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SAND UNSHAKEN: THE ORIGIN STORY OF ALMA THOMAS<\/i><\/b> CHALLENGES MYTHS, EXAMINES REGION’S INFLUENCE ON THE NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED, COLUMBUS-BORN ARTIST<\/b><\/h1>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Opening May 21, the exclusive, historical exhibition to showcase artifacts from the Columbus native’s family archives; Exhibition to complement Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful, set to open in July<\/i><\/h2>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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COLUMBUS, Ga. (May 13, 2022<\/b>) \u2013 On May 21, The Columbus Museum will open\u00a0Sand Unshaken: The Origin Story of Alma Thomas,<\/i>\u00a0an exclusive, historical exhibition that uses rare family artifacts to tell the story of one of the Chattahoochee Valley’s most famous and beloved artists.\u00a0Sand Unshaken\u00a0<\/i>serves as an intriguing and informative opening act for\u00a0Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful<\/i>, a collection of works that is set to come home to Columbus in July after stops in Norfolk, Washington, D.C. and Nashville.<\/p>\r\n

Art enthusiasts across the world have come to know and love the vibrant and inspirational works of the Columbus native, but few are aware of Thomas’s complicated and surprising history of growing up in the Deep South in the decades following the Civil War.\u00a0Sand Unshaken\u00a0<\/i>draws from the Thomas family archives in The Columbus Museum’s permanent collection to showcase the Thomas family’s life in Columbus through artifacts and family portraits.<\/p>\r\n

“Sand Unshaken\u00a0<\/i>reveals a far more complex story about Alma Thomas and her family than is usually told,” said Rebecca Bush, Curator of History and Exhibitions Manager at The Columbus Museum. “Thomas experienced the racial discrimination that affected all African Americans in the Deep South during Jim Crow, but her family’s unique social position and determination to build a Black middle class offered her more opportunities than most of her peers. This exhibition provides insight into how Thomas’s childhood and family legacy in Columbus shaped her lifelong creativity.”<\/p>\r\n

Among the historic artifacts featured in\u00a0Sand Unshaken<\/i>\u00a0are family portraits, books, musical instruments used by family members, furnishings from the Thomas home in the upper-middle-class Rose Hill community, and a locket purchased by Thomas’s grandfather for her grandmother while both were enslaved.<\/p>\r\n

Pieces included in the exhibition help to weave the story of the Thomases’ unusual life in Columbus. For example, Alma’s grandfather owned an expansive farm in the region and the juxtaposition of flower gardens and industrial landscapes near her home nurtured the young artist’s fascination with color. Her parents’ entrepreneurship and success as an in-demand dressmaker and Columbus’s first Black bar owner led to an elevated socioeconomic status, exposing the budding artist to civic organizations that helped build an understanding of community.<\/p>\r\n

To complement the\u00a0Sand Unshaken<\/i>\u00a0exhibition, The Columbus Museum has also developed a driving tour that includes 25 notable landmarks related to Alma Thomas and her family. Tour stops include the family home in Rose Hill, Lincoln Park, the historic site of St. John AME Church, Sixth Avenue School, John Thomas’s saloon and the passenger train depot, to name a few. A map detailing the full tour, including an eight-stop one-mile walking tour, can be found on The Columbus Museum’s\u00a0exhibition website.<\/a><\/p>\r\n

“Sand Unshaken: The Origin Story of Alma Thomas<\/i>, on view only at The Columbus Museum, offers, for the first time, a comprehensive look at the lives of Alma Thomas and her family in the Chattahoochee Valley,”\u00a0said Marianne Richter, Director of the Columbus Museum. “We are excited to share rarely seen objects from the Museum’s permanent collection, donated by the Thomas family, that offer insight into their experiences in Columbus, Thomas’s hometown.”<\/p>\r\n

The\u00a0Sand Unshaken\u00a0<\/i>exhibition will complement the landmark art exhibition\u00a0Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful<\/i>, opening at the Museum on July 1, 2022. The exhibition showcases a comprehensive overview of approximately 100 works from Thomas, including rarely seen theatrical designs and beloved abstract paintings.<\/p>\r\n

This exhibition is generously sponsored by Synovus. It will be on view at The Columbus Museum from May 21 until October 2, 2022.<\/p>\r\n

For more information on the upcoming exhibitions or to become a member of The Columbus Museum, visit\u00a0ColumbusMuseum.com<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

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