Auction Supports New Eco-Friendly Community Center on Historic Georgia Avenue
Distinguished non-profit Mentors of Minorities in Education’s Total Learning Cis-tem (M.O.M.I.E’s TLC), will be hosting their first annual art auction, “Visions of Greatness” on December 17, 2011 at Sankofa’s Books and Video, at 2714 Georgia Avenue NW, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Proceeds from the Visions of Greatness auction will benefit M.O.M.I.E’s new, eco-green office building. This new location will provide M.O.M.I.E’s with the resources needed to uphold their mission to provide a culture-based education to inner-city youth.
Attending the auction will be prominent figures from the D.C. metro area, as well as notable members of the D.C. arts and education community. Featured in the auction will be chosen works by artists from Philadelphia, New York City, and Washington, D.C. In addition to work displayed from professional artists, high school and university art students from the D.C. region will be showing work entered through The Visions of Greatness Art Contest.
M.O.M.I.E’s TLC is a community-based organization whose mission is to provide an arts education and creative outlet for DC’s at-risk youth. The organization is the recipient of the illustrious National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, which was presented to M.O.M.I.E’s by First Lady Michelle Obama. Its founders are committed to supplying students with a historically rooted and culturally aware curriculum that gives young Washingtonians a sense of pride in their heritage.
For more information on M.O.M.I.E’s TLC, please visit the M.O.M.I.E’s TLC website at http://momiestlc.com or email info@momiestlc.com
