🖼#ArtIsAWeapon New U.S. Postal Service @uspostalservice stamp honoring Black-Native American #sculptor #EdmoniaLewis, designed by Antonio Alcalá @antoniostudioa, featuring art by Alex Bostic @bosticalexander. Lewis "...challenged social barriers and assumptions about artists in mid-19th century America." The forever stamp will be released January 26, and can be pre-ordered at the USPS store: https://store.usps.com/store/product/buy-stamps/edmonia-lewis-stamps-S_481604 > Reposted from @hyperallergic The US Postal Service will release a new stamp honoring Edmonia Lewis, known as the first internationally recognized Black American sculptor. The stamp will be debuted on January 26 in a dedication ceremony at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. @americanart ⠀ The stamp features a portrait of Lewis based on a photograph taken by Augustus Marshall in Boston between 1864 and 1871. It is the 45th stamp in the USPS’s Black Heritage series, which dates back to 1978.⠀ ⠀ Read Hakim Bishara’s full article through the link in bio.⠀https://hyperallergic.com/704157/edmonia-lewis-prominent-black-and-ojibwe-sculptor-gets-her-own-usps-stamp/ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ ⠀ #BlackSculptor #USPStamps #HakimBishara #BlackHeritageStamps #BlackArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/p/CYbw_NtAQMZ/?utm_medium=tumblr
