- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 14 min., 47 sec.)) : sound, color.
- Summary
- Sculptor, painter, and educator Lillian Thomas Burwell was born on June 7, 1927, in Washington, D.C. She earned her B.A. degree from D.C. Teacher's College and her M.F.A. degree from Catholic University in 1975. She studied abstract expressionism with artist Benjamin Abramowitz, and then worked with hand carved wood and 'paintings as sculpture'. She taught art at different schools, including the Pratt Institute, the District of Colombia Public Schools; the Duke Ellington School of the Arts; and Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland. In 1983, Burwell founded the Alma Thomas Memorial Gallery, and served as curatorial director. She exhibited in more than 20 venues in the United States and abroad, including Smithsonian Institution's Anacostia Museum in Washington, D.C. She was also a graphic arts designer for the U. S. Department of Commerce. Burwell served on the board of directors of the Smithsonian Institution; Renwick Alliance; and the Arlington Arts Centers.
- Alternative Title
- History Makers video oral history with Lilian Thomas Burwell
- Lilian Thomas Burwell
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Internet videos.
- Interviews.
- Nonfiction films.
- Oral histories.
- Credits (note)
- Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane.
- OCLC
- 1000518775
- Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Lilian Thomas Burwell.
- Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
- Country of Producing Entity
United States naf
- Playing Time
021447
- Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
video file
- Performer
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
- Credits
Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane.
- Event
Recorded Edgewater, Maryland 2004 August 3.
- Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
- Connect to:
- Indexed Term
Painter High School Art Teacher.
- Added Author
Burwell, Lilian Thomas, 1927- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.