Howard-Tilton Memorial Library also had a book exhibit in the first floor lobby featuring books by and about women of color in the arts. Exhibit visitors left a long list of recommended artists, some of whom were represented in the exhibits, some of whom were new to the exhibit organizers!
Recommended artists from the Tulane Community:
Suzan Lori-Parks (playwright, novelist, musician)
Lynn Nottage (playwright)
Lauryn Hill (musician)
Solange (musician)
Elizabeth Catlett (graphic artist, sculptor)
Sonia Sanchez (poet)
Dr. Francis Cress Welsing (technically a psychiatrist)
Phyllis Wheatley (poet)
Maya Angelou (poet, novelist)
Audre Lorde (poet)
Kali Uchis (musician)
Octavia Butler (novelist)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (novelist)
Toni Morrison (novelist)
Angie Thomas (novelist)
Michelle Obama (technically a lawyer, but Amy Sherald painted her portrait)
Nina Simone (musician)
Zora Neale Hurston (novelist)
Ava Duvernay (filmmaker)
Countee Cullen (lgbt, poet)
Kara Walker (painter, print-maker, film-maker)
Mickalene Thomas (painter)
Vanessa German (poet, performer, sculptor, photographer)
Carrie Mae Weems (photographer)
Deana Lawson (photographer)
Toyin Ojih Odutola (visual artist)
Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (painter)
Whitney Houston (musician)
Leontyne Price (musician)
Sade (musician)