Elma Lewis
Elma Ina Lewis (September 15, 1921 – January 1, 2004) was an American arts educator and the founder of the National Center of Afro-American Artists and The Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts. She was one of the first recipients of a MacArthur Fellows Grant, in 1981, and received a Presidential Medal for the Arts by President Ronald Reagan in 1983. She is also an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.
Elma Lewis | |
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| Born | Elma Ina Lewis 15 September 1921 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| Died | 1 January 2004 (aged 82) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. |
| Occupation(s) | Arts educator, Activist |
| Parent(s) | Clairmont Lewis Edwardine Lewis |
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