Carolyn Russo, curator of the Museum’s art collection, reflects on the work of Alma W. Thomas. Carolyn Russo In the late 1960s and early 1970s, artist Alma Woodsey Thomas (1891–1978) painted ...

The first Black woman to headline a solo show at the Whitney, the artist created abstract paintings, marionettes and more Isis Davis-Marks Correspondent The late African American artist Alma Thomas ...

WETA Arts presents a special episode on the legendary D.C. artist, Alma Thomas. WETA Arts celebrates Black History Month with a special episode about Alma Thomas, the remarkable Black artist and ...

WASHINGTON — By the end of her career, Alma Thomas enjoyed considerable critical and popular success. She was the first African American female artist to be given a solo show at the Whitney Museum, in ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. The Frist Art Museum presents Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful, a ...

Longtime DC artist Alma Thomas’s work is currently on display at an exhibit called “Everything Is Beautiful” that recently opened at the Phillips Collection, along with a larger citywide celebration ...

Alma Thomas developed her unique abstract painting style only after retiring at age 68, in 1960, as a Washington, D.C., junior-high-school teacher. She called her forms “Alma’s Stripes” for their ...

EXCLUSIVE: The Alma Thomas House illustrates how D.C.’s booming real estate market ramped up the rate of gentrification Howard University’s first fine arts graduate, Alma Thomas, walked the streets of ...

On Tuesday, October 18, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) hosted the second of two free webinars for educators celebrating the creative brilliance of renowned painter Alma Thomas, who was ...

Howard University’s first fine arts graduate, Alma Thomas, walked the streets of Washington, D.C. in the late 1890s. At the time, her residence and its surrounding neighborhood were inhabited by upper ...

WETA Arts presents a special episode on the legendary D.C. artist, Alma Thomas. WETA Arts celebrates Black History Month with a special episode about Alma Thomas, the remarkable Black artist and ...