Eppie Archuleta
Native American weaver
Native American weaver
Quilter and co-founder of the Navajo Quilt Project
Copper Inuit hunter, seamstress, and singer
Kiowa regalia maker
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.
Mexican writer and toymaker
Cleveland-based pioneer in sewing, cooking, and craft “how-to” programs on radio and television in the late 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
In 1924 Wicker opened the Clarke School of Dressmaking and Fashion Design
Curator of Textiles and Near Eastern ART for the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA, 1954-81)
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.