Music For Dessert: Sheila Arnold

Music For Dessert concert series presents Master storyteller and perfomer Sheila Arnold. Her program, African American: Keeping Heritage Alive, includes stories and a capella singing of spirituals, gospel and blues songs.

Beginning in 2003 Sheila has been distinguished and recognized as an exceptional artist with several fellowships and residencies including

• Hewnoaks Artist Colony summer residency (2019)
• Vernon (George Washington estate) Research Fellow (2020)
• Ernest and Red Heller Artistic Fellowship at McDowell (2021)

Sheila is a Co-Founder and was the first Artistic Director of Artists Standing Strong Together (ASST, pronounced assist), a non-profit founded during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, Sheila worked at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation embracing many roles including Coordinator with the Teacher Institute, Public Relations, Event Manager, and Storyteller/Theatrical Interpreter.

This concert is supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

This concert is for in-person and for livestreamed audiences viewing from home. No refreshments are served. The concert will be 45-60 minutes.

Host or Publisher Franklin Park Arts Center