Faith Ringgold is hosting our 21st Annual Garden Party at the Rio II Rooftop Galleries and Terraces in Manhattan and will present the Distinguished Scholars Lifetime Achievement Award to CUNY Distinguished Professor, Dr. Lisa Farrington. Prof. Farrington is the leading expert in African-American Art History, Feminist Art History and Haitian Art History.

In addition to the conversation with Prof. Farrington we have presentations to One-of-a-Kind-Kids elected between 2009 to present, as well as presentations of our new James A. Porter College Scholarship.

Join us for an afternoon of art, conversation, and refreshments. The mission of the Anyone Can Fly Foundation is to expand the art establishment's canon to include artists of the African Diaspora and to introduce the Great Masters of African American Art and their art traditions to children and adult audiences.

Your donation for the afternoon is $100.00 per person. The Foundation is a 501c3 charitable organization supported by people devoted to the visual arts.

Join the Anyone Can Fly foundation at our 20th annual Garden Party.

The mission of the Anyone Can Fly Foundation is to expand the art establishment's canon to include artists of the African Diaspora and to introduce the Great Masters of African American Art and their art traditions to children and adult audiences. 

Faith Ringgold, foundation founder, will host a fundraiser at her Englewood Studio honoring Master Quilter and the founder of the National African-American Quilt Convention, Marla Jackson with our annual Lifetime Achievement Award and for the first time we will bestow the Mme. Willi Posey Commemorative Fashion Award upon Sara Bunn, a Master Fashion Designer living in Teaneck, NJ. 

Refreshments will include hors d'oeuvres, desserts, soft drinks, and wines. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization supported by people devoted to the visual arts. 

Anyone Can Fly Foundation's 16th Annual auction on November 8, 2017

The Foundation was founded by artist, Faith Ringgold in 1999 with a mission to expand the art establishment's canon to include artists of the African Diaspora and to introduce the Great Masters of African American Art and their art traditions to children and adult audiences.

In 2002, we celebrated our 501c3 status with our 1st Annual Art Exhibit & Auction hosted by the ACA Galleries, helping us to fundraise and further art programs and award giving.

Purchase your early-bird tickets, right now discounted at $35.00, and come on out and enjoy delicious hors d'oeuvres, drinks and desserts. The donation will increase to $40.00 September 30th.

We are a 501c3 charitable organization supported by people devoted to the visual arts.

Auction 2017 Call for Artwork

Call for Artwork
Theme: Ancestors

Dear Artists,
Faith Ringgold has selected the theme of "Ancestors" for this years auction.

Themed art works should be ; original (no copies or prints) 2-D,  8x10 and unframed. We ask that themed art works are a 100% donation. The themed artwork will be included in a silent auction with a starting bid of $45.00 and will not be returned to the artist (unless the artist comes to collect the work after the auction). Use the themed form for this type of donation. The deadline for submission of all work is, Thursday, Oct 26, 2017.

We want your beautiful original art too your work that is not related to the theme too. Works not related to the theme should be, original, 2-D, 36 x 48 or smaller.  Please use the general donations form for this kind of a donation. The artist is responsible for shipping, pick-up, etc. The proceeds from the sale works will be shared with you (50%) on a general non-themed donation if you make that request on your form (your option). 

Send the actual work as soon as you are ready but no later than Oct 26, 2017.  Label every art work and include a hard copy of the donation form. In addition please email jpeg and a digital copy of a donation form for each work submitted to Ringgoldfaith@aol.com. Send art to:  Barbara Wallace at 10 West  135th Street, 11-S New York NY 10037. Please let us know that you've sent the art so we can watch for it and so that we can confirm receipt.

Option 2: Drop off art work to Grace at 345 West 145th Street  New York, NY 10031 on Thursday, October 26, 2017.  Call to set up and confirm drop off.  My cell number is 858 735-0687.

Thank you for your generous support.

Sincerely,

Faith Ringgold and Grace Matthews

Anyone Can Fly Foundation Annual Auction Event
Auction date: Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Location: Affirmation Arts Studio
523 W 37th St
New York, NY 10018
Entry Deadline: October 26, 2017Drop off date: October 26, 2017
$40 donation at the door but participating artists enter free

General/Artist donation form (pdf) 2017
Themed/Artist donation form/(pdf) 2017

Join the Anyone Can Fly foundation at our annual Garden Party.

The mission of the Anyone Can Fly Foundation is to expand the art establishment's canon to include artists of the African Diaspora and to introduce the Great Masters of African American Art and their art traditions to children and adult audiences. 

Faith Ringgold, foundation founder, will host a fundraiser at her Englewood Studio this year recognizing Master Artist, Beverly McIver with the 2017 Celebrated Artist Lifetime Achievement Award. 

The donation to attend this afternoon event is $129.00 per person. 

Refreshments will include hors d'oeuvres, desserts, soft drinks, and wines. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization supported by people devoted to the visual arts. 

Join the Anyone Can Fly foundation at our annual Garden Party to honor Norman Lewis as the 2016 African American Masters Legacy Award Honoree.

Norman Lewis (1909-1979) was an American artist known for his incisive depictions of contemporary society. Lewis began his career as a Social Realist painter, focusing on the inequities caused by poverty and racism, and later shifted his focus towards abstraction and gestural mark-making in the mid-1940s. He emerged as the sole African American in the first generation of Abstract Expressionists alongside Ad Reinhardt, Franz Kline, and Jackson Pollock. He drew inspiration from artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Mark Tobey, in addition to music and traditional African art. The self-taught Lewis remained committed to social concerns throughout his career, forming the Spiral Group with Romare Bearden, Charles Alston, and Hale Woodruff during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Born Norman Wilfred Lewis on July 23, 1909 in New York, NY, he died on August 27, 1979 in the city of his birth at the age of 70. - via ArtNet

Annual Holiday Party to thank the volunteers who support the work of the Foundation.

Join us for a wonderful night of art and music at the annual Anyone Can Fly Foundation Auction hosted by ACA Galleries at the Open Center's Grand Room.