An Investment in Imagination Benefit Dinner

An Investment in Imagination is a combined benefit celebrating the 26th anniversary of Heaven Gallery and Equity Arts' 7-year journey to buy a historical arts building to launch The Center for the Creative Economy!

Rooted in preserving Heaven Gallery’s legacy as a vital community third space in Wicker Park, the Equity Arts project will become the energetic architecture that utilizes Cultural Futurism to establish a new economy based on personal identity and gifts. The project shifts consciousness from scarcity to abundance for the arts by securing a revenue-generating real estate asset that reinvests its wealth into a resilient arts ecosystem for generations to come.

The evening's fashion theme, Cultural Futurism, pairs minimal silhouettes with personal cultural detail. This intimate evening will include craft cocktails/mocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by a sit-down community dinner featuring a curated three-course meal by artist Sarah Belknap, with music by Cordell Johnson. Part of the event is a silent art auction with work by Chicago artists and a raffle featuring unique items and gift cards from local businesses. Come celebrate Heaven Gallery's legacy and Equity Arts' future of shared economic power through this intentional investment in imagination.

Artists featured in the silent auction include: Gwendolyn Zabicki, Michelle Chun, Monica Rezman, Tess Mickalik, James Schenck, Michelle Stone, Edra Soto, Tish Noel, Yvette Kaiser Smith, Nico Gardner, Vesna Jovanovic, Megan Williamson, and Cydney M. Lewis.

Link to online art auction at heavengallery.com

7 pm Silent Art Auction, Raffle, and Mingling

8 pm Three-course Meal Begins

10:30 pm Raffle Winners Called

11:00 pm Silent Art Auction Ends

Commute

Paid street parking is available

Heaven Gallery is located 2 blocks away from the Damen Blue Line Stop

Special thanks to our Sponsors:

Metro Chicago for the wine

nerine for flower arrangements

Oro Chocolate & Coffee for brownies

Revolution Brewery for alcohol

Insomnia Cookies for cookies

Art Credit & Installation during event:

Taffy Pull by Rosalynn Gingerich

Main Squeeze by Vesna Jovanovic