Barbara Earl Thomas
Barbara Earl Thomas was the executive director of Seattle's Northwest African American Museum from 2008 until 2013 and is a noted painter and writer.
Background
Thomas was the granddaughter of southern sharecroppers who migrated to Seattle in the mid 1940s.[1] She is a Seattle native. Her parents died in a fishing accident in 1988.[2]
Career work
Thomas was the executive director of the Northwest African American Museum (2006–2013). She stepped down from her full-time job in January 2013 and has become NAAM's Deputy Director/Major Gifts Officer, a part-time post.[3]
Artwork
Thomas studied art under Jacob Lawrence.[4] She works in many mediums including doing egg tempera paintings and linocuts and woodblock prints. In 2013, she had a solo show at Paper Hammer where she displayed 14 prints from two series, The Reading Room and The Book of Fishing.[2][5] Thomas has exhibited artwork at the Seattle Art Museum, The Tacoma Art Museum, and Whatcom County Museum and in museums throughout the US.
Books
Storm Watch: The Art of Barbara Earl Thomas (published 1998 by University Washington Press)[1]
Private and public collections
- Safeco Corporate Collection
- The Microsoft Corporate Collection
- The Seattle Art Museum
Awards
- 1998 & 2000: The Seattle Arts Commissions award for new non-fiction[6]
References
- 1 2 "Storm Watch". University of Washington Press. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- 1 2 Graves, Jen. "Diet of Worms". The Stranger. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Upchurch, Michael. "Barbara Earl Thomas' linocuts blend the surreal with the lyrical". Seattle Times. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Lieberman, Michael. "The Reading Room by Barbara Earl Thomas". Seattle Pi. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Vozza, Valerie. "Art Zone segments". Seattle Channel. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ↑ Manitach, Amanda. "Mayor's Arts Award: Barbara Earl Thomas". City Arts Online. Retrieved May 20, 2015.