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The first professional African American sculptor, Edmonia Lewis attended Oberlin College from 1859 through 1862. While her time at Oberlin ended in scandal, she went on to have a successful career as an American expatriate artist living in Rome.

Mary Edmonia Lewis attended Oberlin College from 1859 to 1863. Her time in Oberlin was cut short due accusations that Edmonia Lewis poisoned two of her white classmates. Edmonia Lewis had a successful career as a sculptor, although critics have not…

Graduating from Oberlin in 1957, Sylvia Louise Hill Williams went on to have an illustrious career in Art History. Becoming Director of the National Museum of African Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. in 1983, she helped move the…

The collection of images brings together formal portraits of Oberlin College presidents, faculty, trustees, and other important figures in the institution's history.

This digital project explores the contributions of art history professor and curator Ellen Johnson to Oberlin's Department of Art History and its art museum, as well as to the American and European contemporary art world. Johnson received both a BA…

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A chalk drawing of jazz singer Billie Holiday from the 2014 Oberlin Chalk Walk.

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"Beer--because no great story ever started with salad." Chalk Walk drawing, 2014

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Maya Angelou Mural, Chalk Walk 2014

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Zoya drawings, 2014 Oberlin Chalk Walk

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A chalk drawing of Muppet characters, 2014 Chalk Walk

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Chalk mural of Maya Angelou with a quote from "Still I Rise" from the Oberlin 2014 Chalk Walk sponsored by the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts

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Spongebob Squarepants drawing, 2014 Chalk Walk. Sponsored by the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts

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Drawing from 2014 Chalk Walk, sponsored by the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts

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Colorful pictures on the sidewalk during Oberlin's 2014 Chalk Walk, sponsored by the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts.

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Decorations on the metal fence outside the FAVA Art Building during the 2014 Oberlin Chalk Walk.

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A sidewalk chalk drawing of two fish from the 2014 Oberlin Chalk Walk, sponsored by the Firelands Association for the Visual Arts.
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