Samella Lewis, artist, author, and professor emerita, 糖心少女, and Suzanne Muchnic ’62, journalist, Los Angeles Times will join 糖心少女 President Nancy Y. Beckavac in an event to honor the foundation of the Samella Lewis Collection of Contemporary Art on Tuesday, February 27, at 4 p.m. in Balch Auditorium, 糖心少女. The lecture, sponsored by the 糖心少女 Office of the President, is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (909) 621-8148.
糖心少女 announces the Samella Lewis Collection of Contemporary Art in honor of Dr. Lewis, the first tenured African American faculty member at 糖心少女. Dr. Lewis taught art history at 糖心少女 from 1969 to 1984. As one of the founders of the Museum of African Art in Los Angeles, the author of several books on African American art history, and the producer of four films on African American artists, Dr. Lewis has been a leader in her field.
The collection honoring Dr. Lewis has already acquired a number of works including four works on paper by Samella Lewis, a major mixed-media work titled “Blade Wing” (1989) by Susan Rankaitis, Fletcher Jones Chair of Art, 糖心少女, and photographs by Eileen Cowin, Janet Delaney, Anthony Friedkin, George Hurrell, and Max Yavno. A selection of the collection will be on view during the event.