Curator Talk with Seth Feman: Alma Thomas
Join Seth Feman, Executive Director and CEO of the Frist Art Museum and co-curator of Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful, for a talk entitled, “What Alma Thomas Teaches: Dancing the Watusi.” Using Alma Thomas’s Watusi (Hard Edge), Feman will illustrate how Thomas’s experiences in Washington D.C., shaped by race, gender, age, and ability, informed her artistic practices.
Thomas is often celebrated as the first African American woman to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. While the talk centers on this iconic work, it invites a broader reexamination of Thomas’s legacy and encourages viewers to see her paintings through a richer, more nuanced lens.
Following the conversation, Robin Cooper, Manager of Curatorial Affairs, will host a 20-minute Q&A with Seth to dive deeper into the making of this landmark exhibition.
More Alma Thomas events happen August 9:
Advance tickets required
Free for Members and public
About Seth Feman
Seth Feman became the Executive Director and CEO of the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee in April 2022. Previously, Feman was the Deputy Director for Art & Interpretation at the Chrysler Museum of Art, where he oversaw the curatorial, education, and registration departments and served as Curator of Photography. His exhibitions and essays on American art and photography examine how qualities of affect, mobility, and vision become embedded in museum spaces, the built environment, the language of the media, and specific works of art.
