St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® named opening night beneficiary

of the 2015 LA Art Show

Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo to Host Benefit

The LA Art Show is pleased to announce its selection of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® as benefiting charity of its opening night premiere party,  8-11 p.m.,  Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015, in the South Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center,  1201 S. Figueroa St. A Patron Reception will begin at 7 p.m., and the LA Art Show will be open to the public in the same location from Jan. 15-18. Amy Adams and Darren Le Gallo will host the benefit.

St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Thanks to support from events like this one, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.  

“We are excited to partner with St. Jude at the 20th Anniversary LA Art Show,” said Kim Martindale, general manager and producer of the LA Art Show. “By sharing their knowledge freely and exchanging ideas openly, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital inspires more collaboration between doctors and researchers worldwide, and as a result, more lifesaving treatments for children everywhere.”

More than 7,000 art patrons attended in 2014. Guests included: Leonard Di Caprio, Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Tim Robbins, James Franco, Barbra Streisand, James Brolin, Shepard Fairey, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Lily Collins, Michelle Monaghan, Debra Wilson, Princess Anita Theodora of Orange-Nassau, Gabrielle, Duchess of Schoeneberg, Councilmember Tom LaBonge, Kevan Hall, Hill Harper, Robert LaSardo, Bria Murphy, Willem van Gogh, James DuMont, Alex Lombard, Sue Wong, Michael Peer, Toni Garrn and Abdulla Ali Saboosi, Consul General for the U.A.E., among others.

Patron tickets are $250, Vanguard tickets are $200 and Friend tickets are $125.  The show is open to the public from Jan. 15-18, 2014. General admission is $20.

For additional information, visit LAArtShow.com.

About St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other deadly diseases. St. Jude has the world’s best survival rates for the most aggressive childhood cancers, and treatments invented at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20 percent to 80 percent since we opened more than 50 years ago. St. Jude is working to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent in the next decade. St. Jude freely shares the breakthroughs we make, and every child saved at St. Jude means doctors and scientists worldwide can use that knowledge to save thousands more children. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing and food – because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. Join the St. Jude mission by visiting stjude.org or following St. Jude on facebook.com/stjude and twitter.com/stjude.

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