Karen Anne Mason, B.A., English, Simmons College; M.A., Art History, UCLA.
Lewis's home, Los Angeles.
March 15, 1992 (134 minutes).
2.25
Lewis and Mason.
This interview is one in a series on African American art and artists in Los Angeles. This oral history project gathers and preserves interviews with African American artists who have created significant works and others in the Los Angeles metropolitan area who have worked to expand exhibition opportunities and public support for African American visual culture.
The interview is organized chronologically, beginning with Lewis's childhood in New Orleans, and her early experiences with art and art teachers, and continuing on through her university experiences in painting, art history, and the art of Asia, and in her work as artist, teacher, curator, publisher, and champion of African American art forms. Major topics covered include racial bias in art and art history, African American artists in Los Angeles, independent publishing to further the work of African American artists, and the state of current exhibitions of African American art.
Lisa Magee, editorial assistant, edited the interview. She checked the verbatim transcript of the interview against the original tape recordings, edited for punctuation, paragraphing, and spelling, and verified proper names. Words and phrases inserted by the editor have been bracketed.
Lewis reviewed the transcript. She verified proper names and made extensive corrections and additions.
Alex Cline, editor, prepared the table of contents and interview history. Rebecca Stone, editorial assistant, assembled the biographical summary. Kathleen, McAlister, editorial assistant, compiled the index.
The original tape recordings of the interview are in the university archives and are available under the regulations governing the use of permanent noncurrent records of the university. Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Oral History Program.