Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

Samuel Greenlee

Fiction Writer, Poet

ArtMakers

Edmund B. Gaither

Curator

ArtMakers

Jonathan Green

Painter, Printmaker

ArtMakers

Allen Stringfellow

Collage Artist, Watercolor Artist

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

ArtMakers

Kalamu ya Salaam

Poet, Music Critic

ArtMakers

Sonia Sanchez

Poet, English Professor

ArtMakers

Paul D. Goodnight

Painter

ArtMakers

Joan Gray

Nonprofit Chief Executive, Dancer, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Lou Stovall

Printmaker

ArtMakers

Michael A. Schultz

Film Director

ArtMakers

Synthia Saint James

Visual Artist

ArtMakers

Robert Stull

Comic Book Artist

ArtMakers

Joan Sandler

Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Julian Marvin Swain

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Oz Scott

Stage Director, Television Director, Television Producer

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

S. Pearl Sharp

Playwright, Film Actress, Stage Actress, Poet

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Ronald Glass

Stage Actor, Television Actor

ArtMakers

Charles "Chuck" Smith

Theater Director

ArtMakers

Merton Simpson

Painter

ArtMakers, StyleMakers

James Guilford

Painter, Barber

ArtMakers

Micki Grant

Actress, Lyricist, Songwriter

ArtMakers

Tyree Guyton

Public Artist

ArtMakers

Jefferson Eugene Grigsby

Fine Artist, Art Professor, High School Art Teacher

ArtMakers

Howard Simmons

Photographer

ArtMakers

Philip Simmons

Blacksmith

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Cedric Smith

Painter, Photographer

ArtMakers

Brenda Singletary

Mixed Media Artist

ArtMakers

Prince Spencer

Dancer

ArtMakers

Sam Gilliam

Painter

ArtMakers

Nicole Smith

Curator

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin

Theater Chief Executive, Library Director, Arts Administrator, Librarian

ArtMakers

Theaster Gates

Visual Artist, Urban Planner

ArtMakers

Gus Solomons jr

Dancer, Choreographer

ArtMakers, EntertainmentMakers

Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Actor, Screenwriter, Stage Director

ArtMakers

Thelma Golden

Museum Director, Curator

ArtMakers

Ntozake Shange

Playwright, Author

ArtMakers

Lorna Simpson

Photographer

ArtMakers

JoeSam

Mixed Media Artist

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Lynn Sterling

Actor

ArtMakers

Ernest J. Gaines

Author

ArtMakers

Savion Glover

Tap Dancer, Choreographer, Actor

ArtMakers

Joanne V. Gabbin

English Professor, Poet

ArtMakers

Courtney Sloane

Interior Designer

ArtMakers

Donald Sutton

Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Betye Saar

Visual Artist

ArtMakers

Bettye J. Stull

Curator, Arts Educator

ArtMakers

Terrence Spivey

Artistic Director

ArtMakers

Tony F. Sias

Arts Administrator, Actor

ArtMakers

Ed Spriggs

Curator, Art Professor