If all the young art lovers of Dallas seemed to be MIA Thursday, there was a reason. They (pictured) were at Three Three Three First Avenue having a heck of a good time buying up art and raising money for the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. The occasion was Art + Advocacy presented by TurningPoint Foundation and Bank of America Merrill Lynch Wealther Management U.S. Trust.
Event Chairs Ginny and Conner Searcy and Honorary Chair Molly Byrne arranged for a live and silent auction of artowrk by both emerging and established artists (Daniel Birdsong, Fannie Brito, Isabelle du Toit, Letitia Eldredge, Frankie Garcia, Michael Ledoux, Bonny Leibowitz, Shane Pennington, Kristen E. Rice, Ryder Richards, Zach Saucedo and Valton Tyler) plus something very special — an exhibit of self-portraits created by child-abuse victims who have received help at DCAC.
Helping to get the crowd revved up for bidding were DJ Lucy Wrubel handling the music and auctioneer Mike Jones and KDFW-CH. 4’s Natalie Solis (pictured) getting hands raised for the auction.