![]() His work can be found at Bennet College, North Carolina Central University, Guilford College, The Weatherspoon Art Museum and Virginia State University.įor many years, he was a member of Saint James Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, NC. He was one of the original co-founders and first president of the African American Atelier, which originally opened in 1991. where he pursued his MFA in Sculpture (completed in 1952). In 1950, he attended Catholic University in Washington, D.C. In the fall of 1947, McMillan became the Chair of the Art Department at Bennett College. He returned to Howard for the final year and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1947. McMillan served in the United States Navy during World War II from 1943-1946. ![]() In 1991 he co-founded the African American Atelier and served as its first President. He was Head of the Art Department at Guilford College from 1969-1988. In 1941, at the age of fifteen, young James McMillan graduated valedictorian from his school and moved to Washington, D.C. He was born in Sanford, NC on Decemto James Ernest and Sadie McRae McMillan. Services will be live-streamed and posted on this obituary page for viewing. at Serenity Funeral Home, 1024 Homeland Avenue, Greensboro, NC.Ī celebration of life service will be held privately with the family followed by the interment in Lakeview Memorial Park, Greensboro, NC with military honors. Public viewing will be held Friday, Septemfrom 12 until 7 p.m. McMillan, 96, passed away Thursday, Septemat Wesley Long Hospital. ![]()
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