Artists, Artisans, Musicians, and Writers
of the Chatham Area
The following index of Chatham's creative community, past and present, includes residents, natives, and expatriates. They have not only enriched our locality — in many cases their influence has been wide and substantial.
- Larry Aaron, historian and author of prose and poetry
- Chuck Adams, editor
- Laura Hankins Adcock, jazz vocalist
- Laura White Alderson, journalist, writer, poet, and publicist, of Raleigh, NC
- Norman Amos, woodcarver
- Jesse Andrews, photographer
- Beatrice Baldwin, artist
- Laura Bradley, artist
- Jean Braun, instrumental musician
- Sara Hunt Briggs, artist, of Arden, NC
- Chris Burgard, filmmaker
- Ann Fox Casada, writer, of Rock Hill, SC
- Dr. Jim Casada, historian, outdoorsman, writer, columnist, and editor, of Rock Hill, SC
- Maud Carter Clement (1879-1969), historian and writer
- Kimberly Ryan Clifton, writer and columnist
- Joseph F. "Rick" Cline, historian and writer
- Nancy Compton, artist
- Dr. William B. Crawley, Jr., historian and writer at Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA
- Carson Davenport, artist
- Tim Davis, journalist, writer, editor
- Arthur de Ponceau, poet
- Elsabe Johnson Dixon, artist
- Roger C. Dodson, historian and writer
- Carolyn Thompson Dudley, art psychotherapist in Gloucester, VA
- Kaye Jackson Elliott, television and radio writer, producer, graphical artist, and on-screen personality in Richmond, VA
- Ward Elliott, musician and master instrument maker in Floyd County, VA
- Bev Emerson, musician
- Claudia Emerson, poet, English Department, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA — 2006 Pulitzer recipient
- Madalene Vaden Fitzgerald, writer and historian
- J. W. Gardner, artist
- Vernon Geyer (1921-2001), geologist and sculptor
- Jeff Guenther, artist
- Barbara Hall, writer, producer, singer, and songwriter
- Karen Hall, writer, producer
- William T. Hathaway (1923–2009), naturalist and writer
- Charles Hawkins, artist, sculptor, and Chatham's former state senator
- Dr. Jay Hayes, historian and writer at Averett University, Danville, Virginia
- Wyatt C. Hedrick (1888-1964), architect
- Shayla Herndon, poet
- Wilson G. Hibble, artist
- Chris Hughes, historian and author
- Farida Hughes, artist
- Charlie Hurt, writer, reporter, New York Post Washington Bureau Chief
- Frances Hallam Hurt, author, historian, and dramatist
- Henry Hurt, editor and author
- Cary James, architect and writer of Mill Valley, CA
- Julia Morgan, Architect
- Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel
- King and Raven
- Helen James, artist, illuminator, and quilter
- Estelle Jefferson, artist
- Langhorne Jones, Sr., jurist, historian and writer
- Sue Kottwitz, jewelry designer
- Jesse LaPrade, artist
- Kenyon McCann, writer and dramatist
- Hugh D. McCormick (1903-1998), historian and writer
- Adrian McGrath, writer and editor, of New Orleans, LA
- Dr. Edgar Melton, historian and writer at Wright State University, Dayton, OH
- Herman Melton, historian and writer
- Dr. James Melton, historian and writer at Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- William Melton, filmmaker and administrator at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
- Alice Meyer, artist on the island of Paros, Greece
- April Miller, author
- Joe Miller, artist and graphic designer of Atlanta, GA
- Robin Lawrence Mildrum, artist
- Henry H. Mitchell, editor, writer, and artist
- J. T. W. "Trubie" Mitchell (1904–2001), teacher, photographer, and fiddler
- Mary Helvey Mitchell (1908–2008), artist
- Patricia B. Mitchell, food history writer
- Sarah E. Mitchell, design history writer
- Preston B. Moses (1908-1996), editor, artist
- Louise McCormick Motley, artist
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), artist
- Lucille Mabel Walthall Payne, writer
- Tom Royster, photographer
- Fillmore H. Sanford (1914-1967), psychologist, author, editor
- R. Nevitt Sanford (1909-1995), psychologist, author, founder of Wright Institute
- Paul Shelton (1915-1998), master saddlemaker and proprietor of Shelton Saddlery in Chatham
- Ricky Van Shelton, musician and writer
- Chris Smith, writer
- Landon Spradlin, musician and evangelist
- Mary Tallent, writer
- Ann Taylor, newscaster
- Mark Thomas, journalist, writer
- Estes Thompson, journalist, editor
- Gloria Hall Thompson, artist
- L. J. Toler, journalist and writer at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
- Agnes Fulcher Tune, artist
- Estelle Ironmonger Tyler, historian and writer
- Michiel VanDerSommen, sculptor in Greensboro, NC
- Ellen Bryant Voigt, poet
- Debbie Warnock, artist
- Biff Watson, musician in Nashville, Tennessee
- Jim Watson, musician, and writer at Readers Digest
- Dr. Thomas L. Watson (1871-1924), geologist and writer
- Diana West, Columnist
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- Christine Whitehead, artist and cancer therapist at Duke University, Durham, NC
- Harriet Whitehead, research analyst at Duke University, anthropologist, and writer
- John Hurt Whitehead, photographer and writer
- Mary Elizabeth Whitehead, musician at Northern Arizona State University
- Willis “Camden” Whitehead, architect of Richmond, Virginia; and professor of art and design at Virginia Commonwealth University
- Theckla White Williams, artist of St. Petersburg, FL
- James Womack, master saddlemaker and proprietor of Shelton Saddlery in Chatham
- Susan Worley, journalist, writer
- Jerry Wyatt, actor, vocalist, and teacher/director/producer in Danville, VA
- Susan Wyatt, fashion model
- Jonathan Yardley, writer, book critic, columnist
- S. Dail Yeatts, educator, historian
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