Faith Ringgold and the Board of Directors invite you to the 22nd Annual Anyone Can Fly Foundation Garden Party. This year we are taking our party online and you know the reason why. 2020 has been such a challenge to all of us, but we party with live music, African-American art, positivity, joy and hope. Today, we recognize our 16th Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient with a new Lois Mailou Jones Art Education Award. Dr. Dawn Brooks-DeCosta will be interviewed by Howard University Associate Dean of Fine Arts, Dr. Lisa Farrington. Join us and get to know Dr. Brooks-DeCosta. You will hear of her journey from artist/art teacher to groundbreaking school principal opening the African-American art canon to the children of Harlem.
You will also see the children’s artwork by our One-of-a-Kind Kids – these children are recognized for their love of art, for being independent thinkers, and as leaders. The Anyone Can Fly Foundation treasures our kids and we encourage them to recognize the importance of imagination and creativity. We invite our kids to garden parties and we hold art competitions to select our artistic winners. This year the competition was to use art in describing their Covid-19 Quarantine experience. We hope that you will enjoy their work as much as we have. See you there.
Dr. Dawn Brooks-DeCosta and Dr. Lisa Farrington