Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA will celebrate its Third Annual Kaleidoscope Ball on Saturday, May 2nd, presented by Harry Winston, Inc., at 3LABS in Culver City. Academy Award-Winning® Actress, Halle Berry, will receive the hospital’s “Kaleidoscope Award” with fellow Academy Award-Winner®, Goldie Hawn, who will host the evening event. Kelvin Davis will receive the hospital’s highest honor, the “Philanthropic Leadership Award,” and rising star, Halston Sage, will receive the “Young Luminary Award.” The evening will also feature a special musical performance by Grammy-Nominated artist Aloe Blacc.
For the first time ever, world-renowned street artists will come together and curate a selection of art pieces to be auctioned off in celebration of the evening’s theme, “Los Angeles: An Art-Full City.” Award winning street artist, Mr. Brainwash, will create a one-of-a-kind Mattel ride-on car to be donated for auction and each table will feature one of his “Life is Beautiful” sculptures, which will also be donated. In addition, Los Angeles favorite, Robert Vargas, will paint live at the event, while internationally acclaimed artists PichiAvo and Shepard Fairey (best known for his wildly popular Obama Hope poster), along with Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Bill Wegman, Charles Arnoldi, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Mike Stilkey, Billy Al Bengston, Sage Vaughn, Charming Baker, among several others, will all donate special pieces for this highly anticipated event.
The evening, co-chaired by Amanda Brown, Beth Friedman, Chloë Sommer, Marcelle Frey, and Tim Campbell, will include a cocktail reception and special dinner prepared by Wolfgang Puck Catering, led by famed chef Wolfgang Puck. Presenting sponsor for the Kaleidoscope Ball is the House of Harry Winston.
In conjunction with the 2014 Kaleidoscope Ball, Harry Winston, Inc., announced with the UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute the establishment of the Harry Winston Fellowship Fund. As part of the Harry Winston Brilliant Futures Charitable Program, the company is supporting the work of young pediatric physicians and scientists who are conducting research to prevent, treat, and cure disease and illness in children.
Proceeds from the dinner will benefit UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute at Mattel Children’s Hospital. Under the leadership of Dr. Sherin Devaskar, Physician-in-Chief, Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA and Executive Director, UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute, a multidisciplinary team of physicians and scientists are working tirelessly to produce and deliver the finest, most advanced research, treatments, and medicines available for children.
TICKETS: Ticket prices start at $500 per individual ticket.For more information, contact Grant Associates at (323) 904-4400.
About UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute
The UCLA Children’s Discovery and Innovation Institute (UCLA CDI), founded to save lives and advance children’s healthcare around the globe, drives multidisciplinary collaboration among faculty and ensure a healthy future for children through transformative research. Ranking among the world’s elite, Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art care for children in a compassionate atmosphere, as well as conducting research that improves the understanding and treatment of pediatric diseases and training the next generation of leaders in pediatrics.
