Maker Directory

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ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

John Beasley

Actor, Theater Chief Executive, Stage Director

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Norman Rice

Mayor

ArtMakers

Elaine Ellis

Dancer

BusinessMakers, PoliticalMakers

Steven Roberts, Sr.

Entrepreneur, City Alderman

PoliticalMakers, BusinessMakers

Michael Roberts, Sr.

City Alderman, Entrepreneur

ArtMakers

Fay Ray

Dancer

ArtMakers

Geraldine Rhodes Kennedy

Dance Group Manager

ArtMakers

Sandra Fortune-Green

Ballet Dancer, Dance Instructor

ArtMakers

Walter Mason, Jr.

Stage Actor, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Prince Spencer

Dancer

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Floyd Norman

Animator, Scriptwriter

ArtMakers

Linda Marie Allen

Interior Designer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Melvin "Kip" Holden

Mayor

ArtMakers

Armelia McQueen

Actress

ArtMakers

Ken Page

Actor

ArtMakers

Marva Lee Pitchford-Jolly

Sculptor

ArtMakers

Malik Yusef Jones

Spoken Word Artist

ArtMakers

Samuel Akainyah

Art Gallery Owner

ArtMakers

Sam Gilliam

Painter

ArtMakers

Thaddeus Mosley

Sculptor

CivicMakers, PoliticalMakers

Sala Udin

Civil Rights Activist, City Council Member

MedicalMakers, PoliticalMakers

Edgar Duncan

Pharmacist, Presidential Appointee

ArtMakers

Vernell Lillie

Theatrical Instructor

ArtMakers

Sharon Farmer

Photographer

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

Gen. Colin L. Powell

Military Officer, Cabinet Appointee, Presidential Appointee, U.S. Cabinet Official

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Elbra Wedgeworth

City Council Member

ArtMakers

Patric McCoy

Art Collector, Curator

ArtMakers

Opalanga D. Pugh

Professional Storyteller

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Allegra "Happy" Haynes

City Government Administrator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Gloria Travis Tanner

State Senator

ArtMakers

Lee Ransaw

Fine Artist, Art Professor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable C. Jack Ellis

Mayor

ArtMakers

Nicole Smith

Curator

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson

U.S. Congresswoman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Eva M. Clayton

U.S. Congresswoman

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin

Theater Chief Executive, Library Director, Arts Administrator, Librarian

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

Carl Snowden

Civil Rights Activist, City Government Official

PoliticalMakers

Florence Farley

Visual Artist, Psychology Professor, Mayor, City Council Member

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Ray Miller

State Senator, State Assemblyman

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Toni Preckwinkle

County Commissioner

ArtMakers

Queen Brooks

Visual Artist

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael B. Coleman

Mayor

ArtMakers

Kojo Kamau

Photographer

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Michael Nutter

Mayor

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Sylvester Turner

State Representative, Mayor

ArtMakers

Lalita Tademy

Author

PoliticalMakers

The Honorable James Gadsden

Foreign Ambassador

ArtMakers

Napoleon Jones-Henderson

Mixed Media Artist

MilitaryMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable Theodore Britton, Jr.

Sergeant, Foreign Ambassador

LawMakers, PoliticalMakers

The Honorable George Forbes

Lawyer, City Council Member