McKinley Thompson Jr
McKinley Thompson Jr broke the color barrier as the first black American to work for a major auto manufacturer when Ford Motor Company hired him in 1956.
Timothy Joe
Timothy Joe is an award-winning self-taught painter from Greensboro, Alabama. He became an avid birder in 2018 when his family partnered with Alabama Audubon to offer birding tours on their 200-acre farm.
Amy Sherald
Award-winning portrait artist Amy Sherald waited tables until she was 38 before painting became a career. In 2018, the National Portrait Gallery unveiled her official portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama.
Kehinde Wiley
Kehinde Wiley is a highly regarded portrait painter known for his naturalistic paintings of black American men in heroic poses. Barack Obama chose Wiley to paint his presidential portrait.
Julia López
Julia López, an award-winning self-taught painter, usually paints in the Naïve genre, which calls for childlike simplicity. Her work often depicts rural and coastal life in Mexico.
Beauford Delaney
Beauford Delaney managed to carve a place in art history with his vibrant, modernist paintings that emerged during the Harlem Renaissance and other important art movements.
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was an accomplished black American sculptor, painter, and poet who expressed the black experience through her art and created groundbreaking pieces in celebration of black culture.