Spirit of John Brown Freedom Award

Congratulations to Executive Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher on receiving The Spirit of John Brown Freedom Award!

This award honors women and men whose work invokes the passion and conviction of the 19th-century abolitionist and celebrates leaders and innovators in civil and human rights whose courage, creativity, and commitment are models for others to follow. Established in 2016, the award is given annually at John Brown Day.

Over the past two years, Tiffany has presented work on-site at the Memorial Field for Black Lives and created a dance film, “Geography of Grace” at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site. In the summer of 2021 the company performed at the annual Juneteenth celebration, hosted by John Brown Lives! and the farm and its history have been incorporated into our annual Emerging Artist Summer Series programming.