Ella Bond Johnston

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 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.

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 Johnston served as president of the Richmond Art Association from 1899 through 1915.

Johnston died on April 24, 1951, in Richmond, Indiana.