Sheila Levrant de Bretteville

Sheila Levrant de Bretteville
Born1940 (age 83–84)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma materBarnard College
Yale University
Known for
  • Graphic design
  • public art
  • arts education
Awards2004 Gold Medal from the American Institute of Graphic Arts

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.[1][2] In 2010 she was named the Caroline M. Street Professor of Graphic Design.[3]

  1. ^ "About Sheila Levrant de Bretteville | SUL". Lib.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  2. ^ International women in design. New York: Madison Square Press ; Distributed to the trade in the United States and Canada by Van Nostrand Reinhold. 1993. p. 28. ISBN 978-0-942604-30-6.
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