Award-Winning Illustrator EB Lewis Presents on His Life, Art, and Illustrations

While visiting Minnesota in 2023, E.B. Lewis, an award winning illustrator, artist, visual storyteller, educator and father of three from Philadelphia immersed himself in community, showing up at youth programs and speaking at an event on the Northside hosted by the youth-serving non-profit WE WIN Institute.

During a presentation to the community, Lewis described the different mediums in which he produces art and how he immerses himself in researching the subjects that he's representing in his art. Lewis gave an hour-long presentation to an audience on the northside and sat down with Unicorn Riot to speak about his path to becoming one of the most important contemporary American watercolorists. "I am a Black artist, but I don't look at my work as such."

This is his full presentation. Watch in 4K: youtu.be/l-SENaOsppA
Watch Unicorn Riot's edited video from our interview: vimeo.com/988515679
Watch the full interview: vimeo.com/988517875 | Watch in 4K: youtu.be/jJGmzM-i9kk
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