March 25, 1999, Scripps Humanites Auditorium
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Art is not bassed on theories that are learned, but rather on a way of life that you choose to develop. Once nurtured, it thrives on your memory bank and your need to reach out and seek to understand the tangibles and intangibles of life." Samella Lewis, December, 1998
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Samella Lewis, Professor Emerita of Scripps College, received her B.A. from Hampton University and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Fine Arts and Art History from Ohio State University. Dr. Lewis is an internationally renowned artist, author, filmmaker, educator, and art advocate. She holds honorary degrees from five colleges and universities, and is recipient of numerous awards including the UNICEF Award for the Visual Arts and the Charles White Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dr. Lewis is a pioneer in African American Art. She is the founding editor of the International Review of African American Art (formerly Black Arts: An International Quarterly), and the founding director of the museum of African American Art in Los Angeles. Most recently, she was appointed a Distinguished Scholar at the Getty Center for the history of Arts and Humanities.
Dr.
Lewis is a curator of exhibitions that show the interconnections of art
throughout the African Diaspora. Her Sojourner Truth Lecture celebrates
artists of Afiican descent in the Americas and the Caribbean.
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