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M A R C E L L A L O U I S B R E N N E R W ’ 3 2 , H ’ 0 1
Marcella Louis Brenner W’32, H’01 has been a
public school teacher and principal, a scholar,
and an educator. She founded and directed the
Museum Education Program at The George
Washington University, establishing the field of
museum education and bringing to the forefront
the importance of making art accessible and
meaningful to a wider circle of the public. For
her pioneering work in art education, she received
an honorary doctorate from MICA in 2001.
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As an administrator and consultant, she has
introduced many programs in the U.S. and
Israel which focus on helping professional
teachers to excel. She is the widow of world
renowned painter Morris Louis ’32, in whose
honor she provides an annual scholarship at
MICA.Additionally, she has endowed the
Marcella Brenner Distinguished MAT Scholar
Award and donated a major painting by
Morris Louis, which is prominently exhibited
in the Brown Center’s Leidy Atrium.