Art Changes Lives 2016
Join us for the annual celebration to benefit Creativity Explored
June 15, 2016
6:00 – 10:00 PM
Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco
757 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
Creativity Explored, the premier nonprofit visual art gallery and studio for artists with developmental disabilities, is pleased to announce Art Changes Lives 2016. For this annual celebration and fundraising event, Creativity Explored is honoring long-standing collaborative relationships with partners Sam Mogannam and Anne Walker of Bi-Rite, and Michael and Jacky Recchiuti of Recchiuti Confections.
Emceed by author and writor Beth Lisick, Art Changes Lives 2016* includes dinner, wine, and bidding on original artwork by Creativity Explored artists, plus special food, wine, and travel packages.
Original artwork by over 30 artists will be auctioned. Selected works include Space Ship by Marilyn Wong which was included in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Bay Area Now 7 exhibition; Daniel Green’s Pizza Dough in acrylic and ink colored pencil on wood, a large textile made of embroidery floss and felt on linen by Linda Davenport; Evelyn Reyes’ signature cake drawings; and, a popular Roy Rogers and Dale Evans portrait painted on a window pane by Thomas Pringle. Additional artists represented in the auction include Zachary Adams, Vincent Jackson, Loren King, John Patrick McKenzie, Daniel Michiels, Corine Raper, Roland Record, and Cheryle Rutledge to name a few.
Cocktails and silent auction are 6:00 pm to 7:15 pm with dinner and live auction to follow at 7:15 pm to 10:00 pm. Seats for this art-filled evening are limited and are $225 per person. Tables are available starting at $2,500.
To purchase an individual or corporate sponsorship, please contact Ruth Marcus at 415-863-2108 or
[email protected].
*Art Changes Lives directly supports Creativity Explored’s mission to advance the value and diversity of artistic expression. Thanks to the proceeds of this event, Creativity Explored is able to provide artists with developmental disabilities the means to create, exhibit, and sell their art in our studios and gallery, and around the world.
Image: Map of... by Loren King © 2015 Creativity Explored Licensing, LLC, mixed media on paper, 15.5 x 22 inches