Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Ossie Davis

Film Director, Screenwriter, Stage Actor, Film Actor, Actor

ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

ArtMakers

David Driskell

Art Professor, Curator, Fine Artist, Visual Arts Collector

ArtMakers

Katherine Dunham

Choreographer, Dancer, Dance Instructor

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

ArtMakers

Jeff Donaldson

Painter

ArtMakers, MilitaryMakers

Ed Dwight

Sculptor, Test Pilot

ArtMakers

Ruby Dee

Stage Actress, Film Actress, Actress

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

ArtMakers

Paul D. Goodnight

Painter

ArtMakers

Joan Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Dancer, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Ronald Glass

Stage Actor, Television Actor

ArtMakers, StyleMakers

James Guilford

Painter, Barber

ArtMakers

Willis Bing Davis

Mixed Media Artist

ArtMakers

Micki Grant

Actress, Lyricist, Songwriter

ArtMakers

Randy Duncan

Choreographer, Dancer

ArtMakers

Julie Dash

Filmmaker

ArtMakers

Carmen De Lavallade

Choreographer, Actress, Dancer

ArtMakers

Tyree Guyton

Public Artist

ArtMakers

Jefferson Eugene Grigsby

Fine Artist, Art Professor, High School Art Teacher

ArtMakers

Rita Frances Dove

Fiction Writer, English Professor, Poet

ArtMakers

Sam Gilliam

Painter

ArtMakers

Theaster Gates

Visual Artist, Urban Planner

ArtMakers

Thelma Golden

Museum Director, Curator

ArtMakers

André De Shields

Stage Actor, Stage Director, Choreographer

ArtMakers

Clinton Turner Davis

Theater Director, Stage Producer

ArtMakers

Ernest J. Gaines

Author

ArtMakers

Savion Glover

Tap Dancer, Choreographer, Actor

ArtMakers

Joanne V. Gabbin

English Professor, Poet

ArtMakers

Edwidge Danticat

Author

ArtMakers

Antonio Dickey

Photographer