Artist of the Month – September 2022

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Imani Carr, senior at Harding Fine Arts Academy, is a very involved and successful student at Harding Fine Arts Academy. She is known for her acting abilities as well as her academic achievements.

Imani has received the African American National Recognition Award from CollegeBoard, the AP Scholars Award, the Superintendent Award for Arts Excellence Award for Drama, the Firehawk Award her sophomore and junior year as voted on by HFAA faculty, and has been on the Superintendent Honor Roll from freshman through junior year. She is a member of the International Thespians Society, is the past president of National Honor Society, is involved with Black Student Association and was involved with the HFAA volleyball team her freshmen through junior years. This fall, she will be playing Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, which the Drama department will be performing at One Act competition later in the semester. In the spring of this year, she was Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors.

Imani Carr

Her favorite artistic discipline drama. “It scares me but in a challenging way. When I’m on stage, I can become whomever I want to be and give life to characters in a script. The challenge of doing that well is scary but when it is done well, I feel really accomplished.”

She chose to attend Harding Fine Arts Academy because of its focus on arts-integrated education and she stayed because of the environment. To Imani, her fellow students and teachers are her greatest inspiration. They have provided an understanding and motivating learning environment that makes school fun and engaging.

Applications are accepted year-around! Prospective students can find an application on the Academy’s website, www.hardingfinearts.org or by calling Principal Campbell (405) 702-4322.

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