• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
Tom Joyner Foundation

Tom Joyner Foundation

  • Home
  • Scholarships
    • Hercules Scholarship
    • Al Joyner Memorial Scholarship
    • Annie Lee Memorial Scholarship
    • Find a Scholarship
  • Fantastic Voyage Cruise
  • About Us
    • Our Vision
    • TJF FAQs
    • TJF-Supported HBCUs
    • Contact Us
    • Our Partners
    • Board of Directors
    • Letter from the Chairman
  • News
    • 2018 Full Ride Finalists
    • News
    • Fantastic Voyage
    • Photo Galleries
    • Audio & Video
  • Donate

history

Derrock Burnett, Dallas, Texas

December 12, 2013 by nfoote

  “Speakers poppin, crisp beats on my stereo…I read and have been read. Like a Phoenix I keep rising although I should been dead. Things happening all around, creativity flows from, the head, the end. I am a product of the hip-hop era and art has been my outlet for years. Music has fueled my […]

Danny Simmons, Jr., Brooklyn, NY

December 12, 2013 by nfoote

Danny Simmons, Jr., is an American abstract painter from Queens, NY, who once coined his particular style of painting as “neo-African Abstract Expressionism.” He is the older brother of hip hop impresario Russell Simmons and rapper Joseph Simmons (“Reverend Run” of Run–D.M.C.). He is the co-founder and Chairman of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation (since 1995) […]

Gerald Griffin, Chicago, Ill.

December 12, 2013 by nfoote

“How much can one learn about an artist by looking at his work?” A review of painter, sculptor and poet, Gerald Griffin’s latest pieces reveals a great deal about the soft-spoken artist’s life and passions. His work is emotionally intense figures in urban environment, dynamic geometrical shapes and hidden layers of underlying images within a […]

Footer

Search Our Site

Donate

Copyright © 2021 · Kreativ Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in