Mellody Hobson, a Princeton graduate who in 2019 earned the Woodrow Wilson Award, the university’s highest honor, was named Chairwoman of the Board of Starbucks.
The Board of Directors of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, including co-founders George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, announced today that Sandra Jackson-Dumont has been appointed the museum’ director and chief executive officer.
On Thursday, Walker as president of the Ford Foundation and Elizabeth Alexander, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, shepherded a $30 million deal to buy the photo archive of America’s most iconic Black magazines. A judge in Chicago approved the sale as part of an auction to pay off secured creditors of the Johnson Publishing Company, which sold the magazines three years ago.
The City of Chicago made its first full-throated response this week to a lawsuit seeking to stop construction of the Obama Presidential Center, saying the buildings would sit on land that wasn’t subject to restrictive public-trust laws.
More than 100 civic and community leaders joined Mellody Hobson and George Lucas at the groundbreaking for the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art which is the largest public gift ever given to a municipality.
L.A.’s Promise Fund CEO Veronica Melvin thanked the Lucas family for investing in the South L.A. and also thanked the people who brought the museum to fruition.
Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas mentions how having the Lucas Museum promotes arts and culture
At the Lucas Museum press conference, City Council President Herb Wesson explains how narrative art plays a major role in civil rights and American history
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will be a place of education innovation and creativity for the children in the community.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti talks about how the new museum will provide jobs and bring a vibrant upgrade to exposition park
Legendary filmmaker George Lucas who introduced movie lovers to Star Wars and Indiana Jones, along with his wife Mellody Hobson, received overwhelming approval from the Los Angeles City Council for the construction of the Legendary filmmaker George Lucas who introduced movie lovers to Star Wars and Indiana Jones, along with his wife Mellody Hobson, received overwhelming approval from the Los Angeles City Council for the construction of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art (LMNA).
George Lucas and wife Mellody Hobson speak on Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opening in South L.A.
Earlier this year, Chicago snubbed the opportunity to become the home of the future Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, forcing the prolific movie director George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson to consider other locations, namely, Treasure Island in the Bay Area and Exposition Park in South LA.
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to issue a resolution declaring Exposition Park as the ideal location for a museum planned by the legendary filmmaker George Lucas.
Lucas is a graduate of USC, and both he and Hobson are esteemed leaders and supporters of the university and its diverse community