Elma Lewis
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1921 – 2004
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Who was Elma Lewis?
Elma Ina Lewis was a nationally recognized 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 MacArther 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.
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- Born
- Sep 15, 1921
Roxbury - Profession
- Education
- Emerson College
- Died
- Jan 1, 2004
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on July 23, 2013
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