Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Randy Duncan

Choreographer, Dancer

ArtMakers

Julie Dash

Filmmaker

ArtMakers

Suzan-Lori Parks

Playwright

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Valerie Jarrett

Real Estate Lawyer, City Government Appointee, Presidential Advisor

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

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

The Honorable Wayman Smith

Corporate Executive, Municipal Court Judge, City Alderman, Political leader

ArtMakers

Phoebe Beasley

Visual Artist

ArtMakers

R. Gregory Christie

Illustrator

ArtMakers

Billie Allen

Actress, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Eleo Pomare

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Lewis Myers

Actor

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

PoliticalMakers, EducationMakers

The Honorable Hazel O'Leary

Cabinet Appointee, University President

ArtMakers

Alice Randall

Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Writer

PoliticalMakers

Larry Langford

County Commissioner, Mayor

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

ArtMakers

George W. Faison

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Tyree Guyton

Public Artist

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

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Coy Payne

Mayor

ArtMakers

Jefferson Eugene Grigsby

Fine Artist, Art Professor, High School Art Teacher

PoliticalMakers

Calvin Coolidge Goode

City Council Member

EducationMakers, ArtMakers

E. Ethelbert Miller

Academic Administrator, Poet

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sharon Pratt

Mayor

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

Jack Johnson

State Deputy Attorney, County Government Official

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

ArtMakers

Ras Ammar Nsoroma

Muralist

ArtMakers

Ferne Yangyeitie Caulker

Choreographer, Dance Professor, Dancer

PoliticalMakers

Vel Phillips

State Government Appointee

MedicalMakers, PoliticalMakers

Myrtle Davis

Pharmacist, City Council Member

ArtMakers

Melba Moore

Stage Actress, Musical Singer, Singer

ArtMakers

Mona Lake Jones

Poet

ArtMakers

Orlando Bagwell

Filmmaker, Documentary Filmmaker