Bianca with Jeanne Walker Harvey on Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas

In this episode, Bianca talks with Jeanne Walker Harvey, the author of Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas. Jeanne has been a longtime docent at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Just like Alma Thomas, she believes that art brings us joy. Her other picture books include Maya Lin: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines and My Hands Sing the Blues: Romare Bearden’s Childhood Journey. Jeanne studied literature and psychology at Stanford University. She lives in Northern California.

Order a copy of Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas on Bookshop.org or Amazon.

Visit Jeanne Walker Harvey at https://www.jeanneharvey.com/.

Resources:

Educators Guide and Art Activity Projects: https://www.jeanneharvey.com/projects.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: https://www.sfmoma.org/.

Loveis Wise: https://loveiswise.com/.

See some interior artwork from Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas here: https://www.jeanneharvey.com/ablaze-with-color.

East West Literary Agency: https://eastwestliteraryagency.com/

Transcription:

You can read the transcription on The Children's Book Review.

Discussion Topics:

• About Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas
• Get to know Jeanne Walker Harvey
• Working as a docent at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• A discussion on painter Alma Thomas
• Researching for picture book biographies
• Jeanne Walker Harvey reads an excerpt from Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas
• The modern art of children's book illustrator Loveis Wise
• Jeanne Walker Harvey's creative life
• Using Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas in the classroom