Article: ELMA LEWIS AND `BLACK NATIVITY'

Transcript: Commentary: Tribute to Elma Lewis
Tavis Smiley (NPR);  January 13, 2004 ;     670 words ... ... 01-13-2004 Commentary: Tribute to Elma Lewis Host: TAVIS SMILEY Time: 9:00-10 ... doyen of African-American culture, Elma Lewis, died. Although Ms. Lewis is not a ... pays tribute. JANUS ADAMS: Speak of Elma Lewis, big words come to mind: visionary ...

Article: NEW ACTS, DEEP ROOTS MINGLE ELMA LEWIS SERIES AIMS ...
The Boston Globe;  July 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Past meets present at the Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park Series this summer, which ... originally ran from 1966 through 1978, when the late Elma Lewis and her students at the Elma Lewis School for Fine Arts started a free concert season ...

Article: ELMA LEWIS
The Boston Globe;  January 3, 2004 ;     613 words ...ELMA LEWIS was a mighty hammer - visionary, blunt ... bending Boston to her will, opening the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts in 1950 and the National ... would come in and say, `Mr. Mayor, Elma Lewis is outside.' Of course, when Elma ...

Article: At 75, Elma Lewis sees next generation taking up ...
Bay State Banner;  September 26, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... Bay State Banner 09-26-1996 At 75, Elma Lewis sees next generation taking up reins. This past weekend's Diamond Jubilee for Elma Lewis may as well have been celebrating her ... Boston University. The first home of the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts was a large six ...

Article: HUB LOSES ICON; Elma Lewis, champion of ...
The Boston Herald;  January 2, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... CRITTENDEN, ROBIN WASHINGTON and HOWARD MANLY Elma Lewis, an artistic icon in Boston and a national ... known and respected as the founder of the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and the Museum of ... University in 1944. She founded the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts in Roxbury in 1950 ...

Article: Elma Lewis, Harry Belafonte honored.(News)
The Boston Herald;  October 11, 2001 ;     568 words ... ... Harry Belafonte and Boston arts advocate Elma Lewis were honored yesterday for their efforts ... speech therapy before establishing the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, the National Center ... Caption: HONORED: Boston arts advocate Elma Lewis is greeted by entertainer Harry Belafonte ...

Article: ELMA LEWIS, SUPPORTED ARTS, BATTLED RACISM; AT 82
The Boston Globe;  January 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Elma Lewis, a Roxbury native who brought Boston ... culture" locally, Miss Lewis opened the Elma Lewis School for the Performing Arts in Roxbury ... founder. For many years she operated the Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park during summer in ...