May 14, 2020
Join us on Thursday, May 21st at 3 PM EST for a virtual art class with Ronald Draper, Children’s Rights Young Professional Leadership Council Member, and Award-Winning Visual Artist.
Reciprocity & Generosity Through Art: A virtual art class for all experience levels to offer hope to those who need it most.
The concept: Give hope, take hope.
Ronald will discuss his experience with the foster care system and what brought him to Children’s Rights while gently guiding us through an art class to create messages of hope.
Give hope as you can, take hope as needed. Create and gift art, poems, notes, whatever you have in your heart to give into the “Hope Bin.” As long as it’s in digital image form, we can take it and redistribute your creation.
Ronald Draper is a Contemporary Visual Artist specializing in bespoke work for both residential and commercial properties. Ronald’s passion for art and education has made him an effective change agent, leveraging his philanthropic and artistic ability. He activates youth voices by creating culturally responsive educational environments, impacting thousands daily. Ronald is not only the Lead Art Educator for the Eagle Academy Network but holds creative leadership positions at the City University of New York, and Harlem Hospital as the Director of Contemporary Arts & Culture. He also serves as a creative partner to non-profits like City Year New York and the Wells Fargo Foundation.
Draper owns and operates the RD Showroom in the Port Morris section of the South Bronx. As the first Black-Artist-owned showroom in the Bronx, Draper is working to add to the narrative around the idea of an artist being in control of their own destiny.