Darius Milhaud is a composer who was born to a Jewish family in Aix-en-Provence on September 4, 1892. Originally a violinist, Milhaud later focused his musical...
Hung Liu was born on February 17, 1948 in Changchun, China. Hung Liu is a Chinese painter who focuses on paintings based on historical Chinese photographs of p...
Imogen Cunningham was born on April 12, 1883 in Portland, Oregon and died on June 24, 1976 in San Francisco, California. A photographer at the center of the 19...
Robert Moses was born in 1963. Robert practices and teaches dance and choreography through RMK Dance Company as well as at Mills as a professor. He incorporate...
Maria Kaylib Chavez, a.k.a. MK Chavez, was born on June 14, 1964 in San Francisco. MK Chavez is a poet and writer. She said, “Animals are always going to be pr...
Yiyun Li was born on November 4, 1972 in Beijing, China. She is the author of six books, including three novels and two short story collections, A Thousand Yea...
Yuri Kochiyama was born on May 19, 1921 and died on June 1, 2014. She was born in San Pedro, CA, while she spent many of her later years in Oakland, CA as well...
“It’s adversity, being in the heat of the struggle, that moves us forward. Fighting gives me back my energy.” ~ Nellie Wong
Nellie Wong’s focus is poetry, s...
Pauline Oliveros was born on May 30, 1932 in Houston, Texas and died on November 24, 2016 in Kingston, New York. Pauline Oliveros’s life as a composer, perform...
Jeremy Webster “Fred” Frith was born on February 17, 1949 in the small town of Heathfield in East Sussex, England. Frith describes himself as a songwriter, com...
Julia Morgan, born on January 20, 1872 in San Francisco, is one of the most well-known architects. Morgan worked for over 40 years in architecture and designed...
