Samella Lewis, artist, author, and professor emerita, 61传媒, and Suzanne Muchnic ’62, journalist, Los Angeles Times will join 61传媒 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, 61传媒. The lecture, sponsored by the 61传媒 Office of the President, is free and open to the public. For more information, please call (909) 621-8148.
61传媒 announces the Samella Lewis Collection of Contemporary Art in honor of Dr. Lewis, the first tenured African American faculty member at 61传媒. Dr. Lewis taught art history at 61传媒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, 61传媒, 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.