Allie Beth Allman agent Chad Barrett and his darling wife, Judee, are underwriting chairs for this Saturday’s 8th annual Art for Advocacy benefiting the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. Some of our favorite Real Estate gurus in town have joined the underwriting efforts, giving back to the community as they do so often and so very beautifully: Mark and Christine Danuser of Tatum Brown Custom Homes, Kari Schlegel, Alex Perry, Pierce and Allie Beth Allman. Is there an event or charity in town that Pierce and Allie Beth have not contributed to?
The event is all about buying great art to benefit kids: more than 100 knock your socks off creations have been donated and will be auctioned off, silent and live, and these are not scribbles on canvas: consider Alexander Mijares White Lines II, 2014, an 84 by 48 inch canvass I am dying over that retails for $16,000; or how about Ricardo Paniagua, Spinning Memory Glitch of a Brazilian Soccer Player, retail $4200. This is good stuff, folks. Here is Marfa Magic, courtesy of Barbara Hill Design retailing for $12,000.
The party will include a guest appearance by Polyphonic Spree plus some way cool trips to exotic real estate destination you will not want to miss: Marfa, Palm Beach, Vegas and my favorite, Argentina.
(Don’t bid against me! Yes, I’ll be there!)
So do yourself and the children of Dallas some good: high tail it to the FIG on Saturday night. Here’s the website for more information and though 600 are already on the books ready to come, a few more tickets are available. The dress is kind of a desert cool, very Marfa-esque. Oh it will be so fun to see what everyone wears!
The Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of abused children in Dallas County and to providing national leadership on child abuse issues. DCAC offers an innovative and comprehensive approach to the investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases, critical counseling and therapy services for children and their non-offending family members, and education and community outreach on recognizing the signs of abuse and keeping children safe.
Since opening its doors in 1991, DCAC has provided hope and healing to more than 30,000 of the most severely abused children in Dallas County. DCAC gives children a safe place to process their trauma after enduring unspeakable circumstances and uses art therapy as a tool to help victims heal. In January of 2013, DCAC moved into a new 56,000 square foot, state-of-the-art facility in East Dallas, enabling the agency to serve more children and expand its services in the community.
ART for ADVOCACY highlights the unique role that art therapy plays in helping the child abuse victims served at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. Since 2007, the event has raised more than $2M to provide hope and healing to clients at DCAC.
When there are no words, art gives children a voice. I’m about to become a grandmother times two, so this organization means even more to me… I swear those pregnancy hormones are hopping on over. Every child needs and deserves a loving home, and loving parents. And every child needs a voice! Help Chad and Judee and all these wonderful agents and builders support the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center!
