HONORARY MEMBERS

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  • Joyce J. Scott (Baltimore, MD)

    Bead-weaving, Textiles [inducted 2023]

  • Lavenia Nesmith (Columbia, MD)

    Singer, Actress [inducted 2021]

  • Samantha McElhaney (Baltimore, MD)

    Singer, Bus. Owner, Educator [inducted 2018]

  • Karen Abercrombie (Pittsburgh, PA)

    Actress, Singer-songwriter [inducted 2016]

  • Beverly Adams Thomas (Detroit, MI)

    Artist, Educator [inducted 2014]

  • K. Joy Ballard Peters (Atlanta, GA)

    Artist, Educator [inducted 2012]

  • Dr. Vernell A. Lillie (Pittsburgh, PA)

    Artistic Director/Theater Producer, Lecturer, Writer [inducted 2003]

  • Dr. Leslie King-Hammond (Baltimore, MD)

    Art Historian, Educator, Artist [inducted 2003]

  • Eva Anderson (Columbia, MD)

    Dancer, Choreographer [inducted 2003]

  • Dr. Vivian Davidson Hewitt (Charlotte, NC)

    Collector, Benefactor, Advocate of the Arts, Lecturer, Writer [inducted 1999]

  • Dr. Eileen T. Cline (Chicago, IL)

    Artist, Musician, Administrator, Educator, Role Model, Originator of The Pierian Song and Pierian Hymn [inducted 1991]

  • Dr. Selma H. Burke (New Hope, PA)

    Famous sculptress, Painter, creator of the FDR profile that appears on the US dime [inducted 1991]

  • Etta Moten Barnett (Chicago,IL)

    Concert artist, Lecturer, Recitalist, Collector of Artifacts, Student of Third World Culture [inducted 1991]