Moving Stones: About the Art of Edmonia Lewis, a lecture by Jennifer DeVere Brody

In this C. Mildred Thompson lecture, Professor Jennifer Brody ’87 discusses her forthcoming book, Moving Stones: About the Art of Edmonia Lewis. It explores the extraordinary life and work of Edmonia Lewis, the Black and Ojibwe sculptor who rose to international fame in the nineteenth century. Brody approaches Lewis’s legacy through a Black feminist and queer lens, illuminating how her sculptures and self-fashioning challenged the constraints of her time. Brody considers how Lewis’s works were viewed historically and how they resonate with postmodern artists. This event is free and open to the public.