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Alma Woodsey Thomas Biography
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b. Columbus, Georgia
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d. Washington, D.C.)
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Miner Teachers Normal School, Washington, D.C.
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Howard University, Washington, D.C.
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Teachers College, Columbia University, New York
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New York University School of Education
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1981
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“Forever Free: An Exhibit of Art by Afro-American Women 1862-1980,” Center for The Visual Arts Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal (Snoopy-Early Sun Display on Earth, Composition, Flowers Near Jefferson Memorial, Wind and Crepe Myrtle Concerto, It is Spring); circulated 1981-82 to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama; Gibbes Art Gallery, Charleston; The Art Gallery, University of Maryland; and Indianapolis Museum of Art
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1979
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“Black Artists/South,” Huntsville Museum of Art, Alabama (Flowers at Jefferson Memorial)
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1976 - 1977
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“Two Centuries of Black American Art,” Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Flowers at Jefferson Memorial, Red Rose Sonata, White Dogwood). Circulated 1976-1977 to The High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas; and The Brooklyn Museum, New York
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1975
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“Eleven in New York, “Women’s Interart Center Inc. New York
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1970
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“Afro-American Artists, New York and Boston,” jointly organized by the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, The Museum of Fine Arts, and The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Azalea Spring Symphonies, Wind Dances with Flower Beds)
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1969
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August 1– October 6, “Contemporary American Black Artists,” Art and Industries Building, Smithsonian Institution, circulated in 1970 by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
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1966
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“Selections from the Permanent Collection of the Gallery of Art,” Gallery of Art, Howard University (Blue Abstraction)
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1965
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“Sixth Annual Washington Area Religious Art Exhibition,” Washington, D.C. Gas Light Company (St. Cecilia at the Organ)
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1964
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“Twenty-Third Annual Exhibition: Paintings, Sculpture and Prints by Negro Artists,” Trevor Arnett Library, Atlanta University (Blue Abstraction, Freedom March)
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1963
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“Artists for CORE Exhibition and Sale,” Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
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1962
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“Sixty-Fifth Annual Exhibition of Watercolor Association,” U.S. National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (Nocturnal Space)
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1961
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“Washington Religious Art Exhibition,” sponsored by National Conference of Christians and Jews, held at National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution,
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1960
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, “Water Color Paintings Featuring Washington Artists,” sponsored by College Art Services; circulated to Gallery of Art, Howard University
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1959
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“Hilda Shapiro Paintings and Sculpture and Alma Thomas Paintings,” Watkins Gallery of Art, The American University, Washington, D.C.
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1958
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“Art Teachers Exhibition,” Washington, D.C.
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1957
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“Fourteenth Anniversary Exhibition: Contemporary American Art,” Barnett-Aden Gallery (Sumptuous Feast)
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1956
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“Sixty-Fourth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Washington Artists,” National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution (Still Life)
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1955
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“The Tenth Annual Area Exhibition of Work by Artists of Washington and Vicinity,” Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Still Life)
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1954
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“Six Washington Painters,” Barnett-Aden Gallery, Washington, D.C., (The Orange Jug, Peonies and Fruit, Street Scene)
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1953
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“Twenty Paintings from the Barnett-Aden Gallery,” Dupont Theatre Art Gallery, Washington, D.C. (Georgetown)
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| Literature |
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Atkinson, J. Edward, Black Dimensions in Contemporary Art. New York: New American Library, 1971
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Dover, Cedric. American Negro Art. 3rd ed. Greenwich, Ct: New York Graphics Society, 1965
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Fine, Elsa Honig. The Afro-American Artists: A Search for Identity, New York: Holt, Reinhart, and Winston, 1973
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Foresta, Merry A. A Life in Art: Alma Thomas 1891-1978. National Museum of American Art. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C. 1981. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Stock number: 047-000-00381-4
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Frazier, E. Franklin. Black Bourgeoisie: The Rise of a New Middle Class in the United States. New York: Collier Books, 1969
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Munro, Eleanor. Originals: American Women Artists. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979
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Vachtova, Ludmila. Kupka: Pioneer of Abstract Art. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968
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