2023 ILLUMINATE ART GALA

from 2022-2023 Annual Report Daybreak Arts

PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT:

Gala Co-Chairs: Tin Nguyen and Laura Hood Wessels

Committee Members: Crystal Roberts (Board Member), Jack Read (Board Member), Josh Minyard, Beka Stanfield, Hannah Vaughn, Nicole Minyard (Staff), Emily Wertheim (Staff), Ashley Wroten (Staff)

Daybreak Arts held its 2023 Illuminate Art Gala on Saturday, March 25, 2023 from 5-9PM at Riverside Revival in East Nashville, with additional virtual components In-person attendees of the event enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and desserts, drinks, unique silent auction items, live jazz music, a photobooth, live painting, and artwork on display and for sale by the artists experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity in our Collective.

Because of your support, we surpassed every goal including sponsorships, silent auction, ticket sales, and original artwork sales! What a thrill to surpass our $12,000 artwork sales goal for the evening a true testament to our artists and community. Thank you to all of our event sponsors, those who visited our Virtual Artists to speak with them via Zoom and purchase their work, and to our patrons, sponsors, and guests who helped make this our most successful gala fundraiser to date