Big Thought Big Day Kick-off Party Held March 1st at The Warehouse

Hosted by Husch Blackwell, the Big Thought Big Day Kick-off Party was held Saturday, March 1, 2014, at The Warehouse. Guests enjoyed a preview of the new gallery collection, Room by Room: Monographic Presentations from the Faulconer and Rachofsky Collections, now on display for public viewing. Valet was provided by Mary Kay.

Big Day event co-chairs Nikki and Crayton Webb (of Mary Kay)

 The Big Thought Big Day is not one, but actually two days of big fun (and learning!). On April 26-27, Big Thought’s Big Day will provide more than 2,000 Dallas ISD students enrolled in the Thriving Minds After-School program and their family members free tickets to enjoy the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Big Day is presented by Dallas nonprofit Big Thought, which supports after-school creative and arts education programming for elementary- and middle-school students across Dallas.

Carolyn Anderson, Alfreda Norman, Irene Hosford (of sponsoring company Husch Blackwell), Anita Tarar and Jason Railsback

The event honorary co-chair family is the Marilyn and Leo Corrigan, Jr. Family. Event planning co-chairs are Jennifer and Scott Chandler, Kate and Matthew Flume, Christa and Ketric Sanford, and Nikki and Crayton Webb.

Scott McKenzie and Buff LaGrange

 

Instrument Drive this Saturday!

Big Thought's 25th Anniversary Gala

Big Thought will kick off its 25th anniversary year with a gala celebration at The Adolphus Hotel on Saturday, Feb. 11th at 7:00 p.m. The evening will feature a seated dinner, entertainment and dancing. Organizers anticipate more than 250 guests will attend the celebration.

Founded in 1987 as Young Audiences of North Texas by Mitch Jericho and Edith O’Donnell, Big Thought has grown from a small arts agency to an organization focused on providing creative learning opportunities to hundreds of thousands of children and families each year.

Key programs include Thriving Minds, Creative Solutions, Library Live, SLANT: Service Learning Adventures in North Texas, and Young Audiences. Big Thought – working in partnership with the City of Dallas, Dallas ISD and hundreds of Dallas youth, cultural and educational organizations – serves more than 300,000 children, teens and families every year.

The evening will honor Big Thought co-founders Mitch Jericho and Edith O’Donnell and pay tribute to IBM and the Corrigan family, recipients of the 2012 Founders Award.

Contact: info@bigthought.org / http://www.bigthought.org/