{"product_id":"alma-w-thomas-everything-is-beautiful","title":"Alma W. Thomas: Everything is Beautiful","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping retrospective of Alma W. Thomas’s wide-reaching artistic practice that sheds new light on her singular search for beauty.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAchieving fame in 1972 as the first Black woman to mount a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Alma W. Thomas (1891–1978) is known for her large abstract paintings filled with irregular patterns of bright colors. This insightful reassessment of Thomas’s life and work reveals her complex and deliberate artistic existence before, during, and after the years of commercial and critical success, and describes how her innovative palette and loose application of paint grew out of a long study of color theory. Essays trace Thomas’s journey from semirural Georgia to international recognition and situate her work within the context of the Washington Color School and creative communities connected to Howard University. Featuring rarely seen theatrical designs, sculpture, family photographs, watercolors, and marionettes, this volume demonstrates how Thomas’s pursuit of beauty extended to every facet of her life—from her exuberant abstractions to the conscientious construction of her own persona through community service, teaching, and gardening.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"sp__the-author\"\u003e336 Pages, 222 color + 85 black \u0026amp; white illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"sp__the-author\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"sp__the-trim-size\"\u003e9.50 × 11.70 in\u003c\/span\u003e, approx 4 lbs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"sp__the-author\"\u003eEdited by Jonathan Frederick Walz and Seth Feman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"sp__the-author\"\u003eContributions by Tiffany E. Barber, Rebecca Bush, Aruna D'Souza, Jacqueline Francis, Kimberli Gant, Ross Gay, Grey Gundaker, Michael D. Harris, Melanee Harvey, Melissa Ho, Amber Kerr, Gwen Manthey, Amy M Mooney, Sydney Nikolaus, James Nisbet, Nell Painter and Rebecca VanDiver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished 2021, by Yale University Press, in association with The Columbus Museum and the Chrysler Museum of Art\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*Friends of SCMA can get 10% off!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W.Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42314885627959,"sku":null,"price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0098\/2813\/9063\/files\/ATHOMASEverythingBeautiful.jpg?v=1783624119","url":"https:\/\/scmashop.smith.edu\/products\/alma-w-thomas-everything-is-beautiful","provider":"SCMA Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}