Alma Woodsey Thomas, born in Georgia and the 1st Black woman to have a solo show at @whitneymuseum in 1972⚡️⚡️⚡️#fromGeorgia #artistswhoteach #cantstopwontstop #dowhatyoulove #Repost from @poesieperfume ・・・ The first black woman to hold a solo show at the Whitney in 1972 at the age of 80, Alma Woodsey Thomas taught art for 35 years and produced most of her works after her retirement. We love her brilliant, nature inspired color field paintings, but her tenacious creative spirit is just as inspiring. “Creative art is for all time and is therefore independent of time,” she said in a 1970 interview. “It is of all ages, of every land, and if by this we mean the creative spirit in man which produces a picture or a statue is common to the whole civilized world, independent of age, race and nationality; the statement may stand unchallenged.”
