Alma Thomas was a curious and ever-expanding woman who painted in her kitchen. She was both a cheerleader and mentor for many young artists and instrumental in getting them recognition. She encouraged them to “get in the mainstream.” Slowed slightly by arthritis and a failing heart, she focused on what she could do with one solitary intense color and rolled around and blew through new ideas.

She learned from everything she did.

“I’m still developing,” she used to say.

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Source Material:

· “Art expert reflects on his work in DC at the nation’s first private gallery owned by African-Americans” by Katherine Saltzman https://thedcline.org/2019/02/26/art-expert-reflects-on-his-work-in-dc-at-the-nations-first-private-gallery-owned-by-african-americans/

· A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present, Romare Bearden & Harry Henderson, 1993, Pantheon, pp. 447-453

· About Lois Marilou Jones: https://americanart.si.edu/artist/lo%C3%AFs-mailou-jones-5658

· NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html