Dorothy Hayes was a Black graphic designer and educator. She was born on December 1, 1935 in Mobile Alabama. Hayes graduated from Alabama State College and moved to New York in 1958 where she graduated from the Cooper Union School of Art with a graphic design degree. In 1970 she co-curated the Black Artist in Graphic Communication exhibition. Hayes was a professor of art and advertising design at New York Technical College and owned Dorothy's Door, a commercial design agency. Hayes also created abstract plastics sculptures. Hayes died on July 31, 2015.

Dorothy Hayes Papers M2740

Images from the collections M2740, Stanford University, Special Collections.