For a woman who used her talents and seized the opportunity to create her own future:
Click on name to read more about each honoree.
- Ayile Arnett, 2020
- Thom Thi Bach, 1988
- Tina L. Birchett, 1999
- Eunice Carruthers, 1986
- Joyce Cobb, 2002
- Veronica Coleman-Davis, 1994
- Carol Coletta, 1989
- Maritza Dávila-Irizarry, 2025
- Karla Davis, 2013
- Franketta Guinn, 1991
- Cordell Jackson,* 2001
- Dr. Lisa Jennings, 2012
- Edith Kelly-Green, 1993
- Nancy Lawhead, 2007
- Joan Lee-Nelson,* 1990
- Elaine Lee-Turner, 1990
- Kamekio Lewis, 2017
- Ruth Lomo, 2008
- Jenny Odle Madden, 2011
- Nadia Matthews, 2015
- Hazel Moore, 2003
- Peri Motamedi, 1992
- Tonga Nguyen, 1998
- Deanie Parker, 2004
- Judy Peiser, 1985
- Dorothy Gunther Pugh, 1987
- Ellen Rolfes, 2024
- Gayle Rose, 2014
- Rachel Shankman, 2000
- Karen Shea, 1997
- Maxine Starling Strawder, 2019
- Susan Stephenson, 2006
- Wanda Taylor, 2018
- Melanie Smith Taylor, 2023
- Evelyn Thorpe-Hibbler, 1996
- Jodie Vance, 2009
- Rev. Sonia Walker, 2010
- Bennie Nelson West, 2016
- Mahaffey White,* 2005
- Elnora Payne Woods,* 1995
* = deceased
Our most recent Initiative honoree:
Maritza Dávila-Irizarry, Puerto-Rican born acclaimed printmaker, art educator