2023 Art of Healing Gala

Please join Art for the Journey for the 8th annual Art of Healing Art Exhibition and Gala. The event will celebrate 10 years of Art for the Journey services around the Richmond region and across the Commonwealth. Regional artists showcase exquisite art for sale and generously donate 50% of the net proceeds to support the mission of Art for the Journey.

Every year Art for the Journey welcomes the community to come together to bolster funding that makes it possible for us to provide programs designed to promote well-being and positive mental health for thousands of individuals through art making, volunteer engagement, training, and broadcast. We are excited to offer this most central location yet for the event and we hope to have your attendance and to offer you a spectacular evening!

Tickets will go for sale live on the Art Gala site on August 15, 2023.

Over 200 works of art by more than 40 area artists will be on exhibit surrounded by the beauty and new architecture of the Virginia Museum of History and Culture. Please consider attending the Art of Healing Gala on Thursday September 21, 2023 5:30pm to 8:30pm and help us celebrate this human centered work by hundreds of engaged community volunteers, area artists, and people who are bridging and connecting through art. Consider adding a new beautiful painting to your home, and tell visitors that this purchase was made to help others!

Artists, please meet the deadline to submit your art to be juried for the live event no later than August 14, 2023, results will be shared on August 21, 2023. Please visit the event site at: https://ArtGala23.givesmart.com.

Join Art for the Journey for a night of art, food, drink, and pickleball! This "Mash-up" of ART and PICKLEBALL is a fun way to share the mission of Art for the Journey to transform lives through art and community!

This year, we have a super fun evening planned. There will be lots of art donated by local area artists, pickleball demos, pickleball courts for play, and lots of delicious food from the Sharper Palette, Belle Isle cocktails, a delicious assortment of fine wine, and a wonderful silent auction. You can play or you can simply watch and mingle! You can definitely see and bid on art, and enjoy the new and different ambience! Also, if you can not attend, you can register to bid on art during the silent auction right from home. We do hope to see you there!!!

Help Art for the Journey by attending the event, and you will make a difference in the lives of people ages five to 105! Art for the Journey seeks to deliver and promote positive mental health and well-being for those who have least access. This fun event will also help others!