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Arty party and auction raises record $1.45 million for Dallas children

DCAC Art for Advocacy 2022
Co-chairs Evan Westerburg, Victoria Brown, and Kate LaGere Photo by Tamytha Cameron

What: Art for Advocacy benefiting Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center

Where: General Datatech in the Dallas Design District

The 411: Art for Advocacy, the annual fundraiser and silent art auction that benefits Dallas Children's Advocacy Center, brought in a record-breaking $1.45 million at the 2022 event on September 10.

Hosted by Stephanie and John Roberts and chaired by Victoria Brown, Kate LaGere, and Evan Westerburg (with honorary chairs Ellie and Sam Lam), the evening attracted a crowd of 700.

The event included cocktails, a seated dinner, paddle raise, silent art auction featuring 84 works, and live art auction of five pieces. The highest selling work was Threads of Happiness, 2022, by Carlyn Ray, which went for an impressive $30,000.

All proceeds will go toward DCAC's mission to fight child abuse and provide healing for families and children who are impacted throughout Dallas.

Who: Emily Clarke, Maleiah and Ryan Rogers, Beth Babb, Sharon Lee Clark, Abby Evans, Ashley Nowak, Jessica Bolander, Julie and Kevin Linderman, Lindsay and Chuck Jacaman, Marisa and Frank Howard, Macy and Gordon Huddleston, Kacy Tolleson, and Katie Walters.

Kate LaGere, Kacy Tolleson, Katie WaltersKate LaGere, Kacy Tolleson, Katie WaltersPhoto by Tamytha Cameron

Macy and Gordon HuddlestonMacy and Gordon HuddlestonPhoto by Tamytha Cameron

Marisa and Frank HowardMarisa and Frank HowardPhoto by Tamytha Cameron

Lindsay and Chuck JacamanLindsay and Chuck JacamanPhoto by Tamytha Cameron

Julie and Kevin LindermanJulie and Kevin LindermanPhoto by Tamytha Cameron

Honorary chairs Ellie and Sam LamHonorary chairs Ellie and Sam LamPhoto by Tamytha Cameron

Maleiah and Ryan Rogers Maleiah and Ryan Rogers Photo by Tamytha Cameron

Carlyn Ray, Emily ClarkeCarlyn Ray, Emily ClarkePhoto by Tamytha Cameron

Beth Babb, Sharon Lee Clark, Abby Evans, Ashley Nowak, Jessica Bolander, DCAC Art for AdvocacyBeth Babb, Sharon Lee Clark, Abby Evans, Ashley Nowak, Jessica BolanderPhoto by Tamytha Cameron

Event hosts Stephanie and John RobertsEvent hosts Stephanie and John RobertsPhoto by Tamytha Cameron

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