Creativity Explored - Art Changes Lives 2018

CE artists and family featured in the Art Changes Lives 2018 video, being honored onstage with CE Studio Director Paul Moshammer

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Art Changes Lives 2018 event recap

Posted on April 26, 2018

We’re still reliving the fun we had at Art Changes Lives 2018! We want to thank the over 400 supporters - including 30 Creativity Explored artists - who joined us, raising over $300,000. It was the biggest night ever in our 35-year history!

Our new Color Mixer was a blast! Guests painted on sheets of chocolate supplied by Recchiuti Confections and took home their own colorful bars. Pablo Calderon, Creativity Explored artist since 2002, painted a bold, one-of-a-kind piece at the mixer that was auctioned off during dinner. Supporters used their mobile phones to compete for unique silent auction pieces by 60 Creativity Explored artists. A photo booth backdrop and props featuring art by Christina Marie Fong made for Instagrammable memories.

During dinner our video, featuring artists Isaac Haney-Owens, Yukari Sakura, and Melody Lima, brought the house down with a huge standing ovation for the artists. A friendly competition ensued over Lima’s The Creativity Explored Family, which depicts 93 CE community members and took over a year to complete.

Elana Cooper’s stunning piece, Untitled, was a highlight of the live auction, with the highest bid of the night. Cooper’s striking wooden flowers, displayed as centerpieces, were snatched up by guests throughout dinner.

Check out some photos from the event below and the full set of photos here. Photos by Mike Melnyk.

If you weren’t able to attend Art Changes Lives, you can still change lives with a tax-deductible donation!