Distinguished Visitors
Distinguished Visitors in Atlanta
2012
- Janine Antoni, artist
- Sandra Beasley, author
- James Belzer, director
- Augusten Burroughs, author
- Song Byeok, propaganda artist
- Y. David Chung, multimedia artist and filmmaker
- Pearl Cleage, Atlanta-based writer
- Andy Cohen, executive vice president of development and talent at Bravo and host of the nightly talk show, "Watch What Happens Live"
- Lisa Collins, attorney with Woodcock Washburn LLP
- Claire Cook, bestselling author
- Susannah Darrow, executive director and co-founder of BURNAWAY
- Fairfax Dorn, executive director and co-founder of Ballroom Marfa
- Andre Dubus III, author
- Kyle Durrie, artist
- Dario Escobar, artist known for his "baroque meets today type" series of works that combines Baroque handcraft with well-known consumer products
- Amy Flurry, writer and fashion stylist: "Recipe for Press"
- Steff Geissbuhler, designer of integrated brand and corporate identity programs
- John Gidding, interior designer, architect and television personality
- Lauren Groff, author
- James Gurney, artist
- Brian Holcombe, founder and director of SALTWORKS
- Austin Kleon, author
- Michael Jeffrey Lee, contributor to Conjunctions, an associate editor at the New Orleans Review and is at work on a novel
- Ann-Marie Manker, artist
- Steve McCurry, photographer
- Steve Miller, professor in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alabama and coordinator of the M.F.A. degree in the Book Arts Program
- Rebecca Oliver, literary agent
- Elena Passarello, writer
- Gin Phillips, author
- Mimi Plange, women's wear designer
- Laurie Pressman, vice president, Pantone
- Josh Russell, author
- Robbin Ami Silverberg, artist and founding director of Dobbin Mill and Dobbin Books
- Jeffrey Simpson, historian and author, and has written books on the histories of subjects ranging from architecture, interior design to his own family's story
- Christian Singer, artist, educator, curator and art dealer
- Nancy Spector, deputy director and chief curator of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Renee Stout, artist
- Laura Straub, writer and the woman behind Vouched Books Atlanta
- Alexandra Styron, author
- Stephanie Syjuco, ceramic artist
- Hank Willis Thomas, artist
- Isabel Toledo, fashion designer
- Ruben Toledo, artist
- Paul Tough, author
- Carol Wallace, author
- Eileen Wallace, artist, curator, visiting professor of printmaking, University of Georgia
- Marshall Weber, artist and directing curator, Booklyn Artists Alliance
- Gregory Wein, style director, Surface magazine
- Susan Rebecca White, author
- Fred Wilson, conceptual artist
2011
- Marina Abramović, performance and visual art pioneer
- Waris Ahluwalia, jewelry designer, House of Waris
- Chris Abani, author
- Jennifer Boles, contributing editor with House Beautiful magazine and creator of the design blog, The Peak of Chic
- Julie Blockmon, photographer
- Mohamed Bourouissa, French photographer
- Rebeecca Burns, author-journalist
- Chris Buzelli, illustrator
- SooJin Buzelli, senior vice president and creative director of trade magazine publisher Asset International
- F.E. Castleberry, fashion photographer
- Sloane Crosley, author
- Brian Dettmer, artist
- Rich Eldridge, contributor to Atlanta Magazine
- Philip Freelon, architect
- Mitchell Gold, co-founder and co-principal of the internationally acclaimed home furnishings company Mitchell + Gold
- Whoopi Goldberg, comedian, actress, author
- Mark Goldblatt, novelist, columnist and political commentator
- Philippa Gregory, author
- Teri Hawkins, entrepreneur
- John Hendrix, illustrator
- Matthew Higgs, curator, critic and artist
- Whoopi Goldberg, actress
- Martha Grimes, author
- Andreas Kocks, artist
- Elizabeth Kostova, author
- Sarah Lewis, art historian
- Mary Lum, painting and collage artist
- Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid, composer, multimedia artist and writer
- Helen Molesworth, chief curator, Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston
- Lisa Perry, fashion designer
- Christopher Phillips, curator, International Center of Photography in New York City
- Krista Reese, freelance writer and author of two cookbooks
- Whitney Robinson, senior editor, "Town & Country"
- Karen Russell, author
- Scott Schuman, founder and photographer behind "The Sartorialist"
- Gary Shteyngart, author
- Kathryn Stockett, author
- Sarah Thornton, art historian and author
- Gary Tinterow, Engelhard Chairman of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Nancy VanDevender, artist
- Sarah Vowell, author
- Bob Williams, co-founder and co-principal of the internationally acclaimed home furnishings company Mitchell + Gold
- Susan Rebecca White, author
2010
- Kirsten Anderson, founder of Roq la Rue Gallery, and editor and co-publisher of the book "Pop Surrealism: The Rise of Underground Art"
- Margaret Atwood, the Booker Prize-winning author of "The Handmaid's Tale" and "The Blind Assassin"
- Jeanette Montgomery Barron, photographer
- Terry Berlier, interdisciplinary artist
- Vanessa Bertozzi, director of communications for Etsy.com
- Bettina, former supermodel
- Brian Bolke, co-owner of Dallas boutique Forty Five Ten
- Anthony Bourdain, chef and author
- Dove Bradshaw, artist
- Vanessa Brown, visual artist
- Steven Charny, senior art director, Rolling Stone
- Clodagh, Irish designer
- Joel Cohen, comedy writer, "The Simpsons," "SNL," "Suddenly Susan"
- Chris Cook, visual artist
- Kelly Cutrone, fashion publicist
- Bret Easton Ellis, writer
- Thom Filicia, founder of interior design firm, Thom Filicia Inc.
- Amy Flurry, freelance writer, editor and stylist
- Kelly Framel, curator, theglamourai.com
- William Gibson, author
- Laurie Ann Goldman, founder, SPANX
- Joshua Hirsch, minister of technology, Big Spaceship
- Jennifer Hyman, co-founder Rent the Runway
- Suzanne Kasler, Atlanta-based interior designer
- Robert Klanten, founder and publisher of Gestalte
- Chuck Klosterman, author
- Mychael Knight, Atlanta-based fashion designer
- Jaithan Kochar, co-founder of lifestyle company Eddie Ross Inc.
- Rita Konig, Domestic diva and author
- Michael Largo, author
- Robert Lee, Mark McDevitt, senior partners, Methane Studios
- Christiane Lemieux, designer and founder, DwellStudio
- Faythe Levine, founder of the popular Midwest craft fair, Art vs. Craft, and the director and producer of the documentary film "Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY Art, Craft and Design"
- John Lineweaver, founder, Lineweaver Design & Communications in Atlanta
- Jaqui Lividini, international retail and fashion expert, and owner of the marketing agency LWP
- Jeff Louviere, visual artist
- Jada Loveless, vintage jewelry entrepreneur and contributing fashion editor at The Atlantan
- Nary Manivong, fashion designer
- Sid Mashburn, Style concierge
- Caleb Mulvena, principal architect, New York-firm Mapos
- Nick Olsen, interior designer
- Obin Olson, director, editor and cinematographer from DV3 productions
- Lothar Osterburg, printmaker and photogravure artist
- Chris Parachini, owner, Roberta's restauran
- Toby Past, creative director, Razorfish
- Will Pearson, president and co-founder of mental_floss
- Fahamu Pecou, painting, video and performance artist
- Adam Penenberg, author
- Julia Reed, contributing editor at Newsweek, founding contributor to the women's Web site wowowow.com, and creative director of taigan.com
- Britta Riley, artist and entrepreneur
- Clare Rojas, "Mission School" artist and performer
- Eddie Ross, co-founder of Eddie Ross Inc. and daily blog at eddieross.com
- Heather Ross, illustrator and designer
- Isabella Rossellini, actress and filmmaker
- Robert Rufino, senior editor-at-large for House Beautiful
- Arliss Ryan, author
- Angel Sanchez, bridal and evening wear designer
- Leah Ward Sears, the first African-American female chief justice in the United States and the first woman and youngest person to sit on the Supreme Court of Georgia
- Cameron Silver, owner, Decades vintage boutique in Los Angeles, and co-owner of Decadestwo, a contemporary designer consignment boutique
- Art Streiber, portrait and entertainment photographer
- Alison Elizabeth Taylor, artist
- Roland van Kralingen, co-founder of one of Europe's top consulting firms, INNOA, based in Amsterdam
- Massimo Vignelli, iconic designer in the Modernist tradition
- Erik Vonk, CEO, Back of the House, USA
- Keith Weaver, creative director, Razorfish
- Wayne White, Emmy Award-winning designer
- Hutton Wilkinson, owner, creative director and president of Tony Duquette Inc.
2009
- Ray C. Anderson, founder, Interface
- Candice Breitz, visual artist
- Augusten Burroughs, author
- Darryl Carter, Washington, D.C.-based interior designer
- Christine Eisner, designer and author
- Walter O. Evans, retired physician, art collector, philanthropist
- Sanford Greene, sequential artist
- Emily Giffin, author
- Sylvia Heisel, New York fashion designer
- Trenton Doyle Hancock, artist
- Ned Kahn, environmental artist and sculptor
- Mychael Knight, fashion designer
- Rita Konig, style expert and author
- Vincent Laforet, photographer
- Laura Martin, colorist, Gaijin Studios
- Adam Penenberg, journalist and assistant professor
- Deborah Poyton, visual artist
- Victoria Price, designer and author
- Miles Redd, interior designer
- Lela Rose, fashion designer
- Ellen White, novelist
- Colson Whitehead, author
- Elizabeth Hartley Winthrope, novelist
2008
- Teri Agins, senior fashion editor
- Kader Attia, artist
- Matali Crasset, designer
- Danny Clinch, photographer and film director
- Adam Davies, novelist
- Nene Humphrey, sculptor and installation artist
- Alfredo Jaar, artist, architect and filmmaker
- Marcus Kenney, visual artist
- Chip Kidd, graphic designer, art director and author/editor
- Jamaica Kincaid, novelist
- Karim Rashid, industrial designer
- Claire Sanchez, handbag designer
- J.J. Sedelmaier, animator
- Yinka Shonibare, visual artist
- Allison V. Smith, photographer
- Art Spiegelman, sequential artist
- Jen Swearington, mixed media fashion designer
- Andre Leon Talley, Vogue contributing editor
- Tiffany Teague, fashion designer
- Joyce Tenneson, photographer
- Carrie Mae Weems, visual artist
2007
- Lady Bunny, New York DJ
- Augusten Burroughs, author
- Dan Carithers, interior designer
- Allan deSouza, mixed media and photo-conceptual artist
- Philippe de Montebello, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Patrick Dougherty, sculptor
- Linda Fargo, Bergdorf Goodman senior vice president of fashion office and store presentation
- Pamela Fiori, Town & Country editor-in-chief
- Greg Gorman, fine art photographer
- Bethann Hardison, fashion designer and model
- Peter Horvath, artist
- Suzanne Kasler, interior designer
- Jerry Kearns, painter and cultural activist
- Hung Liu, painter
- Carmia Marshall, fashion designer and author
- Claude Morais, Ruffian designer
- Walter Mosley, author
- Steve Mumford, combat illustrator
- Wangechi Mutu, sculptor and anthropologist
- John Oetgen, interior designer
- Karim Rashid, industrial designer
- Michael Rees, sculptor
- Robin Rice, executive vice president of west elm
- Elizabeth Schulte Roth, editor in chief, Atlanta Peach
- Jane Smiley, author
- Jill Timm, artist
- Carmen Webber, fashion designer and author
- Brian Wolk, Ruffian designer
- Tom Woodham, senior editor, Veranda
- David Yurman, jewelry designer and entrepreneur
2006
- Isidro Blasco, artist
- Brenda Brathwaite, game designer, game consultant and SCAD professor
- Noah Falstein, president of The Inspiracy, a consulting firm specializing in game design and production
- Santiago Barberi Gonzalez, president of the luxury handbag and accessories company Nancy Conzalez
- Robert Hicks, author
- Nene Humphrey, sculptor and installation artist
- Dakota Jackson, American furniture designer
- Tama Janowitz, author
- Jeffrey Kalinsky, director of designer merchandising for Nordstrom
- Peter Seung-taek Lee, president of gameLab, a game development company
- Michael and Judy Mauldin, entertainment moguls and philantropists
- Terri McMillan, author
- Lisa Newsom, interior designer and publisher of Veranda magazine
- Joel Shapiro, sculptor
- Sandy Skoglund, artist
- Spencer Tunick, photographer
- Monique Van Genderen, artist
2005
- Franck Boclet, fashion designer
- Spike Lee, film director, producer, writer and actor
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