Marcia Lewis (artist)

{{Short description|American jewelry designer (born 1946)}}

{{About|the American jewelry designer|the American actress|Marcia Lewis}}

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| birth_date = 1946

| birth_place = Washington, DC

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| nationality = American

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| occupation = Jewelry designer and metalsmith

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Marcia Lewis (born 1946 in Washington, DC) is an American jewelry designer and metalsmith.{{cite web |title=Marcia Lewis |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/marcia-lewis-5885 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=30 June 2023}} She attended San Diego State University and Long Beach State University.{{cite web |title=Marcia Lewis Sculpture |url=https://www.objectsusa.com/?jw_portfolio=marcia-lewis-sculpture |website=Objects USA |access-date=30 June 2023}} Her work was featured in the January 1987 issue of Ornament magazine.{{cite journal |title=Marcia Lewis |journal=Ornament Magazine |date=January 1, 1987 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=48–53 |url=https://www.ornamentmagazine.org/marcia-lewis}} She is the author of the book Chasing: Ancient metalworking technique with modern applications] published in 1994.{{cite book |last1=Lewis |first1=Marcia |title=Chasing: Ancient metalworking technique with modern applications |date=1994 |publisher=LarMar Productions |isbn=978-0964426207}} She is professor emeritus at Long Beach State University.

Her work is in the collection of the Carnegie Museum of Art{{cite web |title=Marcia Lewis: Creature Collar II |url=https://collection.carnegieart.org/objects/c16fae7f-f5e9-4605-8ca9-e6d55c698535 |website=Carnegie Museum of Art |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=en}} and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Her work was included in the 2021 exhibition The Process of Becoming: The Jewelry Collection of Carolyn L.E. Benesh at the Wayne Art Center.{{cite web |title=The Process of Becoming The Jewelry Collection of Carolyn L.E. Benesh by Wayne Art Center |url=https://issuu.com/wayneartcenter/docs/becoming_2021_catalog_25.5x11 |website=issuu.com |access-date=30 June 2023 |language=en |date=7 December 2021}}