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Evalena Henry

Evalena Henry of Peridot, Arizona, is recognized as the master basketweaver among the San Carlos Apache.

Elizabeth James-Perry’s artwork is intimately tied to her Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal homeland. Highly regarded within her community and beyond for her woven wampum, twined basketry, quillwork and sashes, she is considered one of the most accomplished Native artists in New England.

Lynda Barry

Barry invented the term “autobiofictionalography” to describe the hybrid nature of her multilayered, multimedia approach that incorporates collage and drawing in ink and watercolor.

Dr Carolyn Mazloomi

Regarded as the leading authority on African-American quilts and quiltmaking, Carolyn Mazloomi has fostered and promoted the perpetuation of this traditional art form through her organization the Women of Color Quilter’s Network (WCQN).

Clara Neptune Keezer

Although basketweaving was experiencing a decline in Maine in the 1950s, Keezer became involved in the revitalization of the basketweaving tradition. Not content to replicate old forms exclusively, she began building on the tradition of the strawberry basket.

Clarissa Rizal

Member of the Raven T’akDein Taan (black-legged kittiwake) Clan of Hoonah/Glacier Bay, Alaska, highly respected cultural leader and multitalented artist who has contributed to the revival and perpetuation of the Chilkat blanket weaving.

Delores Elizabeth Churchill

Delores Churchill is a Haida master weaver of baskets, hats, robes, and other regalia.

Dolly Spencer

Inupiat dollmaker

Elena Charles

Yup’ik maskmaker

Arbie Williams

African-American quilting artist