Join us for an insightful tour of Lava Thomas: Homecoming led by Spelman’s new Museum Director, Dr. Liz Andrews, and hear about Spelman’s exciting future plans!

Tuesday, August 30th
10:30 AM

SPELMAN COLLEGE MUSEUM OF FINE ART

Lava Thomas: Homecoming is the most comprehensive exhibit to date of Thomas’s drawings and installation works addressing the relevance of African American history to our current moment. Thirteen drawings from Thomas’ revelatory series Mugshot Portraits: Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott will be in the exhibit along with a new set of drawings and prints.

Thomas was born in Los Angeles and studied at UCLA’s School of Art and received a BFA from California College of the Arts. Her work has been exhibited and collected by the Smithsonian American Art Museum, SFMOMA, Studio Museum in Harlem, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, de Young Museum, and the Berkeley Art Museum.

Photograph courtesy of the artist, photo credit Phillip Maisel
Lava Thomas, Looking Back IV, 2015-202, graphite, conte pencil and watercolor on paper

RSVP - TUESDAY, AUGUST 30TH @ 10:30AM

All guests of Spelman College are asked to submit a Guest Access Request Form along with a negative Covid test (home test is adequate) a couple days prior to our tour. Please click the link to submit your test results and follow the instructions:
https://www.spelman.edu/academics/covid-path-forward/visitor-and-vendor-protocols