Category: Fine Arts

Violinist Eva Leon has been making beautiful music ever since she was a little girl growing up in the Canary Islands. She is one of the most successful Spanish violinists of her generation having won the major Spanish violin competitions and several international ones. Her performance schedule as a soloist and chamber musician takes her all over the world.

Passion, talent, creativity, commitment...Lisa Johnson-Willingham has an abundant supply. A member of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 1993-1999, she's also choreographed for a number of other companies, ran several dance programs, including Ailey Camp Chicago and is currently Director of the Ailey Extension which offers more than 80 classes a week in over 25 different dance and fitness techniques. Listen Now:

Educator, writer, storyteller, filmmaker, artist, activist, mentor, mom -- Aiesha Turman is a force to be reckoned with. Tired of not seeing positive images of black women and girls in the media, Turman decided to take matters into her own hands. She founded Super Hussy Media and The Black Girl Project.

Nailah Lymus is a 29 year old native New Yorker and devout Muslim fashion designer who not only started her own label, Amirah Creations, but in 2012, launched Underwraps, the first ever Muslim Modeling Agency.

This week's guest is Grimanesa Amoros, an interdisciplinary artist who makes use of sculpture, video, and lighting to create works that illuminate our ideas of personal identity and community. Born in Lima, Peru, Grimanesa lives in and works in New York City.