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
Case Western Reserve University, Baker-Nord Center 30th Anniversary Celebration, Keynote
Filmed appearances
All appearances
Columbia University, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Bettman Lecture Series, Keynote
Harley-Davidson, Black History Month: Inclusion & Belonging, Keynote
African-American Community Service Agency, Black History Month Kick-off, Keynote
Washington National Cathedral, Light in the Darkness: When Monuments Attack, Panel Discussion
Harley-Davidson, The Role of Culture in Justice, Keynote
Museum of Modern Art, LaToya Ruby Frazier Scholar’s Day, Roundtable Discussion
Forrester, B2B Summit North America, Keynote
Civil War History Journal, A Roundtable with Cheryl Finley, Matthew Fox-Amato, Sarah Lewis, Nell Painter, Anne M. Shumard, and Deborah Willis, moderated by Jim Downs, discussing The Black Civil War Soldier
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, Ascendant: The Power of Descendant Communities to Shape our Stories, Places and Future, Panel Discussion
Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP, Black History Month: A REAL Discussion with Sarah Lewis
RBC Wealth Management, Women’s Association of Financial Advisors Conference, Keynote
Prada, Experimental Design Lab Awardees Announcement, Panel Discussion
Prada Mode x Frieze, Sarah Lewis in conversation with Martine Syms
APA Eastern Division Meeting, APA Committee Session: Danto/ASA Prize Lecture
U.S. Attorneys Conference, Keynote
Seekonk Public Schools, Professional Development Day, Keynote
University of Southern Mississippi, Honors Forum Lecture Series
The Curb Center for Art Enterprise and Public Policy, Vanderbilt University, Keynote
College Art Association 2021 Annual Conference, “Belated Exposure: Crafting an Anthology on Carrie Mae Weems, African American Art and the Archives as Method,” Writing Black Archives: African-American Art History in Real Time. [Co-Chair with Jordana Moore Saggese]
Yale School of Architecture, 2021 George Morris Woodruff, Class of 1857, Memorial Lecture
Capella University Commencement Address Speaker
Silicon Valley Bank, Quarterly Speaker Series