The contemporary visual artist Lava Thomas centers her work around Black history, both personal as well as national. Her pieces are inspired by visibility, healing and empowerment in the face of erasure. Thomas’ new exhibition, “Homecoming,” at the Spelman Museum of Fine Art focuses on very lifelike pencil-drawn portraits. “Homecoming” brings together three different bodies of her work for the first time in one show, spanning nearly a decade of drawings. Lava Thomas joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk about her new exhibition.
Interview highlights:
“Mugshots,” portraits of women in the Montgomery bus boycott after Rosa Parks’ civil disobedience:
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