Terry Lenihan

Terry Lenihan is a Los Angeles artist and educator. Professor Lenihan is the Director of Art Education and the Director of ARTsmart, a community service program for The Department of Art and Art History at Loyola Marymount University. She is an advocate for arts education and a believer in the power of art as a catalyst for social change. Her research interests include: K–12 and post-secondary art education, service learning, collaborative art, and social justice arts education. Lenihan was a founding member of the Leadership Team of CREATE CA, a broad-based, statewide coalition building an education reform movement that views arts and creative education as a central part of the solution to the crisis in California schools. Terry is also a sculptor and installation artist known for her monumental figurative sculptures that reference the individual’s struggle against constraints, and the power of celebration in the human gesture. Her artwork has been featured in numerous gallery and museum venues both locally and internationally.