Appearances
Celebrated keynote speaker
Lewis is a sought-after public speaker whose mainstage TED Talk has garnered over three million views. She has delivered keynote commencement addresses at venues ranging from the UN General Assembly and the Edinburgh International Festival to World Business Forum and Yale University, as well as numerous universities and organizations across the United States and abroad.
Upcoming appearances
DREAM, 22nd Annual Convening, Keynote
Hutchins Center, Harvard University, Reflections in Black, Deborah Willis in conversation with Sarah Lewis
Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life & Dartmouth Society of Fellows, Dartmouth University, Keynote
Learning Through Photography Symposium, Princeton University
Filmed appearances
All appearances
Harvard University, Women’s Philanthropy Initiative Summit, Vision & Justice, Keynote
Harvard IT Summit, Keynote, The Rise, Creativity and the Gift of Failure, Sanders Theater
Harvard Kennedy School, Culture of Change: Racial Equity in Art, Entertainment, & Sports, In conversation with Hank Willis Thomas
Harvardwood, In conversation with Franklin Leonard on The Unseen Truth
Brooklyn Public Library, Night in the Library
CENTER, The Democratic Lens: Photography and Civic Engagement, How We Teach the Truth
Carnegie Corporation of New York, Black History Month, Keynote
Library Company of Philadelphia, In conversation with Huey Copeland on The Unseen Truth
Clark Art Institute, The Unseen Truth
Ford Foundation, Book launch for The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America with Darren Walker and Sherrilyn Ifill
Boston Book Festival, Panel discussion with Eddie Glaude, Kellie Carter Jackson, and Thulani Davis
First Light Books, Book event with Casey Gerald for The Unseen Truth
Brooklyn Public Library, In conversation with Jacqueline Woodson and Hank Willis Thomas on The Unseen Truth
Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture at UMBC, Race Stories: Celebrating Maurice Berger
Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Tyrone Maurice Adderley Lecture
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arcadia Library Lecture, Keynote
Spelman College Museum of Art, 2022-2023 Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Distinguished Lecture
The Gibbes Museum of Art, Distinguished Lecture Series
All Of It with Alison Stewart, Radio Interview, Richard Avedon at 100
Stephen Friedman Gallery, In conversation with Deborah Roberts
MIT Museum, Book launch event for Unmasking AI
2 Pages with MBS, Podcast Interview, How to be a Light in the Darkness
Facing History & Ourselves, The Power of Memorials and Public Art: Complex Histories and Legacies Today