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Undercover Artists paint smiles for children to attend Camp TBI For the first time in its seven-year history, Undercover Artists, a Walton Foundation fundraiser, won’t be held on the grounds of Walton Rehab but at Julian Smith Casino. Walton Foundation Associate Development Officer Alice Salley says that with the April 1 sale of Walton Rehab to Health South, they felt it was a good idea to secure another location for the April 18 event. “We may bring it back to the hospital grounds, but we [at the foundation] are excited about the change,” Salley says. “We won’t worry about weather issues, and with this being our seventh year, it will be a nice refresh.” As always, 100 percent of the funds raised will benefit the Walton Foundation’s Camp TBI (Camp To Be Independent), a summer camp offering horseback riding, sporting activities, arts and crafts and social activities to children ages 8-21 with traumatic brain injuries. The Undercover Artists fundraiser was originally launched on April 12, 2007, as a way to highlight the traveling Georgia Artists with Disabilities Juried Art Show on display at Walton Rehab. The relocation has made highlighting this year’s show difficult, but according to Salley, the Walton Foundation plans to use a TV monitor at the Julian Smith Casino to show photographs Who painted this piece? Attendees at the Seventh of the Georgia Artists with Annual Undercover Artists auction will have to wait Disabilities artwork on display and see. at Walton, inviting patrons to make plans to come by and see it. The Artists with Disabilities show will be on display until April 30. The Walton Foundation expects to have the most canvases they’ve ever had for the Undercover Artists auction, about 118 this year. On each 12x16 canvas, the artist’s signature will be covered with masking tape when bidding starts. Participants in the show range from well-known artists to local political figures and celebrities. And this is not your quiet art museum show — the cocktail party begins with music by The Henry’s, followed by Daddy Grace. Salley says the energy continues to build until the final 30 minutes, when each painting’s artist is finally revealed and the bid sheets really fill up. “There is definitely a rush when the tape comes off,” says Vicki Greene, Walton Foundation’s vice president. “People will have been circling and eyeing the paintings that they like all night, planning the perfect spot for it. When the names are uncovered, there’s a whole new look at the paintings. It gets really frenzied and fun.”
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