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Jan 18, 2017 · Days after George Lucas announced his $1-billion museum would be coming to L.A., wife Mellody Hobson sat down with the L.A. Times to discuss vision, inclusion and the next phase of Lucas' dream.
Jul 18, 2019 · July 18, 2019. Mellody Hobson was raised by a single mother and endured economic hardship as a child. The phone was shut off. The car was repossessed. Her family was evicted. Today, Ms. Hobson is ...
May 14, 2024 · As George Lucas celebrates his 80th birthday, find out more about the 'Star Wars' filmmaker's marriage with wife Mellody Hobson, the Ariel Investments co-CEO and president.
Mar 27, 2017 · Students are known as George Lucas Scholars or Mellody Hobson Scholars. “We are grateful that Mellody Hobson and George Lucas continue to provide visionary leadership on issues of diversity in our field,” said Michael Renov, vice dean of academic affairs at the School of Cinematic Arts.
For filmmaker George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, co-CEO and president of Ariel Investments, collecting art is a shared passion. Prior to their 2013 marriage, Hobson had been building a collection focused on contemporary African American works, including pieces by Kara Walker, Gary Simmons, and Norman Lewis.
Co-founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson and led by director and CEO Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the Lucas Museum was designed by renowned architect Ma Yansong of MAD Architects with Stantec as executive architect and will open in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park in 2025.
