Reminder:
The New Woman Behind the Camera with NGA Curator Andrea Nelson
Wednesday, January 12, 11:00am
Via Zoom
There are still a few spots available for our online conversation with NGA curator Andrea Nelson about the exhibition The New Woman behind the Camera. Featuring more than 120 international photographers, the exhibition explores the diverse “new women” who embraced photography as a mode of professional and personal expression from the 1920s to the 1950s. The New Woman Behind the Camera reveals the significant impact women have had on the history of modern photography.
When registering for the program, please keep in mind that registrations are per device, not per person. No matter how many participants you have, so long as you are using one device, you need only register for one person.
Reminder:
The Art of Alma Thomas: A Persistent
Search for Beauty with Howard University Professor Gwendolyn H. Everett
Friday, January 14, 11:00am
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 online lecture highlights Thomas’s impactful life as an arts educator, arts administrator, and innovative abstractionist in the city she called home.
Also of Interest
Alma W. Thomas: Imagine That!
A Staged Reading Followed by Discussion with WPC Member Ann Greer
Presented by The Phillips Collection
Online, January 22, 6:00pm
The Phillips Collection is presenting a live reading of a one-act play by local playwright Caleen Sinnette Jennings on the life of Alma Thomas commissioned by The Phillips Collection. Q/A to follow with Phillips theater consultant Ann Greer.
When it comes to Alma W. Thomas, her favorite song title was apropos: “Everything Is Beautiful!” Join the artist in her kitchen/studio where she created the masterpieces seen at The Phillips Collection and at prestigious museums around the world. As this brilliant, down home, yet elegant artist comes to life, she helps us imagine her world, her adventures, and her joy.
Further information and the registration link can be found here.
Postponed
The February 2, 2022 in-person, members-only program with National Gallery of Art curator Shelley Langdale and paper conservator Amy Hughes discussing the work of Jasper Johns has been postponed until later in the year.