Saddle up for an out-of-this-world evening celebrating creativity, community, and the arts at our Annual Benefit Auction & Dance Party.

★ Enjoy a lively evening of music, food, drinks, dancing, and unique auction experiences in support of artists with disabilities.

Raise a glass, meet the artists, and join us for a night where disco meets the desert sky! ★
Honoring Scott Speh, owner and director of Western Exhibitions

VIP performance with Zander Raymond
Evening Tunes by TRQPITECA

Featured Artists:
Ariée, Noelle Africh, Marcelo Anon, Iris Bernblum, Alexis de Chaunac, Michael Cuadrado, Rocco Dicaro, Sam Filicky, Danny Frownfelter, Madeline Gallucci, Ben Gould, Eli Greene, Natashya Jacob, Emory Jones, Nanako Kono, Bill Lilly, Lawrence M., Victoria Martinez, Travis Morehead, Aya Nakamura, Vontrell Nunn, Angel Sanders, Lewis Sandoboe, Mindy Rose Schwartz, Andrew Sloan, Jan Tichy, Oly Trindl, Candace Turner, Lucy Walsh, Marvin Young, Araceli Zuniga

Supported by Our Host Committee:
Cemal Akçiçek, Yousof Alrawi, Michael Bosse, Betsy O’Brien and Aron Gent, Maggie Crowley and Tim Callahan, Mikala Durall, Tessa Ferreyros, Madeline Gallucci, Susan Gescheidle, Julie and Michael Gustafson, Sara Ismail, Brian Jucas, Pranav PK Kothari, Chanelle Lacy, Marc LeBlanc, Cortney Lederer, and Stefan Teodosic, Colin Mackintosh, Maggie Peng and Noah Sheldon, Pia Singh

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors:
Aberdeen Advisors – Burnham Harbor Private Wealth – CapGrow Partners – Carolyn Song-Pegg – David Salkin & Dirk Denison – Erica Berger – The Fine Arts Building – Gallucci Creative Fund – Gertie – Gray Gallery – Intuit – Notam Branding LLC – Oppenheimer Gallery – Pettinelli Family Foundation – Print Works – Rachel & Aaron Martell – Studebaker Theater – Venue West

This event is 21+

Parking/Accessibility: Venue West is located a few blocks away from the Ashland CTA Green/Pink Line station, and there is a free parking lot across the street as well as street parking around the venue. This event is wheelchair accessible with an ASL interpreter and offers gender neutral restrooms. For accommodation requests, please contact events@artsoflife.org

The Arts of Life Benefit Auction supports our mission to inspire artistic expression, build community, and develop independence for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Arts of Life serves 80 artists through three studio locations in Chicago’s West Town and South Side neighborhoods and in Glenview, IL.

The West Town Studio is home of our exhibition space, Circle Contemporary, which offers year-round programming featuring guest curators and artists. Through thoughtful outreach and community partnerships, Arts of Life studio artists’ work has been featured in prestigious venues, including Art on the MART, EXPO Chicago, Design Museum of Chicago, NADA Miami, The Outsider Art Fair NYC, Art Fair Tokyo, the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, INTUIT Center for Outside Art, and Museum of Everything in London.

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