Called “Godmother of African American Art,” Lewis was born in New Orleans in 1927. She grew up in Ponchatoula, La., returning ...

Top 15 Black-American artists and their impact ... plus African and Mexican art traditions, to create sculptures and prints depicting the Black experience, homing in on Black women.

Printmaking, Race, and Community” showcases work created at one of the country’s best-known sites for Black American culture.