Marie McDonald
McDonald is not only the islands’ best-known practitioner of the art of Hawaiian lei making, but she is also its primary scholar.
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Laverne Brackens
A textile artist from Fairfield, Texas, Laverne Brackens represents a long tradition of improvisational quiltmaking among African-American women.
Lila Greengrass Blackdeer
Lila Greengrass Blackdeer first learned black ash basketmaking to help supply her family’s roadside basket stand on Highway 12 near her hometown.
Julia Parker
Julia Parker spent most of her years living and working in Yosemite Village in California.
Karen Ann Hoffman
Karen Ann Hoffman has been beading peace, beauty, and meaning through her Haudenosaunee Raised Beadwork since the 1990s.
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
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.