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Nell Choate Jones (1879–1981) – artist who had lived in Brooklyn [10] [11] Jones was awarded an honorary doctorate by the State University of New York in 1972 and received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 1979. She exhibited regularly across North America in the 1940s and 1950s as well as overseas in France ...
Cheryl "Coko" Clemons (born 1970) – gospel singer and lead singer of R&B group SWV; Abram Cohen (1924–2016) – Olympic fencer; David Cohen (1917–2020) – member of the US Army, a liberator of the Ohrdruf concentration camp, and schoolteacher; George H. Cohen – lawyer; Haylynn Cohen (born 1980) – model
In the late 1980s he also undertook tattoo art, opening Tattoo Seen, a tattoo parlor [1] which became one of the most successful studios in New York City. [ citation needed ] His more recent work includes three-dimensional sculpture, mixed media work with reclaimed or discarded materials (often found in the street), and a series of hand-painted ...
The following is a list of artists and bands associated with the city pop music genre during the late 1970s and 1980s (not necessarily solely city pop artists).. Groups and artists with aliases are listed by the first letter in their name, and individuals are listed by their surname.
Jacek Tylicki (New York City) – early street art – art war; Erni Vales (New York City] Dan Witz (Brooklyn, New York) Jason Wulf (New York City) – graffiti artist; XVALA (primarily Los Angeles) - street installations, stencils, graffiti; Tavar Zawacki (San Francisco) - Street art pioneer. Stencils, installation art, contemporary painter.
[120] An activist community eventually emerged to help families in the 1970s and early 1980s, led by groups such as El Puente, Los Sures and the People's Firehouse. In the late 1970s, artists who could no longer afford work space in Manhattan began to move into Williamsburg's abandoned industrial buildings and under-utilized apartments.
Queen Latifah (born 1970 as Dana Elaine Owens), singer, rapper musician, producer, actor [97] and from 1996 through 2015 based Flavor Unit Entertainment in the city [98] Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), singer and actor who resided in Jersey City after his marriage to Nancy Barbato [ 99 ]
Camomile Hixon (born 1970) – visual artist; William E. Hoehle – member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; Robert Hofstadter (1915–1990), physicist and Nobel laureate; Eric Holtz (born 1965) – Head Coach of the Israel National Baseball Team; Megan Hollingshead (born 1968) – actress, singer, broadway star