O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center Magazine Spring 2020 | Página 32

ARTBLINK
By Curran Umphrey
The Advisory Board of the O’Neal Comprehensive
Cancer Center at UAB hosted its 35th annual
ArtBLINK Gala on Feb. 1 in The Kirklin Clinic of UAB
Hospital. With more than 1,000 guests in attendance,
this year’s gala raised $767,000 for the O’Neal Cancer
Center’s Fund for Excellence, which supports highpriority
research efforts, as well as clinical and community
outreach efforts, and new faculty recruitment.
The most spectacular feature of the gala was the group
of 17 local artists who created original works of art live
on stage in only 90 minutes. Guests observed the artists
in action and witnessed 17 blank canvases become
breathtaking pieces of art. After the live painting
concluded, guests participated in a silent auction in hopes
of taking home one of the pieces created at the event.
View more photos from this year’s ArtBLINK Gala: artblink.org/photos
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