Maker Directory

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MilitaryMakers

Roy Chappell

High School Teacher, Tuskegee Airman

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

Dawoud Bey

Photographer

ArtMakers

Abena Joan P. Brown

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Oscar Brown, Jr.

Poet, Entertainer, Music Composer, Actor

ArtMakers

Allan Crite

Painter

ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

Film Director, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Actor

StyleMakers

John Atchison, Jr.

Hair stylist, Salon Owner

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

ArtMakers

Wadsworth A. Jarrell, Sr.

Painter

StyleMakers

Veronica Jones

Fashion Retail Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Floyd Griffin

Colonel, Mayor, State Senator

ArtMakers

Cecil Hayes

Interior Designer

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Richard Hunt

Sculptor, Painter

ArtMakers

Kerry James Marshall

Painter

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

BusinessMakers, StyleMakers

Edward Gardner

Personal Care Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

StyleMakers

Rose Morgan

Personal Care Entrepreneur, Beautician

ArtMakers

Lorenzo Pace

Mixed Media Artist

ArtMakers

Gordon Parks

Fiction Writer, Film Director, Photographer, Filmmaker

ArtMakers

Lloyd Richards

Academic Administrator, Stage Actor, Theater Director

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable John Rogers, Sr.

Juvenile Court Judge, Tuskegee Airman

MilitaryMakers

Col. William R. Thompson

Tuskegee Airman

LawMakers, MilitaryMakers

The Honorable William Sylvester White

Juvenile Court Judge, Military Officer

MedicalMakers, MilitaryMakers

Augustine Davis

Pharmacist, Sailor

StyleMakers

Carrie L. Davis

Fashion Entrepreneur

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

ArtMakers

Ausbra Ford

Sculptor, Art Professor

ArtMakers

Ronne Hartfield

Curator, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Okoro Harold Johnson

Playwright, Stage Actor, Theater Director

StyleMakers

Charlene Jordan

Beauty Shop Owner, Hairdresser

StyleMakers

Precious Lashley

Fashion Designer

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Allen Stringfellow

Collage Artist, Watercolor Artist

ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

StyleMakers

Jermikko Shoshannah Johnson

Fashion Designer

MilitaryMakers

Alfred Brothers, Jr.

Engineer, Airplane Pilot

ArtMakers

Noel Mayo

Industrial Designer, Design Professor

ArtMakers

Richard Long

Author

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress