Edmonia Lewis | Black History Month

Edmonia Lewis is considered the first Afro-Native American professional sculptor to achieve international recognition for her work. Little is known about Lewis' life, as the sculptor was notorious for embellishing details of her life to captivate her audience. What is known is she was a remarkable artist who thwarted the constraints placed before her in a white male-dominated field. Read the full newsletter >28 Days of Black History is our free, month-long series where we celebrate s...