艾尔玛-刘易斯 艺术教育家

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Elma Lewis
Arts Educator | Class of June 1981
Title
Arts Educator
Location
Roxbury, Massachusetts
Age
60 at time of award
Deceased
January 1, 2004
Area of Focus
Arts Entrepreneurship/Management, Arts Education
Published June 1, 1981
Elma Lewis was an educator and the founder and artistic director of the Boston-based, National Center for Afro-American Artists.

Lewis promoted and integrated black culture into American life through the National Center for Afro-American Artists and its teaching division, the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, which she founded in 1950.  She produced works of dance, music, and drama, and influenced other institutions to expand their perspectives and interests to include African-American culture.  She also operated the Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park, a summer theater where musicians played to capacity audiences, and designed a curriculum on black culture for use in public schools.

Lewis was the artistic director of the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.  Prior to founding the school, she worked as a director and choreographer for the Robert Gould Shaw House Chorus, as a fine arts worker at the Harriet Tubman House, and as a speech therapy instructor at the Habit Clinic of Boston.  In 1983, she was awarded the Presidential Medal for the Arts.

Lewis received a B.L.I. (1943) from Emerson College and a M.Ed. (1944) from Boston University.

Last updated January 1, 2005.



艾尔玛-刘易斯
艺术教育家｜1981年6月班
职称
艺术教育家
工作地点
罗克斯伯里，马萨诸塞州
年龄
获奖时为60岁
已逝世
2004年1月1日
关注领域
艺术创业/管理, 艺术教育
发表于1981年6月1日
艾尔玛-刘易斯是一位教育家，也是总部设在波士顿的全国非裔美国人艺术家中心的创始人和艺术总监。

刘易斯通过她在1950年创建的全国非裔美国人艺术家中心及其教学部门--埃尔马-刘易斯美术学院，促进黑人文化并将其融入美国生活。 她创作了舞蹈、音乐和戏剧作品，并影响其他机构扩大他们的视野和兴趣，以包括非洲裔美国人的文化。 她还经营着艾尔玛-刘易斯公园剧院，这是一个夏季剧院，音乐家们在这里为观众演出，并设计了一个关于黑人文化的课程，供公立学校使用。

刘易斯是埃尔马-刘易斯艺术学校的艺术总监，是美国艺术和文学学院的成员。 在创办学校之前，她曾担任罗伯特-古尔德-肖家合唱团的导演和编舞，在哈里特-塔布曼之家担任美术工作者，并在波士顿的习惯诊所担任语言治疗讲师。 1983年，她被授予总统艺术奖章。

刘易斯获得了爱默生学院的法学学士学位（1943年）和波士顿大学的教育硕士学位（1944年）。

最后更新于2005年1月1日。