Chrysler Museum of Art
This checkered pattern was re-created for Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful by Elka Stevens, Associate Professor of visual culture and studio art in the Department of Art at Howard University, where Alma Thomas was the first graduate of the university’s fine arts program. Thomas wore a garment in this pattern when working in her studio. (A reproduction of the garment is in the exhibition.)
A portion of the proceeds from this item supports the Alma W. Thomas Endowment Scholarship Fund at Howard University’s Department of Art, in honor of Thomas’s legacy as an arts educator and fine artist.
Young Alma Shaped Magnets
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Created by the Education Department at the Chrysler Museum of Art, our adorable Alma Thomas shaped magnets depict a young Alma and her cat companion exploring the universe through art.
A portion of the proceeds of these items supports the Alma W. Thomas Endowment Scholarship Fund at Howard University's Department of Art.
- Exclusive for the Chrysler Museum of Art
- Overall size: 3¼ × 5 inches (8.25 × 12.7 cm)
- Alma the Painter: 3 × 3½ inches (7.6 × 8.8 cm)
- Alma the Astronaut with bonus cat astronaut magnet: 2.9 × 3.7 inches (7.3 × 9.3 cm)
- Drawn by Macy Jordan
- Checkerboard pattern by Elka Stevens
Macy Jordan was born and raised in Norfolk, VA and has been drawing for as long as she can remember. She is currently the Education Assistant at the Chrysler Museum of Art but still loves to illustrate and make comics in her spare time.
Instagram: @macy_b
This checkered pattern was re-created for Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful by Elka Stevens, Associate Professor of visual culture and studio art in the Department of Art at Howard University, where Alma Thomas was the first graduate of the university’s fine arts program. Thomas wore a garment in this pattern when working in her studio. (A reproduction of the garment is in the exhibition.)A portion of the proceeds from this item supports the Alma W. Thomas Endowment Scholarship Fund at Howard University’s Department of Art, in honor of Thomas’s legacy as an arts educator and fine artist.