Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Margaret Burroughs

Printmaker, Museum Director

ArtMakers

Peggy Cooper Cafritz

Art Collector

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

Mary Schmidt Campbell

Academic Administrator, Art Curator

ArtMakers

Ruth Beckford

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Abena Joan P. Brown

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

BusinessMakers

Julie Hunter

Real Estate Entrepreneur, Retail Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Cecil Hayes

Interior Designer

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

BusinessMakers

Emma Chappell

Banker

ArtMakers

Ronne Hartfield

Curator, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

BusinessMakers

Barbara Bowles

Investment Manager

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

ArtMakers

Cleo Parker Robinson

Dancer, Artistic Director

ArtMakers

Jackie Taylor

Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Bettiann Gardner

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Hair Care Manufacturer

BusinessMakers

Delories Ricks-Wallace

Transportation Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Shirley Hughes

Corporate Executive

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

BusinessMakers

Jolyn H. Robichaux

Retail Entrepreneur

BusinessMakers

Leah "Dookie" Chase

Chef, Restaurateur

ArtMakers

Eloise Demaris Hughes

Dancer

BusinessMakers

Brenda Gaines

Business Chief Executive, Corporate Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

BusinessMakers

Jerline Lambert

Real Estate Broker

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Elma Lewis

Theater Chief Executive

ArtMakers

Florence Ladd

Fiction Writer, Academic Administrator

ArtMakers

Sonia Sanchez

Poet, English Professor

ArtMakers

Joan Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Dancer, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Doris Jones

Artistic Director, Dance Instructor

BusinessMakers

Alisa Starks

Leisure Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

BusinessMakers

Antoinette Malveaux

Association Chief Executive, Association Executive

ArtMakers

Vivian D. Hewitt

Art Collector, Librarian

BusinessMakers

Ora Higgins

Personnel Manager, Civic Leader, Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

Mellody Hobson

Investment Chief Executive, Investment Banker

ArtMakers

Madeline Murphy Rabb

Art Consultant, Curator

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Susan Cayton Woodson

Art Collector

ArtMakers

Isobel Neal

Art Gallery Owner

BusinessMakers

Evern D. Cooper Epps

Foundation Executive, Corporate Executive

BusinessMakers

The Honorable Marie Johns

Community Leader, Corporate Executive

ArtMakers

Ernestine Brown

Art Gallery Owner

ArtMakers

June Sallee Antoine

Nonprofit Chief Executive, High School Principal, Educator, Nonprofit Executive, Civic Leader, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Della Hardman

Art Professor