Karen Ann Hoffman
Karen Ann Hoffman has been beading peace, beauty, and meaning through her Haudenosaunee Raised Beadwork since the 1990s.
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Kelly Church
Native American basketmaker
Marina Nuñez Del Prado
Marina Núñez del Prado was one of the most widely acclaimed sculptors of Latin America.
Etel Adnan
Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist
Eva Mirabal
Entitled G.I. Gertie, her comic strips appeared in a Women’s Army Corps (WAC) publication and featured the hijinks of a young woman soldier.
Annie Klaney
Chilkat blanket weaver
Pablita Velarde
Prominent Native American painter
Edith Head
Costume designer Edith Head’s career in Hollywood spanned over five decades, earning her eight Academy Awards for Costume Design, the most any woman had received.
Josephine Lobato
For decades, Josephine Lobato has created embroidered renditions of cultural memories, enactments, and folk histories.
Gussie Wells
Like other quilters in the region, Wells and Williams tended to emphasize design, bright colors, and vivid contrasts in their quilts. They played endlessly with the form of the square and the straightforward strip, disguising and exploding these essential design elements in myriad ways.