Erica V. P. Lewis

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Louisville

Adjunct Professor, Bellarmine University

Bio:

Artist and researcher—Erica Lewis investigates the intersections of systemic biases and their concrete detriment in physical, particularly artistic, spaces. Lewis is also active in their personal art practice, exhibiting under their initials—EVPL.

Lewis holds an M.F.A. in Studio Art & Design from the University of Louisville in Kentucky, where they are currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Comparative Humanities on the Public Arts & Letters track. Their research sits at the intersection of Art, Public Humanities, and Aesthetics.

In 2024, Lewis organized the community printmaking event CeLOUbrate Print with the Portland Museum, in addition to hosting free woodcut workshops in collaboration with local organizations and print shops. In 2023, Lewis worked on a project led by Dr. Felicia Jamison titled Uncovering Oxmoor: Amplifying the Lives of Enslaved People at a Plantation in Louisville, Kentucky, during which they worked in the Filson Historical Society’s archives to construct biographies for the people enslaved at Oxmoor Farm.

Currently, Lewis works as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Louisville Comparative Humanities Department and an Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown College Art Department. Throughout their pedagogy, Lewis follows conversations of Art with those of decolonizing its institutions. Lewis has a passion for teaching and hopes to continue their journey in academia after finishing their Ph.D., especially in creative and interdisciplinary avenues.

Courses Taught:

HUM 224: Introduction to Film (Global), University of Louisville

HUM 151: Creativity & the Arts, University of Louisville

HUM 105: Global Humanities, Introduction to Comparative Humanities, University of Louisville

ART 200: Studio Art & Visual Culture, University of Louisville

ART 377: Book Arts, Georgetown College

ART 330: Printmaking, Georgetown College

ART 211: 2D Design, Bellarmine University

ART 117: Design Basics & Color (2D Design), Georgetown College

ART 107: Foundation Drawing, University of Louisville

ART 102: Drawing II, Bellarmine University

ART 101: Drawing I, Bellarmine University