Maker Directory

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PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Augusta Clark

City Council Member

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Earlean Collins

City Commissioner, County Commissioner

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

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

U.S. Congresswoman

ArtMakers

Abena Joan P. Brown

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Etta Moten Barnett

Stage Actress

ArtMakers

Cecil Hayes

Interior Designer

ArtMakers

Vy Higginsen

Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Terry McMillan

Fiction Writer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Carrie P. Meek

U.S. Congresswoman

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Carol Moseley Braun

U.S. Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Maxine Waters

U.S. Congresswoman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Mary Flowers

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Constance "Connie" Howard

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Kimberly Lightford

State Senator

PoliticalMakers

Alice Palmer

State Senator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Monica Stewart

State Representative, State Government Official

ArtMakers

Ronne Hartfield

Curator, Arts Administrator

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Iola McGowan

City Government Appointee, Political Party Executive

ArtMakers

Val Gray Ward

Artistic Director, Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Tillman

Civil Rights Activist, City Alderman

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Anna Langford

Civil Rights Lawyer, City Alderman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Monique Davis

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ethel Skyles Alexander

State Representative, State Senator

ArtMakers

Cleo Parker Robinson

Dancer, Artistic Director

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Bobbie Steele

City Commissioner

ArtMakers

Jackie Taylor

Stage Actress, Stage Director, Stage Producer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Wilma J. Webb

State Representative

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Blondell Reynolds Brown

City Council Member

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Dorothy Jackson

Civic Activist, City Government Official

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

PoliticalMakers

Doris Topsy-Elvord

City Council Member

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Lillie Mae Wesley

City Parks Administrator, Community Activist

ArtMakers

Eloise Demaris Hughes

Dancer

ArtMakers

Zenobia Washington

Doll Artist

ArtMakers

Geraldine McCullough

Art Professor, Painter, Sculptor

PoliticalMakers, CivicMakers

Janis F. Kearney

Presidential Appointee, Presidential Diarist

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

ArtMakers

Samella Lewis

Printmaker, Art Curator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Alexis Herman

Cabinet Appointee