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About the Artist Debra Hand: 
 
Debra Hand is an award-winning sculptor and painter whose work graces some of the nation's most prominent fine art collections.  Her work is preserved in world-class collections such as that of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the DuSable Museum in Chicago, Illinois. 
 
Debra Hand is one of the most commissioned sculptors in Chicago when it comes to honoring African Americans of historical significance. Among the many historical icons who own her work are President Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett - Obama's Senior 
White House Advisor, Dr. Winnie Mandela, Bill Cosby, Dr. Maya Angelou, Harry Belafonte, Cicely Tyson, Senator Emil Jones, Sr., Astronaut - Dr. Mae Jemison, Deloris Jordan, Spike Lee. Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., Cheryl Burton, Susan Taylor, Baby Face Edmonds, Branford Marsalis, Tavis Smiley, Johnnetta B. Cole, Sinbad, LL Cool J, Merri Dee, Nichelle Nichols - Lt. Uhura of Star Trek fame, , jazz great Branford Marsalis, Christopher Gardner (the financial guru whose life was the subject of movie - the PURSUIT of HAPPYNESS), acclaimed columnist - Teesee Hooks, and Dr. Margaret Burroughs - principle founder of the DuSable Museum.  A sculpture by Debra Hand has also been recently commissioned for presentation to Michelle Obama by the Merry Green Promotions Group.  
 
Other organizational commissions and presentations include the Boeing Corporation, UNCF, WVON radio on behalf of Melody Spann-Cooper, and the Chicago Urban League on behalf of Cheryle Jackson.  Works by Debra Hand can also be found in numerous historic and diverse collections ranging from the Plaza Club atop the Prudential Building in downtown Chicago -- to Congressional offices in Washington.  Hand has also completed multiple projects with the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, the organization that first gave her a real violin and challenged her to use it as a canvas for a work-of-art. The stringed instruments now reside in major museum collections.

Debra Hand is an international artist who has been featured by Harry Porterfield of ABC News in their Emmy Award winning segment "Someone You Should Know; and also featured in the Emmy Award winning documentary "Curators of Culture" by Rita Coburn Whack. Sculptures by Debra Hand have been showcased in magazines such as Homes of Color and Jet Magazine, as well as in books such as African Art: the Diaspora and beyond by Daniel Texidore Parker and in the Sculptural Objects Functional Art catalogue 2007.  Hand's work has been exhibited at prestigious locations such as the Museum of Science and Industry, U.S. Cellular Field, and Navy Pier.

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