The Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery will feature Marvin Dabideen. Dabideen is an adjunct instructor at Mott Community College who began teaching Art Appreciation in Fall 2024. Marvin is a Trinidadian-American visual artist and educator who has lived and worked in Michigan since 2003. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of MIchigan-Flint, having taken early art classes at Mott Community College. He then received his Master of Fine Arts at Kendall College of Art and Design, where he also served as a Continuing Education Instructor in Painting and Drawing. Apart from creating and exhibiting his own work Marvin has curated numerous art exhibitions celebrating local artists within the Flint and Grand Rapids communities.
Antillean Blue Hour
Antillean Blue Hour is an ongoing series of paintings by Trinidadian American artist Marvin Dabideen, examining the artist’s Caribbean heritage, post-colonial identity and the immigrant experience. The paintings explore both the collective and personal perspectives of the Caribbean through historical events, festivities, folklore, family and friends.
Marvin Dabideen's exhibition will run March 9-27, 2026, Monday-Friday from 9am-4:30pm.
The MCC Fine Arts Gallery is located in room 128 of the Visual Arts and Design Center on the Mott Community College main campus in Flint at 1401 E. Court St. 48503. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The exhibition and any presentations are free and open to the public. For more information call the Art and Design office at 810-762-0443.
MCC Fine Arts Gallery exhibitions are made possible in part by the Ballenger Trust.
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