Women in the Arts speakers have a word of advice: Stay ready
Zoe Johnson performs inside the Dixon residence living room during Saturday’s Women in Arts event at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
“If you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready,” said Lakeisha Edwards, executive director of the UrbanArt Commission during a panel discussion at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens during the fifth annual Women in the Arts event Saturday, March 8 which is also International Women’s Day.
Being ready was the theme for the day.
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Alys Drake
Alys Drake is a Memphian born and raised in the Bluff City. A theater-lover, she has worked in a variety of marketing and communications roles at entities within the advertising, legal, marketing, religious and financial services sectors. She is a graduate of Memphis Central High School and Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.
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