Cary Visual Art, Inc. Announces Art Ball Leadership Committee

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Cary Visual Art, Inc. Announces Art Ball Leadership Committee
Local Community Leaders Present
Black Tie Fundraiser For Local Art Nonprofit

CARY, N.C. – Cary Visual Art, Inc. (CVA), has announced the Art Ball Leadership Committee for the nonprofit’s black tie fundraiser. Virginia Anthony, community volunteer, and Kim Bullard of Fonville Morisey Realty will serve as co-chairs of the Art Ball Committee. Anthony Blackman of Atlantic Tire & Service and Amy Haverland Alexander of Capital Bank will serve as co-chairs of the Art Ball Finance Committee. The Art Ball Leadership Committee chairs will help organize the 10th annual Cary Art Ball, a black tie fundraiser for CVA with a cocktail reception, five-course dinner, silent auction and dancing at Prestonwood Country Club on Nov. 4 from 6 p.m. to midnight. The presenting sponsors for the event are Atlantic Tire & Service and WakeMed Cary Hospital.

“We appreciate the Leadership Committee’s supervision and support in putting together our biggest fundraising event of the year,” said Laura Coats, executive director of CVA. “The Art Ball brings awareness for our mission to assist the commissioning and placement of public art in Cary, and we plan to make it a special occasion for all who attend.”

About Cary Visual Art:
Cary Visual Art, based in Cary, is a nonprofit organization with the goal of promoting access to visual art through public art projects and educational programs. Cary Visual Art funds the commissioning and placement of art in Cary through partnerships with other nonprofit organizations, local businesses as well as the Town of Cary, and has placed more than 50 public art displays throughout the Cary community. Cary Visual Art is funded in part by its members and sponsors, the Town of Cary and by the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County with funds from the United Arts campaign and the Grassroots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency funded by the State of North Carolina and the National Endowment for the Arts. For more information on Cary Visual Art, or to join the organization please call 919-468-9500 or visit the Web site http://www.caryvisualart.org.

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
919-233-6600
patty@mmimarketing.com

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