Research Catalog

Title

Alma W. Thomas : everything is beautiful / Seth Feman and Jonathan Frederick Walz.

Publication

• Columbus, Georgia : The Columbus Museum ; Norfolk, Virginia : Chrysler Museum of Art ; New Haven, CT : in association with Yale University Press, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Feman, Seth
• Walz, Jonathan Frederick, 1970-
• Columbus Museum (Columbus, Ga.), organizer, host institution.
• Chrysler Museum, organizer, host institution.
• Frist Art Museum (Nashville, Tenn.), host institution.
• Phillips Collection, host institution.

Description

335 pages : illustrations (some color), color map; 30 cm

Summary

"In a collaboration between curators at The Columbus Museum and the Chrysler Museum of Art, Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful, works toward a primary objective: to introduce the Thomas-related materials housed at The Columbus Museum to a broader public, and to demonstrate how those materials reshape the narratives surrounding the artist. The wealth of material in The Columbus Museum's collection-from student work of the 1920s and marionettes from the 1930s, to home furnishings, ephemera, and little-known works on paper-offers a robust, but until now untold, account of Thomas's artistic journey. Taking cues from Thomas's wide-ranging interests and her broad network of collaborators and supporters, our museums also sought a scholarly approach that resonated with the artist's own disregard for silos, borders, and other arbitrary limitations. Assembling an interdisciplinary advisory committee of more than twenty scholars of diverse backgrounds and experiences, the curators convened a two-day gathering at the University of Maryland Center for Art and Knowledge at The Phillips Collection in January 2020 to illuminate varied aspects of Thomas's creativity and amplify the show's interdisciplinary approach. By applying interdisciplinary approaches to a range of artistic objects, the overall project presents new insights into Thomas's diverse forms of creativity while offering an inspiring look at how to lead a rich and beautiful life"--

Alternative Title

Everything is beautiful

Subject

• Thomas, Alma > Criticism and interpretation
• Thomas, Alma > Exhibitions
• Thomas, Alma
• African American women artists > Exhibitions
• African American women artists > Catalogs
• Women painters > Exhibitions
• Women painters > Catalogs
• African American art > Exhibitions
• Art, Modern > 20th century > Exhibitions
• Art, Modern > 20th century > Catalogs

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "This catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful, co-organized by The Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, and the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia ... Chrysler Museum of Art, July 9-October 3, 2021; The Phillips Collection, October 30, 2021-January 23, 2022; Frist Art Museum, February 25-June 5, 2022; The Columbus Museum, July 1-September 25, 2022"--Colophon.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Study for Resurrection / Ross Gay -- Directors' foreword / Marianne Richter, Erik H. Neil -- "Then the light would come around" : an introduction / Seth Feman and Jonathan Frederick Walz -- Sand unshaken / the origin story of Alma Thomas / Rebecca Bush -- In quiet pursuit of art and life on the edge / Tiffany E. Barber -- What filters through the spaces between / Aruna D'Souza -- "Vibratile offering" : Alma Thomas's moving pictures / Jonathan Frederick Walz -- Composing color : the materials and techniques of Alma Woodsey Thomas / Sydney Nikolaus, Gwen Manthey, Melissa Ho, and Amber Kerr -- The education of Miss Alma Thomas / Seth Feman -- Howard University's orbital pull : Alma and her alma mater / Rebecca VanDiver -- So much depends : Alma Thomas's marionettes / Jonathan Frederick Walz -- St. Luke's Episcopal Church in the life of Alma Thomas / Melanee C. Harvey -- As she sees herself : a portrait of Alma Thomas / Amy M. Mooney -- Alma Thomas : color and color lines / Michael D. Harris -- Alma W. Thomas (1891-1978) : old/not old artist / Nell Irvin Painter -- Figure-ground-support : Pansies in Washington, 1969 / Jacqueline Francis -- Highly cultivated : Alma Thomas's garden / Grey Gundaker -- Beauty for America / James Nisbet -- Alma Thomas : circulating Americanness abroad / Kimberli Gant -- Plates. "Everything is beautiful (in its own way)" ; The studio ; The garden ; The stage ; The public sphere ; The Whitney, 1971-72 ; The field.

Call Number

Sc+ G 22-16

ISBN

• 9780300258936
• 0300258933

LCCN

2021005084

OCLC

1236896503

Title

Alma W. Thomas : everything is beautiful / Seth Feman and Jonathan Frederick Walz.

Publisher

Columbus, Georgia : The Columbus Museum ; Norfolk, Virginia : Chrysler Museum of Art ; New Haven, CT : in association with Yale University Press, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Feman, Seth, editor.

Walz, Jonathan Frederick, 1970- editor.

Columbus Museum (Columbus, Ga.), organizer, host institution.

Chrysler Museum, organizer, host institution.

Frist Art Museum (Nashville, Tenn.), host institution.

Phillips Collection, host institution.

Research Call Number

Sc+ G 22-16