Gala Dinner | ArtSlam!
Palais Royale | Downtown South Bend
Thursday, October 30, 2014
6:00 p.m.: Cocktails and Silent Auction
7:00 p.m.: Dinner followed by Awards and ArtSlam
Click the following link for further details. http://www.southbendart.org/see/artlightsartslam
Join us for an evening of elegant fun! ArtLights, the South Bend Museum of Art’s annual gala event will honor Artist Gundega Penikis and Friend of the Arts, Jeff Gibney.
The evening will include ArtSlam! This is a friendly competition among Five Fans of the SBMA: Rob DeCleene, Anne Feferman, Paul Kuharic, Chris Stackowicz, and Brooke Swanson. Each “Fan” has selected their favorite artwork from the Permanent Collection of the Museum and is creating a work of art in response to it, to be auctioned off at the event.
All proceeds from the dinner and auction benefit community programming at the South Bend Museum of Art.
Honoring…
Ceramic Artist Gundega Penikis has nurtured area clay students for 40 years, teaching in the SBMA studios, Saint Mary’s College and Indiana University South Bend. Gundega arrived in South Bend in 1970, and within the year enrolled in a ceramics class at the then Art Center. “I discovered that working with clay was interesting, challenging and discouraging, but never boring.” She continues to create art and inspire her students in the SBMA studios.
 Friend of the Arts Jeff Gibney (1949 – 2014) served as Executive Director of South Bend Heritage Foundation and South Bend’s Director of Community and Economic Development. His commitment to improving the quality of life in South Bend through neighborhood development focused on not just affordable housing, but incorporated the fundamental value of the arts in creating a satisfied and healthy community.
The evening will include ArtSlam! This is a friendly competition among Five Fans of the SBMA:
Rob DeCleene, Anne Feferman, Paul Kuharic, Chris Stackowicz, and Brooke Swanson. Each “Fan” has selected their favorite artwork from the Permanent Collection of the Museum and is creating a work of art in response to it, to be auctioned off at the event.
All proceeds from the dinner and auction benefit community programming at the South Bend Museum of Art.
Thanks to Our Corporate Sponsors:
Alliance Architects
AM General
Barnes & Thornburg
Crowe Horwath
Duley Press
Electronics, Inc.
Goodrich Auction Company
Holladay Properties
Indiana University South Bend
Ironhand Vineyard
KeyBank
Palmer Funeral Homes
Saint Mary’s College
Snite Museum of Art
SYM Financial Advisors
Teachers Credit Union
University of Notre Dame
Wells Fargo Bank
and Auction Contributors
Amish Acres LLC
Anthony Travel
Bambers Superette
Bill & Leslie Gitlin
Bittersweet Ski Resort
Blue Chip Casino
Bonefish Grill
Dan O’Day Dance Club
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Derby Photography
DoubleTree
Eiteljorg Museum
Elkhart Civic Theatre
Fernwood Botanical Garden & Nature Preserve
Fiddler’s Hearth
Foegley Landscape
Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Four Winds Casino
Gene’s Camera
Glance
Hacienda Mexican Restaurants
Hannah Lindahl Children’s Museum
Indianapolis Zoo
Inn at Saint Mary’s
IUSB Box Office – Ernestine Raclin School of the Arts
Ivy Court Inn & Suites
Ivy Inn Bed & Breakfast
Judee’s Inc.
LaSalle Grill
Le Peep
Lovell & Whyte
Martin’s Supermarket
McDonald Studio
Memorial Health & Lifesyle Center
Memorial Healthworks Kids’ Museum
MichaelAngelos The Event Company
Moreau Center for the Arts
Museum of Contemporary Art
Outback Steakhouse
Palais Royale
Parisi’s Italian Ristorante
Potawatomi Zoological Society
Quality Dining
Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
Salon Rouge
Shedd Aquarium
Siam Thai
Sorin’s at the Morris Inn
South Bend Chamber Singers
South Bend Civic Theatre
South Bend Country Club
South Bend Raquet Club
South Bend Silver Hawks
South Bend Symphony
Southold Dance Theater
Sunny Italy
The Carriage House Dining Room
The Oliver Inn
Tippecanoe Place
Victorian Pantry
Ziker Cleaners |
