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Copper Inuit hunter, seamstress, and singer
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Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings
Kiowa regalia maker
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.
Ana Karen Allende Noriega
Mexican writer and toymaker
Louise Winslow
Cleveland-based pioneer in sewing, cooking, and craft “how-to” programs on radio and television in the late 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
Amanda Wicker
In 1924 Wicker opened the Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design
Dorothy G Payer Shepherd
Curator of Textiles and Near Eastern ART for the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA, 1954-81)
Teri Rofkar
Teri Rofkar, known also by her Lingít clan name, Cháas’ koowú tláa was a master in the traditional ways of Raven’s Tail weaving and Spruce Root Basketry. She was also an accomplished educator who passed on these traditional Lingít weaving techniques to future generations so that the skills and art of the Lingít people would not be lost.
Sophie George
Yakima-Colville beadworker whose work has been featured in many museum collections and exhibits and who has worked hard to document her tribal heritage and to keep it a part of her people’s cultural future.
TahNibaa Naataanii
Master weaver, whose inspiration and creativity extend far beyond Toadlena, New Mexico. As a relentless culture bearer, her weaving has immeasurably impacted both traditional and contemporary textile arts.