Tag: Samella Sanders Lewis

• Artist a Day Challenge No. 15: Samella Sanders Lewis

  Artist and historian Samella Sanders Lewis does not shy away from confrontation.  As a child she found her voice through artistic expression and she was staunchly protective of her voice, fighting any force that tried to intimidate her into silence. Her career, particularly her art history education in the 1940’s was fraught with hostility and confrontation, but…

  cultureshockart

  February 15, 2015

  Art, Art/Culture, black history, Los Angeles, Museums

  art history, Black History Month, elizabeth catlett, Samella Sanders Lewis