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Willa Cather
Pulitzer Prize–winning author Willa Cather was acclaimed for her novels portraying the settlers and frontier life of the American Plains.
Frederick County
Undine Anna Smith Moore
Undine Smith Moore described herself as "a teacher who composes," while educating her students about music theory as well as the contributions of African Americans to American music and culture.
Ettrick
Theresa Pollak
A nationally known painter, Theresa Pollak was the founding faculty member of the School of Art at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Richmond
Susie May Ames
Susie M. Ames's writings made major contributions to understanding the social and cultural life of seventeenth-century Virginia.
Accomack County
Stoner Winslett
As artistic director and choreographer, Stoner Winslett has built the Richmond Ballet into a nationally recognized professional dance company.
Richmond
Solomon Isekeije
A native of Nigeria,Solomon Isekeijeis currently the director of the Division of Fine Arts at Norfolk State.
Norfolk
Sharyn McCrumb
The award-winning novels of Sharyn Elaine Arwood McCrumb celebrate the richness and variety of Appalachian culture.
Roanoke County
Rita Dove
A former poet laureate of the United States and of Virginia, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Rita Dove cultivates public awareness of American poetry and its increasing diversity.
Charlottesville
Queena Stovall
Taking up painting early in her sixties, Queena Stovall created works that recalled her life in rural Virginia and earned her the title the "Grandma Moses of Virginia."
Lynchburg and Amherst County
Pryalal Karmarkar
A native of Bangladesh,Pryalal Karmarkar is co-founder of Prio Bangla, a major cultural arts festival in Northern Virginia.
Northern Virginia