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Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction 1960S To Today

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Artist Spotlight: Alma Woodsey Thomas
Posted: December 30, 2017
Category: Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction 1960S To Today
Learn more about Alma Woodsey Thomas and her work Orion (1973), which is featured in the current NMWA exhibition Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today.
A view of a gallery space with a painting and a sculpture hanging on white walls. The painting on the left is a large, red canvas with little dots in a darker color in vertical lines.