Honoring Edmonia Lewis and the USPS stamp Commorating her life and her legacy.
A ceremony to honor Edmonia Lewis and the USPS stamp that was released recently will be held on February 9th at the Red Barn, 100 Town Park Road, East Greenbush (snow date February 23rd) at 1:00pm. The public is invited. Masks required regardless of vaccination status.
On Jan. 26, the United States Postal Service honored Lewis, “the first African American and Native American sculptor to earn international recognition” in a special ceremony at the DC gallery with her own postage stamp.
After languishing in obscurity for decades, Lewis’ sculptures are fetching hundreds of thousands at auction. In addition to the Smithsonian, many of her pieces are now featured in the permanent collections of Manhattan’s Metropolitan Museum of Art,Harvard University and Williams College, among others.
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