Maker Directory

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ArtMakers

LeRoy Winbush

Graphic Designer

ArtMakers

Nikki Giovanni

Poet

ArtMakers, MusicMakers

Howard Armstrong

Painter, Country and Blues Musician

ArtMakers

Erma L. Clanton

Playwright, High School English Teacher, Theater Professor, Theater Director, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Bennetta Nelson West

Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

James Earl Reid

Sculptor, Painter

ArtMakers

Shirley Ann Woodson Reid

Painter, Arts Administrator

ArtMakers

Louis Johnson

Dancer, Choreographer

EducationMakers, LawMakers, ArtMakers

Robert C. Johnson, Jr.

Playwright, Africana Studies Professor, Lawyer

ArtMakers, EducationMakers

Kenneth G. Rodgers

Fine Artist, Curator, Art History Professor, Museum Director

ArtMakers

Jefferson Eugene Grigsby

Fine Artist, Art Professor, High School Art Teacher

CivicMakers, ArtMakers

Askia Touré

Civil Rights Activist, Poet

ArtMakers

William T. Williams

Painter

ArtMakers

Robert "Buck" Brown

Painter, Cartoonist

ArtMakers

Geraldine Rhodes Kennedy

Dance Group Manager

ArtMakers

Armelia McQueen

Actress

ArtMakers, CivicMakers

Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin

Theater Chief Executive, Library Director, Arts Administrator, Librarian

ArtMakers

Ishmael Reed

Fiction Writer

ArtMakers

Donald Byrd

Choreographer

ArtMakers

Amina Baraka

Poet