June 4, 2013 at the Plaza Hotel, New York The Gordon Parks Celebrating the Arts Award. The award is given to individuals who have enriched our lives in ways that reflect Gordon’s ideas and goals of using creative means to change and educate the world. Seven scholarships were also awarded to students at SUNY Purchase, Ghetto Film School, YoungArts, Rush Philanthropic and Harlem School of the Arts.

The award was presented to Peter Beard, who was introduced by Professor Theodore Stebbins, Curator of American Painting, Harvard University Art Museums.

http://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/

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