AKAs
Famous Alpha Kappa Alpha Artists and Illustrators
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Throughout the years, women of Alpha Kappa Alpha have been trailblazers in the field of art.
To celebrate their success in the field, we at Watch The Yard have created a list of some but not all of the notable members of the sorority who have found fame and success as artists and illustrators.
Check out the list below:
Barbara Chase-Riboud
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Sculptor and author, Barbara was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha through the sorority’s Delta Mu Chapter.
Jan Spivey Gilchrist
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Illustrator Jan Spivey Gilchrist is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. She is most well known for her work in children’s literature, especially illustrations in The Great Migration: Journey to the North, Nathaniel Talking, and My America.
Anita Posey Lowe
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Ceramic artist Anita Posey Lowe was initiated into Alpha Kappa Alpha through the Nu Chapter.
Laura Wheeler Waring
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Artist, painter and writer, Laura Wheeler Waring is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. She was an African-American artist and educator, best known for her paintings of prominent African Americans that she made during the Harlem Renaissance.
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
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Artist and sculptor Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller is an honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha. Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller was an African-American artist notable for celebrating Afrocentric themes. She was known as a multi-talented artist who wrote poetry, painted, and sculpted but was most noted for her sculpture
Mary Park Washington
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After crossing through the Kappa Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, Mary went on to become a well-known painter, illustrator and collage artist.
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