Amanda Dunbar

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Amanda Dunbar moved to Allen when she was 12 years old and quickly became a child prodigy artist. Ms. Dunbar began oil painting under the tutelage of Mr. Ferguson at Ford Middle School. By the end of two summers she had created close to 100 paintings.

By 16, she had appeared on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" and had sold nearly 80 paintings at Dallas art gallery. She has been featured in solo exhibits in Austin, Portland, Chicago and New York. In 2006, at the age of 24, Mrs. Dunbar was the youngest person to be inducted into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame.

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McKinney Public Library System , “Amanda Dunbar,” McKinney Public Library Digital History, accessed March 28, 2024, https://mckinneylibrary.omeka.net/items/show/869.