Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson (1940-2015) and her son Sydney moved into this home in 1974, and she lived and worked there in the Shepard community until her passing. Raised in Columbus’s Poindexter Village and educated in the local public schools, Robinson also studied at Columbus College of Art and Design and The Ohio State University. A visual historian, she created art that reflected stories handed down from her elders, experiences within her community, and local history she researched while working at the Columbus Metropolitan Library. She received a 2004 MacArthur Award for her celebration of “family, ancestry, and the grandeur of simple objects in drawings, paintings, and large-scale, mixed-media assemblages.” Robinson taught art for Columbus Recreation and Parks 19 years before becoming a full-time working artist in 1991. As she traveled the world and gained national acclaim, this home became her muse, with every room dedicated to her research, writing, and art-making, including drawings, watercolors, button-beaded books and dolls, illustrated texts and journals, and monumental tapestries and sculpture using traditional, found, and handmade materials. Her works are now held in numerous public and private collections. When she died, she entrusted her estate to the Columbus Museum of Art, and the home studio was renovated to preserve her spirit, her love of community, and to inspire resident artists.