De Bretteville, Sheila Levrant

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Dates:
Birth 1940
Gender:
Female
Americans

Biographical notes:

Sheila Levrant de Bretteville (born 1940) is an American graphic designer, artist and educator whose work reflects her belief in the importance of feminist principles and user participation in graphic design. In 1990 she became the director of the Yale University Graduate Program in Graphic Design and the first woman to receive tenure at the Yale University School of Art. In 2010 she was named the Caroline M. Street Professor of Graphic Design. de Bretteville holds degrees from Barnard College and Yale University and has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), the Moore College of Art and California College of the Arts.

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Subjects:

  • Feminism and art
  • Feminism and education
  • Feminists
  • Women artists

Occupations:

  • Artists, American
  • Feminists

Places:

  • New Haven, CT, US
  • Brooklyn, NY, US
  • Los Angeles, CA, US

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