The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. It isn't a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but it is a calamity not to dream...It is not a disgrace not to reach the stars, but it is a disgrace to have no stars to reach for. Not failure, but low aim is sin.
Benjamin E. Mays
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
COMMUNITY & ARTS
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THE COMMUNITY SIDE
2023 01/23 Community Dessert Team Challenge
2023 05/23 NVAA Appreciation Team builder
2023 08/23 Victim & Support Systems Ceremony
2023 09/23 4th SNMM P7 Fashion Show Fundraiser
2022 Loudoun County Virginia Volunteer of the Year
2022 SNMM P7 Fashion Show Gala Fundraiser
2022 Loudoun County BOS Community SNMM Sensitivity Training
2022 Victim & Support Systems Ceremony
2022 Annual Powerful7 Fashion Show Fundraiser
2021 Victim & Support Systems Ceremony
2021 Powerful7 Fashion Show Experience Fundraiser
2020 Loudoun County Arts Advisory Committee
2020 SNMM 3rd P7 Fashion Show Fundraiser
2019 Commanders Washington Football Team Art Fundraiser
2018 LOUDOUN 100 Honoree
2018 Becky’s Be Your Own Heroine Fundraiser
2017 Washington Football Wives Fundraiser
2017 Washington National Park-Fans Project
2016 The Missing Piece Diversity Forum
2015 RFK Human Rights Organization Morale Builder
2014 Men of Code Fundraiser
2014 Article 911 Fashion Show Fundraiser
2014 RFK Human Rights Organization Team Builder
2013-2014 Ballou High School Art Silence No More Project
2012 DC Beautification Project
2011 Maya Angelou Public Charter School Silence No More Project
2010 Beyond Words Fashion Show Fundraiser
2010 Lollipop Kids Fundraiser Design Center
2010 Friendship Collegiate Academy Youth Silence No More Project
2009 Morgan Stanley DC Art Expo Fundraiser
2009 Walter Johnson High School Silence No More Project
2008 Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fundraiser
2007 Habitat and Humanity Fundraiser
2006 Howard University Scholarship Fundraiser
2005-2006 Silverstarr DC Public & Charter High School Art Competition
2005 DC Martin Luther King Memorial Project Fundraiser
2004 A Better Chance NY Fundraiser
2004 Greater Washington Area Chapter Women Bar Association Fundraiser
2003 Take Wings Foundation Fundraiser
2003 wvsarts Fundraiser
2003 Ithemba Taste of South Africa Fundraiser
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ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST
COLLECTIONS
WOOD ILLUSION SHATTERED GLASS LIFE
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Lisa has had the privilege of opening for icons such as Stevie Wonder and her art is currently being featured in various universities and celebrity homes however, she remains most humbled from being Commissioned by the Pentagon to produce a commemorative piece called "Honor 911" in honor of those who lost their lives in the 9/11 tragedy.
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She is a self taught artist who has created such collections as Wood Illusions, Life and Shattered Glass Collection is widely recognized for her unique ability to capture emotions through her works. She is innovative with her use of materials and ability to manipulate light, shadow, and space to create the illusory effect of her artwork lifting off the canvas, glass, or wood.
Lisa considers her style to be an eclectic mix of expressionism and realism. Her artworks, both cultural and sensual also graces the walls of President of Federally Employed Women, New York Jets' Kris Jenkins, NBA basketball Hall of Fame star Chris Webber, singer Anthony Hamilton, producer Yvette Lee Bowser, entertainers the Wayans, and numerous homes in New York, Detroit, Atlanta, Los Angeles, St. Croix, and the DMV area.
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In 2007 and 2008 Lisa and NY Jet Pro Bowler Kris Jenkins founded and hosted the Washington DC International Arts Expo held at the Washington DC Convention Center for emerging artists to be introduced and recognized by the local and national arts community. A year later, this event would feature 100 of the most celebrated artists in the world and raise more than 7K for Hoop Dreams foundation and the Dr. King Memorial.
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What continues to a top moment is the project she named after her mom, the Silver Starr DC Public and Charter High School Art Competition & Seminar.
HISTORY​
2022 Phenomenal Women Exhibition
2022 INMED DMV Youth Art Project
2020 - 2021 Loudoun County Arts Advisory Committee
2021 Federally Employed Women National Commencement Print
2021 INMED Youth Artists AAC Government CTR Exhibit
2022 The 99% Complete Exhibit
2019 Sheehy Infinity Art Showcase
2019 Loudoun 99% Complete Solo Exhibit
2017 Washington Nationals Park Association Project
2014 H ST. Community Paint for a Cause Fundraiser
2013 Reflection on Glass DC Solo
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2013 World Bank Art All Night Team Builder
2011 Barbara Lang, President DC Chamber of Commerce Commission
2010 Duke Ellington School of the Art Project
2010 Beyond Words Fashion Show
2010 Reflections Exhibition DC Solo, Heroes Exhibition
2009 Wood Illusions Howard University Solo
2009 Solo opener for Stevie Wonder Maya Foundation fundraiser
2008 Howard University Office of Director of Armour J. Blackburn University Center
Outstanding Support of the Arts & Youth Award
2008 HCASC Honda Expo Student Union Solo
2008 SOHO NY Transformation Exhibit
2008 The Washington DC Convention Center International Fine Art Exhibition 100 Artists
2007 The Washington DC Convention Center International Fine Art Exhibit 100 Artists
2007 Moods Experience Solo Exhibition
2005 - 2006 Silver Star Art Seminar DC High and Charter School Competition
2005 Reflections Experiment Solo Exhibition
2004 A Better Chance NY Solo Exhibition
2001 Pentagon Commission honoring victims "Honor 911
SOLD, From the wood Illusion Collection
Pentagon Commission, Honor,