our mission
As once stated by Maya Angelou “The more you know your history, the more liberated you are”. That is the motto we use in our mission to identify, expose, educate, engage, entertain, promote community engagement, bring unity in diversity and positive enrichment experiences so participants can honor and preserve a part of the riches and proud African art, history, culture, heritage and to cultivate a deep understanding of many contributions that history has made to the world as well as increase mutual understanding for the benefit of building stronger communities.
Mission Statements
Louis Diene Faye Foundation (LDFF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting, advocating and encouraging the visual, fine, performing, literature, expressive and healing arts that improve the cultural environment of our communities, promote awareness and respect for one’s heritage as well as people of other ethnic origins.
LDFF fosters and prioritizes diversity, equity, inclusion and success in the arts for people of African descent by working to grow our next generation of artists and our mission is to increase the awareness and appreciation of art in the District of Columbia and the DC Metropolitan Area, to promote, share the culture and heritage of Africans and to facilitate community connection through the creative arts, expressive and healing arts programs.
Our mission is to share and advance African heritage dance, cooking, music, film, fashion, painting, craft, photography, history and oral traditions as a form of art and tool to serve, build vibrant and connected communities.
Our goal is to identify talents, encourage creativity, empower individuals, foster learning and provide a platform accessible for all African descent and provide multiple venues for visual, fine and performing artists to display their creations to the public by hosting art shows, exhibitions, workshops and displays of art in galleries, cultural festivals and marketplace.
We provide arts and crafts including cooking, dance, photography, textiles, jewelries and modeling classes and more, we give exposure, support and empower artists of all ages, skill levels, backgrounds and giving opportunities for them to connect with other artists and the public with the rich arts, culture and heritage of the District of Columbia.