She founded, in 1960, one of the first artist co-ops for women. Mira Lehr was among the first to blaze a trail for women artists who were excluded from the male-dominated art world.
Today, sixty years later, Mira Lehr is recognized as "the Godmother of the entire Miami art scene."
She was shocked at the lack of an art scene in Miami in 1960 when she moved back to Miami Beach from New York, especially the plight of women artists.
"Women artists at that time felt stranded and hopeless in Miami," said Lehr. "I was determined to change that."