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Gala committee chair Vanessa di Palma Wright embraces the event's black and white theme in a dress by Utah designer McKell Maddox at the Kimball Art Center Gala on July 13, 2017. (Nan Chalat Noaker/Park Record)

Artists Academy alumna Ali Mitchell creates a feline portrait during the Kimball Art Center Gala on July 13, 2017. (Nan Chalat Noaker/Park Record)

Alejandro Reynoso, a participant in the EVA program at McPolin Elementary School, participated in the Kimball Art Center Gala on July 13, 2017. (Nan Chalat Noaker/Park Record)

Splashes of color give the cocktails an artistic flourish at the Kimballl Art Center Gala, July 13, 2017. (Nan Chalat Noaker/Park Record) ( Gala cocktails )

Newly appointed Kimball Art Center Director Lindsie Smith at the Kimball Art Center Gala on July 13, 2017. (Nan Chalat Noaker/Park Record)

Former Director Robin Marrouche and her husband Nassir greet guests at the Kimball Art Center Gala on July 13, 2017. (Nan Chalat Noaker/Park Record)

Students enrolled in Kimball's Young Artists Academy created dramatic black and white chairs to be auctioned off the Kimball Art Center Gala on July 13, 2017. (Nan Chalat Noaker/Park Record)

Sundance Board of Trustees Chair Pat Mitchell joined the festivities at the Kimball Art Center Gala on July 13, 2017. The institute and the art center recently announced plans to work together with the city to create an arts district in Bonanza Park. (Nan Chalat Noaker/Park Record)