The 2010 Gardner-Betts Art Show and Silent Auction will be held on

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.

in the Lobby of the San Jacinto Center at 98 San Jacinto Blvd.

Through RECA's partnership in Project Bridge, the Gardner-Betts Juvenile Justice Center has expanded its operations from a summer only program to a year-round art enrichment program for boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 17 who have violated the law and are on probation.

Project Bridge is an enrichment component of the Travis County Juvenile Probation Department's Leadership Academy. The Leadership Academy is a sentencing alternative to the Texas Youth Commission. The art/music enrichment classes are offered to these juvenile offenders on the premise that art is a constructive outlet for emotional conflict, a positive strategy for anger management, and a means to foster self-awareness. Project Bridge is entirely funded by the Real Estate Council of Austin.

More than $45,000 was raised at last year's art auction. The auction featured original art by the juvenile offenders. Proceeds from event sponsorships and the silent art auction are used to purchase materials and pay professional art and music instructors, who instruct juveniles at all levels of the Leadership Academy.hi

RECA is currently seeking sponsors for the annual Gardner-Betts Art Show and Silent Auction. Please join RECA in making this year's Art Show and Silent Auction a success and participate as a sponsor for the event (all contributions are tax-deductible).

The following Sponsorship Levels are available:

• Event Sponsor - $2,500
• Invitation Sponsor - $2,000
• Gallery Sponsor - $700
• Artwork Sponsor - $350
• Artist Sponsor - $150

Click here for the 2010 Sponsorship Form with detailed information on the benefits of each Sponsorship Level.

*Note: You do not have to be a RECA member to sponsor. We appreciate donations less than $150. However, these donations are not considered "sponsorships", and will only be given recognition on RECA's web site and Hot Sheet.

Please make your sponsorship check payable to Austin Community Foundation, and mail it to Allison Scharf at RECA, 98 San Jacinto Blvd., Ste. 510, Austin, TX 78701. For more information, please contact Allison Scharf at 512-320-4151.

Click here and here to see the 2010 paintings!!

We hope to see you at the art show on Wednesday, May 19, 2010!!!

 

 

Gardner-Betts Art Auction 2009

 

2010 Sponsors

EVENT SPONSORS

INVITATION SPONSORS

GALLERY SPONSORS

PBS&J Chris & Angela Risher Royalty Clearinghouse   ARTWORK SPONSORS

Frost June & Matt Harriss PlanningWorks, Inc. Royalty Clearinghouse   ARTIST SPONSORS

Altura Solutions, LP Gayla Talley & Mark Kiester Green Bank Live Oak - Gottesman McAllister & Associates Metcalfe Williams, LLP SABOT DEVELOPMENT, Ltd.   FRIENDS OF GARDNER-BETTS

Jim Alsup Brandy Schnautz Mann   COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS Austin Lyric Opera Danger Cakes!! Fayez Kazi Gardner-Betts Juvenile Justice Center Hobby Lobby James Bruce Photography Real Tour.biz The Belmont Thomas Properties Group

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