Alice Yick

The first Chinese American woman to work at the Charlestown Navy Yard and an advocate for military veterans.

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Nellie Mae Rowe

A creative and resourceful self-taught artist, Nellie Mae Rowe gained national recognition for her work during the last decade of her life.

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Lisa Bellear

Lisa Bellear’s work as an artist, poet, photographer, broadcaster, activist and academic continues to inspire change and educate.

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Emma Amos

An artist accomplished in several media, Emma Amos explored difficult issues concerning politics, gender, race, and cultural history in her work. Her highly expressive visual art combined printmaking, painting, and textiles with photography and collage. She was also known as a teacher, curator, writer, and activist.

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Beverly Buchanan

Beverly Buchanan found her calling as an artist after pursuing a career in health education and realizing that she wanted to express the images, stories, and architecture of her African American childhood.

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