Sphinx Founder and President to Receive 2017 Human Spirit Award at the Kennedy Center

​Sphinx founder Aaron P. Dworkin and president & artistic director Afa S. Dworkin to receive 2017 Human Spirit Award at the Kennedy Center

 

At the Kennedy Center’s 2017 Spring Gala on May 8th, Aaron and Afa Dworkin will be recipients of the second annual Kennedy Center Award for the Human Spirit, commemorating the seminal contributions made by President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy to cultural life in the United States. Along with fellow recipients, distinguished philanthropists Joan and Sanford Weill, Aaron and Afa are being recognized as citizen artists for founding and leading the Sphinx Organization.