Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Melvin Van Peebles

Actor, Film Director, Fiction Writer, Playwright, Writer

CivicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth

Civil Rights Activist, Pastor, Foundation Executive

MusicMakers, ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Dwight Andrews

Music Director, Chaplain, Pastor

ReligionMakers, CivicMakers

Vincent Harding

Theologian, Civil Rights Activist

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. J. Alfred Smith, Sr.

Pastor

ArtMakers

Marjorie Witt Johnson

Dancer, Dance Instructor

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Harry J. Lennix

Stage Actor, Film Actor

ArtMakers

Stanley Nelson

Film Producer, Documentary Filmmaker

ReligionMakers

Reverend John H. Cross, Jr.

Pastor

ArtMakers

Willis Bing Davis

Mixed Media Artist

ArtMakers

Micki Grant

Actress, Lyricist, Songwriter

ArtMakers

Ann Marie Williams

Artistic Director

ReligionMakers

Sister Francesca Thompson

Religious Leader

ArtMakers

Joyce Owens Anderson

Mixed Media Artist

ArtMakers

Charles Randolph-Wright

Stage Director

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Georgette Seabrooke Powell

Art Therapist, Nonprofit Chief Executive, Painter

ReligionMakers

Reverend Dr. Mary Ivey

Minister

ArtMakers

Randy Duncan

Choreographer, Dancer

ArtMakers

Julie Dash

Filmmaker

ArtMakers

Suzan-Lori Parks

Playwright

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

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

ReligionMakers

Reverend Maxine Walker

Minister

ArtMakers

Wade Hudson

Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

Cheryl Willis Hudson

Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

Alice Randall

Fiction Writer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Writer

ReligionMakers

Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr.

Civil Rights Leader, American History Professor, Minister

ArtMakers

Naomi Long Madgett

Poet, English Professor

ArtMakers

George W. Faison

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Tyree Guyton

Public Artist

ReligionMakers

Bishop Vashti McKenzie

Bishop

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