The Vivian Lyons Williams Arts & Fashion Scholarship Fund is based on Vivian’s personal love for the arts and fashion. The fund will be awarded on an annual basis to a high school senior who demonstrates exceptional talent and devotion in either of the Fashion or Creative Arts disciplines.
The fund will also be a vehicle to promote and advocate organizations that support diversity, inclusion, upliftment, higher education, financial awareness, and mental wellness.
The mission of the Vivian Lyons Williams Arts & Fashion Scholarship Fund is to help local community youths achieve their goals through supporting their efforts toward higher or technical education for arts and fashion.
Our goal to help young people receive the technical education to both refine and develop their innate skill.
The individuals highlighted below are past award winners and also scholarship fund submissions (along with name of art or fashionista.
The Vivian Lyons Williams Arts & Fashion Scholarship Fund is based on her personal love for the arts and fashion. The fund will be awarded on an annual basis to a high school senior who demonstrates exceptional talent and devotion in either of the Fashion or Creative Arts disciplines.
The fund will also be a vehicle to promote and advocate organizations that support diversity, inclusion, upliftment, higher education, financial awareness, and mental wellness.
Viv is ... the wife to the beloved Dr CW Williams, a social worker, guidance counselor, and Administrator at Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, a dedicated member and philanthropist at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, the daughter to the beloved Alvin Lyons, Beatrice Lyons from St Louis, the owner of Vivian’s upscale fashions in Uptown Charlotte, the founder of Leaders of Tomorrow, Double Oaks Boys Choir, the board member emeritus to the Friend of the Arts, Gantt African American Cultural Center, McCrorey YMCA, Marzetta Kerry Scholarship Fund, a proud and loyal member to the Charlotte Carousels, AKA Sorority, the aunt to the beloved Candace bond Mckeever, Les Bond, Eric Bond, Steve Clark Jr, Stanford Clark, Sidney Clark, Gale Turner, Gordon Turner, George Turner, Carol Kennedy, Vennie Lyons Jr, Anthony Lyons, Jonathan Kyle, Stacy Kyle, Sheila Hill, an eternal friend of sisterhood to the beloved Rita Littles, Alfreda Belton, Carlenia Ivory, Jeanne Brayboy, Debbie Gibbs, Guy Clement, Eunice Gist, Phyllis Polk, Grace Chambers, Vivian Chambers, Barbara Waymer, Diane Alexander, Alma Motley, Eva Kennon, Beverly Irby, godmother to the beloved Nikki Clement, Joyce Brayboy, John Gordon, “Play Aunt” to the beloved John Clement, Billy Clement, Nikki Clement, Derrick Chambers, Judy Chambers, Titus Ivory Jr, Terrelle Ivory, Kim Motley, Tracy Motley, Greg Motley, Kim Nash, Garrett Nash, Dennis Gist, Marcel Gist, Junelle Gist, Traci Bullock, Cedric Chambers, Carla Chambers, Senitra Chambers, Kelly Hurley, Jonathan Counts, Sean Polk, Wendell Polk, Travis Littles, Tamra Alexander, Lorraine Little, Jennifer Morgan, Tony Morgan, Chris Herndon, the mother in law to the beloved Lenee Nicole Williams, a grandmother to the beloved Ashley Coote Jones, Kyndal Coote, London Christina Williams, and Taylor Celine Williams, a stepmother to the belovedPam Williams Coote, Charles “Chuck” Warren Williams Jr, Charles Coote
Contact Team Viv at 704-659-1779 or email at viviansartfashionfund@gmail.com.