Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Randy Duncan

Choreographer, Dancer

MusicMakers

Anne Brown

Classical Singer

ArtMakers

Julie Dash

Filmmaker

ArtMakers

Suzan-Lori Parks

Playwright

MusicMakers

Philip Cohran

Trumpet Player

ArtMakers

Maurice Hines, Jr.

Choreographer, Entertainer, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Carmen De Lavallade

Choreographer, Actress, Dancer

ArtMakers

Marie Brown

Literary Agent, Magazine Editor, Book Editor

ArtMakers

Kevin Cole

Mixed Media Artist

ArtMakers

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe

Photographer

ArtMakers

Jack T. Franklin

Photographer

ArtMakers

Howardena Pindell

Visual Artist, Curator

ArtMakers

Abiodun Oyewole

Spoken Word Artist, Poet

ArtMakers

Preston Jackson

Sculptor

ArtMakers

Zonia T. Way

Interior Design Consultant

ArtMakers

Camille Billops

Fine Artist

MusicMakers

Blanche Burton-Lyles

Pianist

MusicMakers

Florence LaRue

Singer

MusicMakers

Benjamin Wright

Music Director, Conductor, Music Arranger

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

MusicMakers

William "Buddy" Collette

Jazz Musician

MediaMakers, MusicMakers

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom

Marketing Entrepreneur, Music Manager

ArtMakers

R. Gregory Christie

Illustrator

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Eleo Pomare

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Lewis Myers

Actor

MusicMakers

George Daniels

Record Store Owner

ArtMakers

Leslie King-Hammond

Installation Artist, Academic Administrator, Art History Professor, Curator, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Adam Wade

Actor, Singer, Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Wade Hudson

Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

Alice Randall

Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Writer

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

ArtMakers

George W. Faison

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Tyree Guyton

Public Artist

MusicMakers

Lessly "Count" Fisher

Bandleader

EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Lois Fisher

Nightclub Owner, Singer

MusicMakers

Matthew Kennedy

Music Professor, Choral Director, Pianist

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Kenneth G. Rodgers

Fine Artist, Curator, Art History Professor, Museum Director

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Josh White, Jr.

Actor, Folk Singer

ArtMakers

Deborah Willis

Photographer

ArtMakers

Denise Nicholas

Actress, Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

Ayisha McMillan Cravotta

Dancer

LawMakers, EntertainmentMakers, MusicMakers

Larkin Arnold

Talent Management Chief Executive, Entertainment Lawyer, Music Executive

ArtMakers

Jefferson Eugene Grigsby

Fine Artist, Art Professor, High School Art Teacher

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

E. Ethelbert Miller

Academic Administrator, Poet

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

MusicMakers

Harry Elston

R & B Singer, Songwriter

MusicMakers

Reverend Dr. Mable John

R & B Singer

MusicMakers

Everett Greene

Singer