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.
A creative and resourceful self-taught artist, Nellie Mae Rowe gained national recognition for her work during the last decade of her life.
American sculptor, painter, and educator
Teresita Fernández, recipient of a 2005 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, is a sculptor and visual artist whose works—often large in scale and inspired by landscape and natural phenomena—explore issues of perception and seeing.
1700s American wax sculptor and entrepreneur
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.
Betty Blayton (1937-2016) was an illustrator, painter, printmaker, and sculptor.
Marina Núñez del Prado was one of the most widely acclaimed sculptors of Latin America.
Ailsa O’Connor linked her art to society, both the themes she developed in her art and in the essays she wrote to explain the role of art in society.
Yup’ik maskmaker
Harlem Renaissance poet, painter, theater designer, and sculptor