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