Author: Oklahoma Art Center. Publication: Oklahoma City, OK : Oklahoma Art Center, 1983. Description: 63 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm. Notes: Subjects: Nesbitt, Lowell, 1933-1993 Exhibitions. Associa
October 30, 2021-January 23, 2022
Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful provides a fresh perspective on the artist’s dynamic long life (1891-1978) and multifaceted career that was defined by constant creativity. This major retrospective traces her journey from semi-rural Georgia to Washington, DC, to becoming the first Black woman given a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art at age 81. Through artworks and archival materials, this exhibition demonstrates how Thomas’s wide-reaching artistic practices extended far beyond her studio, shaping every facet of her life—from community service, to teaching, to gardening
Author: Publication: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Yale University Press, 2006. Description: xiv, 450 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 32 cm. Notes: Catalog of an exhibition at th
Author: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) Publication: Washington, D.C. : National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution ; Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009. Description: 319 p
Author: Albright, Linda. Publication: Long Beach, CA : University Art Museum, College of the Arts, California State University, 1995. Description: 47 p. : ill ; 26 cm. Notes: Gift; Linda Kaplan; 2005.
Author: Scott, David W., 1916- Publication: Washington, D.C. : Phillips Collection ; Mount Vernon, New York : Artist's Limited Edition, c1980. Description: 17 p., [18] p. of plates (some folded) : col
Author: Robinson, Franklin Westcott. Publication: Chapel Hill, NC : Ackland Art Museum, c1999. Description: 144 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. Notes: Exhibition organized by the Ackland Art Museum at
Author: Publication: Rochester : The Museum, 1976. Description: 100 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes: Subjects: Art, American New York (State) Exhibitions. Genesee River Valley (Pa. and N.Y.) In art Exhibitio
Author: Marisa del Re Gallery. Publication: New York, NY (41 E. 57th Str., New York 10022) : Marisa Del Re Gallery, c1984. Description: [40] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. Notes: Subjects: Kline, Fran
October 13, 2022, 6:30-8:30 PM
Join us for a live reading of a one-act play by local playwright Caleen Sinnette Jennings on the life of Alma W. 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. IMAGE
