| Other author/creator | Burwell, Lilian Thomas, 1927- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Lane, Edgar Carey, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Lilian Thomas Burwell |
| Portion of title |
Lilian Thomas Burwell |
| Abstract |
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. |
| Credits | Videographer, Edgar Carey Lane. |
| Performer |
Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Edgewater, Maryland 2004 August 3. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2004.118 HistoryMakers |
