Susan Hudson
Quilter and co-founder of the Navajo Quilt Project
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Jennie Thlunaut
Tlingit weaver credited with single-handedly keeping the tradition alive in Alaska during a period of decline in interest in native crafts
Ada Thomas
Chitimacha basketmaker
Lucinda Toomer
African-American quilter
Eppie Archuleta
Native American weaver
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.
Nancy Azara
American sculptor, painter, and educator
Dot Peters
Respected Aboriginal Australian Elder who worked tirelessly for many years in the eastern region, raising awareness of Aboriginal issues and strengthening the community.
Teresita Fernández
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.
Emily Muir
Emily Lansingh Muir, the first woman to serve on the US Commission of Fine Arts, was a painter who drew her inspiration from the life and landscape of coastal Maine.