Alma Thomas with Howard Professor Gwendolyn H. Everett

The Art of Alma Thomas: A Persistent Search for Beauty with Howard University Professor Gwendolyn H. Everett Via Zoom

Alma W. Thomas is most known for her large-scale abstract paintings that celebrate nature, astronomical phenomena, and space travel. Thomas’s career is also marked by several firsts-including first graduate of the newly formed Department of Art at Howard University and first African American woman artist to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Despite her many accolades, the artist remained firmly rooted in and aligned with the arts community in Washington, D.C. This lecture highlights Thomas’s impactful life as an arts educator, arts administrator, and innovative abstractionist in the city she called home.
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