Ella Bond Johnston
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| Born | Ella Bond November 19, 1860 Webster, Indiana |
| Died | April 24, 1951 (aged 90) Richmond, Indiana |
Ella Bond Johnston (November 19, 1860 – April 24, 1951) was an art administrator and educator. She is known for promotion of art and art appreciation into the education curriculum of Richmond, Indiana, at the end of the 19th century.
Johnston née Bond was born in Webster, Indiana[1] on November 19, 1860. She studied at Earlham College and began a career as an educator in the Richmond Public School. She married Melville F. Johnston in 1889, with whom she had one child.[2]
In 1898 Johnston co-founded the Richmond Art Association. Other founders included Strickland Gillilan and William Dudley Foulke. The association assembled a collection of art that was available to all in the community[1] The collection included pieces from the Richmond Group art colony.[3] Johnston served as president of the Richmond Art Association from 1899 through 1915.[2]
In 1915 Johnston was appointed the senior docent in the art galleries of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco. She also served as the chair of the art department of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and the Indiana Federation of Art Clubs.[2] Johnston was the author of The Art Movement in Richmond, Indiana: A History[3] and an article in the October 1907 issue of the Journal of Education, "An Art Association for the People".[4]
Johnston died on April 24, 1951, in Richmond, Indiana.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ella Bond Johnston (1860–1951)". Morrisson-Reeves Library History. 11 November 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Johnston, Ella Bond". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500948. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ a b "Richmond Group". Richmond Art Museum. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ Johnston, Ella Bond (1 October 1907). "An Art Association for the People". Journal of Education. pp. 341–342. doi:10.1177/002205740706601303. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- 1860 births
- 1951 deaths
- Women educators
- 19th-century American women educators
- 20th-century American women educators
- American arts administrators
- American women arts administrators
- People from Wayne County, Indiana
- American art educators
- Earlham College alumni
- 19th-century American educators
- 20th-century American educators