Toni Kersey

Location
Springfield
http://www.tonikersey.com

Awarded Grants

2007
Art and Change Grant (ACG)

$2,500

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Toni Kersey

Discipline(s)
Crafts and Textiles
Social Change Intents
Feminism
Racial Justice

Toni will create a heritage wall quilt highlighting the achievements of legendary tennis pro Althea Gibson in the community space that bears her name. By creating an art quilt with youth ages 8-17 she hopes to connect young people to their creative spirit and expand their perspectives on the possibilities of life.

Althea Gibson Community Education and Tennis Center

Related News

November 13, 2016

Toni Kersey’s Quilt Chosen for Art in Embassies Program

Toni Kersey’s quilt Dancing in the River of Yemenya was selected to hang at the US embassy in Chad.
September 30, 2016

The Colored Girls Museum in i found god in myself at the African American Museum in Philadelphia

Barbara Bullock (Bessie Berman Award ‘02), Betty Leacraft (ACG '14, '09, LTA '11, WOO '99) and Toni Kersey (ACG ‘07) contributed work to The Colored...
June 30, 2016

Colored Girls Museum Festival 2016

Vashti Dubois hosts the first annual Colored Girls Museum Festival at FringeArts on July 9.
August 6, 2015

Vashti Dubois Debuts The Colored Girls Museum at Fringearts

Vashti Dubois (ACG '12, LTA '06) debuts her new work, The Colored Girls Museum at the Fringe Festival on September 11 through 13.
May 18, 2015

Toni Kersey exhibits at James A. Michener Art Museum

Crossing Boundaries: Making Art is a collaboration between Bucks County and Philadelphia youth and the James A. Michener Art Museum. The exhibition...
April 8, 2015

Betty Leacraft and Toni Kersey Exhibit in City Hall

Betty Leacraft (ACG '14, LTA '11, ACG '09, WOO '99) and Toni Kersey (ACG '07) are featured in the Art in City Hall exhibit, All That's Jazz. The...
July 9, 2014

Toni Kersey Exhibition in the Philadelphia International Airport

Toni Kersey (ACG '11, '07) will be exhibiting a series of mixed media fans and mirrors at the Philadelphia International Airport in Terminal D, from...
September 2, 2011

Paoli Cancer Center Exhibit

The Leeway Foundation, in partnership with The Paoli Cancer Center, presents an exhibit of work by four grantees running from September 12-October 16...
August 15, 2011

Fall 2011 Exhibits

Art should be enjoyed by everyone. Leeway challenges the practice of viewing artwork exclusively in artistic institutions by launching a series of non...
October 2, 2010

Intertwined: Contemporary Fiber Arts

The Philadelphia-based Leeway Foundation supports women and transgender artists who create social change. Leeway’s fall exhibition, Intertwined, will...
October 2, 2010

Intertwined: Contemporary Fiber Arts

Presented in conjunction with Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, this exhibition features contemporary fiber art from artists who have received funding...
August 3, 2007

Leeway Announces June 2007 Art and Change Grantees

The Leeway Foundation today announced $46,075 in grants to nineteen women and transgender artists living in the five-county Philadelphia area to...