Forever Free Music and Arts Fundraiser

Please join us for a day full of celebration and awareness! The Bisong Art Gallery is thrilled to partner with LiveForever Free 501c3 to raise awareness and funds for the TLW Transformation Center. Special Guests to include Rebecca Carey as guest speaker, Ayanna Freelon vocalist, and many more. There will be art for sale, food, drinks, and more!

Rebecca Carey:

Rebecca Cary is the Founder of Hands of Justice, Consultant, Speaker, Educator, and Overcomer Leader. A recent graduate of Sam Houston State University with a major in Psychology and a minor in Human Services, Rebecca is currently enrolled in a Master’s program for Victim Studies and set to graduate December 2022. She holds the Survivor position on the board of the Montgomery County Coalition Against Human Trafficking and serves on the Survivor Leader Council for the state of Texas. She was featured in a PSA, as well as a short film, for the new Goya Care initiative, appeared on NBC, and has also been an endorser for the “Can you See Me” campaign, led by A21 in various cities throughout Texas. In May of 2022, she published her first book, When Silence Ends, which features Overcomer stories from across the United States. As of July 2022, Rebecca opened up an Economic Empowerment and Resource center for Survivors of Human Trafficking in Conroe, Texas. This is a first of it’s kind within several counties of Texas.

Ayanna Freelon is a classically trained Soprano from Grenada, Mississippi. She began her formal studies as a music student and theater minor at Texas Southern University. While pursuing her undergraduate degree, she was afforded many opportunities to travel the world. One of her proudest accomplishments includes being selected as a young artist in the Lingua e’ Canto summer program in St. Angelo in Vado, Italy. Some highlights of her undergraduate career included being cast as Lorell understudy in Dreamgirls, and the role of Madame Goldentrill in The Impresario. After graduating with honors, she went on to pursue her Masters of Arts Degree in Music from Morgan State University. While attending Morgan, she was afforded the opportunity to sing as the soprano soloist in Bach’s Magnificat, as well as Mary Leila Wright in the opera Lyrics Of Sunshines and Shadows, composed by Steven Allen. Upon graduating from Morgan State in the spring of 2018, she attended the summer program “Singing in Sicily,” curated by world renowned pianist Mark Markam. Aside from singing in Italy, Ms. Freelon has sung in China and Spain. Miss Freelon also takes pride in curating recitals and concerts in the Baltimore/ DMV area. Her most recent curation included a collaboration with the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts, where she paid homage to Women Suffragists by performing music composed by African American Women. Other collaborations include the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Ms.Freelon is currently a faculty member of Baltimore School for the Arts, and project manager for the Coalition for African Americans in the Performing Arts, a non profit organization dedicated to supporting local artists of color in the DMV area.

Event Venue

Bisong Art Gallery, 1305 Sterrett Street, Houston, United States