Stanley Lewis, respected painter and beloved teacher, will present the Fall 2022 Conrad Nelson Endowed Fellowship Lecture, organized by the Millersville University Department of Art & Design.
Stanley Lewis, born in Somerville, New Jersey in 1941, studied art and music at Wesleyan University (BA 1963) and painting at Yale University School of Art (MFA 1967). Lewis has been exhibiting since the early 1970s, his work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, and his paintings and drawings were the subject of a major retrospective at the American University Museum in the Katzen Arts Center in Washington and the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. His work was featured in ‘See It Loud: Seven Post-War American Painters’ at the National Academy Museum. Lewis is represented by Betty Cunningham Gallery, New York.Lewis’s work is included in the collections of Hood Museum of Art, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art and the National Academy of Design among others. He has taught at Kansas City Art Institute, The American University where he is Professor Emeritus, Smith College, Parsons School of Design, the Chautauqua Institution and The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. Awards include the Altman Prize from the National Academy of Design and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
The annual fellowship is endowed by Millersville alumna Conrad Nelson and Luceille B. Hagarman.
This event is free and open to the public.
Tickets are available at MU Box Office, in person or online.