2022 Founder's Award honoring Leticia Roa Nixon
Save the Date: Saturday, October 15, 2022
2022 Event Committee

Honorary Chair: Senator Nikil Saval
Shannon Maldonado, Founder and Creative Director, YOWIE
Carmen Marcet, Impacto Media Newspaper
Erika Guadalupe Nuñez, Executive Director, JUNTOS
Gerard Silva, Director of Exhibitions & Community Outreach, Fleisher Art Memorial
Sinta Penyami Storms, Founder/Director, Modero & Company
Fleisher Art Memorial is thrilled to bring back our Founder’s Award with a celebration in honor of community activist, journalist, and former Fleisher Board member Leticia Roa Nixon.
A Mexico City native, Leticia immigrated to the U.S. in 1985 and has been in Philadelphia for over three decades. During this time, she has documented and shed light on the experiences and stories of the diverse Latinx community across Philadelphia, serving as a tireless advocate for her community. At Fleisher, Leticia has also served on La Calaca Flaca, the committee responsible for organizing and presenting the annual Día de los Muertos procession and celebration, which is entering its milestone tenth year.
In honor of Leticia’s dedication to uplifting Philadelphia’s Latinx community, bringing forth their stories through her activism and journalism, and her artistic practice at Fleisher, she will receive the Founder’s Award on October 15, 2022.
More details coming soon. If you have questions on sponsoring the event, please reach out to Catherine Lee, Director of Development, at clee@fleisher.org.
Image: Leticia Roa Nixon and other community members participating in Día de los Muertos festivities at Fleisher Art Memorial. Photo by Justin Mayer on assignment for Colibri Workshop.
Past Recipients
Dr. Constance Clayton, 2021
Diane Burko, 2019
Dr. Carmen Febo San Miguel & Gayle Isa, 2018
Marsha Moss, 2017
Dr. Dennis W. Creedon, 2016
Louise Clement-Hoff, 2015
Helen Cunningham & Ted Newbold, 2014
Dina & Jerry Wind, 2013
Jill & Sheldon Bonovitz, 2012
Al West & Paige West, 2011
Carole Haas Gravagno, 2010
Louis Massiah, Pepón Osorio, & Lily Yeh, 2009
Peggy Amsterdam & Karen Davis, 2008
Anne d’Harnoncourt, 2007
James Nelson Kise, James Bennett Straw, & David A. Schultz, 2006
Frank & Betty Louchheim, 2005
Suzanne Fleisher Roberts, 2004
Dr. Luther W. Brady, Jr., 2003
Thora Jacobson, 2002
Happy Fernandez, 2001
Linda Lee Alter, 2000
Hon. Edward G. Rendell, 1999
Marian Locks, 1998
Joseph Rishel, 1997
Dorothy R. B. Manou & Melinda Whiting, 1996
Ella King Torrey, 1995
Helen W. Drutt English, 1994
Edna Andrade & William Parshall, 1993
Penny Balkin Bach & Jody Pinto, 1992
Judith Tannenbaum, 1991
Frank Gasparro, 1990