advocate
art For Awareness, Cause & Effect (artFACE)
art For Awareness, Cause & Effect (artFACE)
I dedicate time, effort & work to support not-for-profit initiatives in
art, education, health and community ...because art matters.
Grace W. Ho, owner/artist HYFA
art, education, health and community ...because art matters.
Grace W. Ho, owner/artist HYFA
HYFA Exhibition changing things !UP!
May 22 through December 2025
121 Vance Street, Clinton, NC 28328
+1(910)212-6414
May 22 through December 2025
121 Vance Street, Clinton, NC 28328
+1(910)212-6414
* Clinton Main Street Program, Design Committee - volunteer [2019 to present]
* Community Project / public art for "ART Way" alleyway in Downtown Clinton, NC [start: October 2024 / up & on display, May 2025 to present] - original art signed GYang, "Playing With Daisies" [and blog with process photos posted June 24, 2025] - related news article, "City garners grant for beautification" by Michael B. Hardison, published May 11, 2024 online, The Sampson Independent
* Community Project / public art mural at 321 Vance Street in Downtown Clinton, NC [Oct. 2024 - May 6, 2025] lead professional artist working with NCMA [North Carolina Museum of Art] AIM Program, City of Clinton / Clinton Main Street Program - Design Committee, Michael Ray [Clinton High School art teacher] and artists ...and installation on site by General Contractors, H.N. Carr, Inc. To learn more about our project, browse photos of process, supplies, etc. and my heartfelt gratitude for our "AIM + Clinton" team: "I love a good community project..."
* Sampson Arts Council, Artists in Schools Program - [Feb. 1, 2024] guest artist/art educator. This, from SAC: "...Grace led a Lunar New Year art lesson in Emily Colt’s art classroom, engaging approximately 54 kindergarten children in creative cultural activities. Inspired by the year of the dragon, 2024, the children learned about the Lunar New Year celebration and crafted dragon puppets. This initiative, a collaboration between the Arts Council, Sampson County Schools and Clinton City Schools, aims to integrate the arts into education, reinforcing and expanding the basic curriculum. Since its inception in 2021, the program has reached numerous schools, impacting over 4,133 students and teachers in FY 2022-2023 alone. In FY 2023-2024, the program continues with artists visiting local middle schools and elementary schools. Many thanks to Grace and all involved for their dedication to enriching the lives of our students through creative cultural experiences."
* Clinton Main Street Program - Mystery Masterpieces Fundraiser [Jan. 25, 2024] art donor: RED no. 8 and RED no. 10 - Downtown Clinton, NC
* Clinton Main Street Program - Mystery Masterpieces Fundraiser [Jan. 27, 2022] spotlight artist & art donor; BLUE no. 2, 3, 13, 14 - Downtown Clinton, NC
* Sampson Arts Council - Golf Fore the Arts - logo art designer [2009-2023, end of art golfer logo use]
* Sampson Middle School - Junior Beta Club - contributing artist [2016; 2019; 2020]; art judge [2016-2019] - SMS Jr Beta Club 2020 at NC Beta Convention
* Clinton Main Street Program - Mystery Masterpieces fundraiser - art donor: "oink" [Jan. 2019]
* Clinton Development Corporation - Mystery Masterpieces fundraiser - art donor: "little pieces of me" [Jan. 2017]
* Sampson Arts Council - Golf Fore the Arts - annual fundraising committee - volunteer [2008 - 2016, 2019]
* Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC - For the Love of Art (Fundraiser/Auction) - art donor ["YU" 2013; "Snakes" 2014; "Person To Person" 2016; "Pigs In Love" 2017] - click link for 2013 For the Love of Art Donations
* Hope Abounds, Inc. - Women of Hope Program [fundraiser 2016] - art donor ("Dream Big Dreams")
* Color Vision Awareness - a collaborative project with Clinton City Schools [2015-2016]
* Sampson Regional Medical Center - Foundation - art donor ["Breast Cancer Awareness" 2010]
* "Go Hog Wild" - United Way of Sampson County, NC Awareness/fundraiser - artistic consultant/artist [2010]
* Illuminate/U Care - mural created with youth volunteers: "Faith" [2010]
* Sampson County DSS - murals created with youth volunteers: "Safari" & " Messages" [2009]
* Sampson Arts Council - volunteer/artist/art instructor/Program Committee Chair [2008-2009]
* The ARTS Company of Faison - gifts: theatre set/logo/poster designer [2008-2009]
* Relay for Life - Clinton/Sampson County, NC - fundraiser: pencil portraits [2005]
* Clinton City Schools - PTSO Fundraiser: "Freedom Quilt" created with learners at L.C. Kerr Elementary [2005]
* Community Project / public art for "ART Way" alleyway in Downtown Clinton, NC [start: October 2024 / up & on display, May 2025 to present] - original art signed GYang, "Playing With Daisies" [and blog with process photos posted June 24, 2025] - related news article, "City garners grant for beautification" by Michael B. Hardison, published May 11, 2024 online, The Sampson Independent
* Community Project / public art mural at 321 Vance Street in Downtown Clinton, NC [Oct. 2024 - May 6, 2025] lead professional artist working with NCMA [North Carolina Museum of Art] AIM Program, City of Clinton / Clinton Main Street Program - Design Committee, Michael Ray [Clinton High School art teacher] and artists ...and installation on site by General Contractors, H.N. Carr, Inc. To learn more about our project, browse photos of process, supplies, etc. and my heartfelt gratitude for our "AIM + Clinton" team: "I love a good community project..."
* Sampson Arts Council, Artists in Schools Program - [Feb. 1, 2024] guest artist/art educator. This, from SAC: "...Grace led a Lunar New Year art lesson in Emily Colt’s art classroom, engaging approximately 54 kindergarten children in creative cultural activities. Inspired by the year of the dragon, 2024, the children learned about the Lunar New Year celebration and crafted dragon puppets. This initiative, a collaboration between the Arts Council, Sampson County Schools and Clinton City Schools, aims to integrate the arts into education, reinforcing and expanding the basic curriculum. Since its inception in 2021, the program has reached numerous schools, impacting over 4,133 students and teachers in FY 2022-2023 alone. In FY 2023-2024, the program continues with artists visiting local middle schools and elementary schools. Many thanks to Grace and all involved for their dedication to enriching the lives of our students through creative cultural experiences."
* Clinton Main Street Program - Mystery Masterpieces Fundraiser [Jan. 25, 2024] art donor: RED no. 8 and RED no. 10 - Downtown Clinton, NC
* Clinton Main Street Program - Mystery Masterpieces Fundraiser [Jan. 27, 2022] spotlight artist & art donor; BLUE no. 2, 3, 13, 14 - Downtown Clinton, NC
* Sampson Arts Council - Golf Fore the Arts - logo art designer [2009-2023, end of art golfer logo use]
* Sampson Middle School - Junior Beta Club - contributing artist [2016; 2019; 2020]; art judge [2016-2019] - SMS Jr Beta Club 2020 at NC Beta Convention
* Clinton Main Street Program - Mystery Masterpieces fundraiser - art donor: "oink" [Jan. 2019]
* Clinton Development Corporation - Mystery Masterpieces fundraiser - art donor: "little pieces of me" [Jan. 2017]
* Sampson Arts Council - Golf Fore the Arts - annual fundraising committee - volunteer [2008 - 2016, 2019]
* Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC - For the Love of Art (Fundraiser/Auction) - art donor ["YU" 2013; "Snakes" 2014; "Person To Person" 2016; "Pigs In Love" 2017] - click link for 2013 For the Love of Art Donations
* Hope Abounds, Inc. - Women of Hope Program [fundraiser 2016] - art donor ("Dream Big Dreams")
* Color Vision Awareness - a collaborative project with Clinton City Schools [2015-2016]
* Sampson Regional Medical Center - Foundation - art donor ["Breast Cancer Awareness" 2010]
* "Go Hog Wild" - United Way of Sampson County, NC Awareness/fundraiser - artistic consultant/artist [2010]
* Illuminate/U Care - mural created with youth volunteers: "Faith" [2010]
* Sampson County DSS - murals created with youth volunteers: "Safari" & " Messages" [2009]
* Sampson Arts Council - volunteer/artist/art instructor/Program Committee Chair [2008-2009]
* The ARTS Company of Faison - gifts: theatre set/logo/poster designer [2008-2009]
* Relay for Life - Clinton/Sampson County, NC - fundraiser: pencil portraits [2005]
* Clinton City Schools - PTSO Fundraiser: "Freedom Quilt" created with learners at L.C. Kerr Elementary [2005]