It’s International Womxn’s Day and Womxn’s HERstory Month.
Chen Lok Lee was hired in 1974 at Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, which is the first and only college in the U.S. to empower and train women in the visual arts.
A few years ago, while taking my daughter, Chen Lee’s granddaughter, to art class at Fleisher Art Memorial, we discovered that her teacher was in fact my father’s former student. We sat and marveled in our tearful realization at our newly discovered connection.
Robin Turnage (Moore ’86) says the following about her professor:
“Chen Lee was my printmaking teacher at Moore College of Art ’79-’81. He was very kind to me during the most turbulent years of my life. I will never forget how his gentle direction, printmaking expertise and his sense of humor made me feel honored as an art student and respected as a person, and I was not used to being shown respect as a student of color in an art school.” – Robin Turnage
Chen Lee remained on staff at Moore College of Art and Design for more than 20 years, leading the printmaking department and earning the rank of full Professor by the time he retired. Read Moore’s publication on his contributions and life here.
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