Perspective Café

Museum From Home

Museum Store

Blog

About Us

Learn more about current and upcoming exhibitions.

EXPLORE EXHIBITIONS
>
Visit
D

Plan Your Visit

Tours

Perspective Café

Facility Rental

smARTguide

About Asheville

c

Museum Hours:

Open daily 11am–6pm. Late-night Thursdays until 9pm; closed Tuesdays. Pre-purchased online tickets are encouraged; walk-in tickets are also available.
m

Museum Location:

2 South Pack Square
Asheville, NC 28801
P

Museum Contact:

828.253.3227
mailbox@ashevilleart.org
Support
D

Membership

Give

Collectors’ Circle

Volunteer

Careers + Internships

Museum Members receive 12 months of free general admission.
BECOME A MEMBER
>
Become A Member!
Home > Blog > Teaching My Child How to See Grandmother’s Mask by Lonnie Holley
Lonnie B. Holley, Teaching My Child How to See Grandmother's Mask, 1992, acrylic on paper, 27 ⅜ × 26 ¼ inches. Gift of Delphia Allen Lamberson & Hoke Smith Holt, 2002.01.04.24. © Lonnie B. Holley / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.Lonnie B. Holley, Teaching My Child How to See Grandmother’s Mask, 1992, acrylic on paper, 27 ⅜ × 26 ¼ inches. Gift of Delphia Allen Lamberson & Hoke Smith Holt, 2002.01.04.24. © Lonnie B. Holley / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Work of the Week

Teaching My Child How to See Grandmother’s Mask by Lonnie Holley

June 27, 2019

Self-taught, Alabama-born artist Lonnie Holley makes visible the invisible forces that inform society and our lives through both the visual arts and music. In Teaching My Child How to See Grandmother’s Mask, the singular unit of a silhouetted mother and child meld together as they face the mask worn by a ghostly grandmother figure. They appreciate the mask not with their eyes, of which they have none, but with the knowledge of a deeper ancestral connection to the past.

Kristen’s Take

Membership & Museum Events Manager Kristen Boddy shares why this is her favorite work in the Collection:

When I first came across it, I was completely struck by the power of the imagery. I especially enjoy the dream-like quality of the floating mask next to the silhouetted figure.

^
Back
to top
Asheville Art Museum

Sign up for e-News!

f
t
i

Explore

  • Exhibitions
  • Collection
  • Learn
  • Calendar
  • Store
  • Blog
  • About Us

Visit

  • Plan Your Visit
  • Perspective Café
  • Virtual Visits
  • Facility Rental
  • Accessibility
  • Program & Event Tickets
  • About Asheville
  • Contact

Support

The Asheville Art Museum's vision is to transform lives through art.
  • Membership
  • Give
  • Benefit Events
  • Collectors’ Circle
  • Volunteer
  • Careers
  • Internships

Location & Hours

c

Museum Hours:

Open daily 11am–6pm. Late-night Thursdays until 9pm; closed Tuesdays. Pre-purchased online tickets are encouraged; walk-in tickets are also available.
m

Museum Location:

2 South Pack Square
Asheville, NC 28801
P

Museum Contact

828.253.3227
mailbox@ashevilleart.org
© 2023 Asheville Art Museum
For Press
>
Copyright Information
>
Contact
>