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DR. SAMELLA LEWIS FOUNDER | 1976 The Museum of African American Art

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News articles

PUBLICATION
DATE PUBLISHED
TITLE OF ARTICLE
LINK TO WEBSITE / URL
NAME OF AUTHOR
The Progressive Magazine
February 21, 2023
"Remembering Samella Lewis On Her One Hundredth Birthday"
https://progressive.org/latest/remembering-samella-lewis-on-her-one-hundredth-birthday-von-blum-20230221
Paul Von Blum
New York Times
June 3, 2022
"Samella Lewis Dead"
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/arts/samella-lewis-dead.html
Neil Genzlinger
Washington Post
May 31, 2022
"Artist Samella Lewis Dead"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/05/31/artist-samella-lewis-dead
Harrison Smith
ArtForum
May 31, 2022
"Samella Lewis: 1923-2022"
https://www.artforum.com/news/samella-lewis-1923-2022-251862
(By News Desk)
Los Angeles Times
May 28, 2022
"Samella Lewis Godmother of Black Art Dies at 99"
https://www.latimes.com/obituaries/story/2022-05-28/samella-lewis-godmother-of-black-art-dies-at-99
Carolina A. Miranda
Black Art In America
February 7, 2022
"Dr. Samella Lewis: Godmother of African American Art"
https://www.blackartinamerica.com/blogs/news/dr-samella-lewis-the-godmother-of-african-american-art
Shantay Robinson

research sources

INSTITUTION
DEPARTMENT
TITLE OF SOURCE
LINK TO WEBSITE / URL
RELEVANT DATES
Samella Lewis
Official Website
SamellaLewis.com
https://samellalewis.com
Ongoing
Getty Research Institute
African American Art History Initiative
Samella Lewis: World Building In African American Art History
https://www.getty.edu/projects/samella-lewis-world-building-african-american-art-history
2021 – Ongoing
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Samella S. Lewis Papers
https://archives.libraries.emory.edu/repositories/7/resources/2998
1930 – 2010
Scripps College
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
Samella Lewis Contemporary Art Collection
https://rcwg.scrippscollege.edu/samella-lewis-contemporary-art-collection
2007
The History Makers
Digital Repository for the Black Experience
SAMELLA LEWIS
https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/samella-lewis-39
Interview Dates: May 22, 2004 August 24, 2003
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