Erlena Chisolm Bland

Biography

Erlena Chisolm Bland (January 18, 1923 – February 16, 2009) was an American painter and sculptor. Born in Washington, D.C., Bland attended Dunbar High School and earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University; she received a master's degree in library science at the University of Maryland, College Park. She spent nearly two decades as a librarian working with special education students at Goding Elementary School in Washington.

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