Third time's the charm: After two COVID stalls, Sang Bipolar Foundation event is a go

An exhibit featuring the work of artists with bipolar disorder highlighted the Ryan Licht Sang Bipolar Foundation's annual Palm Beach fundraiser.

The event took place — at long last, after two pandemic postponements — April 12 at the Surovek Gallery, hosted by Clay and Jessica Surovek.

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Julie Cummings, Lori Gendelman and Leigh-Anne Kazma were chairwomen for the evening, which included al fresco cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, live entertainment, and a private preview of the exhibit, INSIGHTS IV: Art Exhibition of Creativity and the Bipolar Brain.

The displayed works, all of them by artists with bipolar disorder, highlight the creativity that often accompanies this serious illness of the brain. The show also aims to help reduce the stigma associated with bipolar disorder through understanding and awareness.

The featured works were selected by a jury of major art collectors, gallerists and artists after a nationwide competition limited to self-portraits.

Each artist whose work was selected was awarded a grant from the foundation, underwritten by the Lyon Family Foundation of Chicago.

All works were donated by the artists to the foundation’s permanent collection so that other national exhibitions can be mounted in the future. None of the artwork was for sale.

Peter Cummings and Bruce Gendelman were chairmen.

Junior chairs were Margie Betten and Christian Siegrist, Micah and Rob Ford, and Cameron Lickle and Linqing Yang.

Speakers included founder Dusty Sang, Gendelman and junior chairman, Lickle.

More than 90 friends and supporters left with a gift bag containing the foundation’s new Butterfly Awareness pin designed by Joyce Sang, and a bag of its signature Rocky Road candy made by a chocolatier in Chicago.

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