'Artful Living' Event To Benefit Fairfax Families in Need

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Photo: Artist David Amoroso of Arlington won Best of Show with his work “Dina” at Our Daily Bread’s inaugural event with Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts, “Do You See What I See” on May 1, 2014. Preparations are underway for Artful Living, which will include a juried art show with local artists serving as judges. (Photo by Edmond Joe)

The Fairfax-based non-profit Our Daily Bread (ODB) invites the public to attend a special evening of art, wine and strengthening community in association with the 30th Annual Fairfax Spotlight on the Arts Festival.

The event will benefit the families that ODB serves in Fairfax County who are working toward financial self-sufficiency.

“Artful Living” will be from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, May 1, at the Stacy C. Sherwood Community Center in Fairfax City (3740 Old Lee Highway).

Attendees will enjoy a juried art show and participate in a popular art contest, enjoy live music by local Latin-jazz band Batida Diferente, wine and appetizers from Dolce Vita Restaurant, and a craft beer tasting featuring the “Final Four” from the Washington Post Food Section’s “Beer Madness 2015.”

Artworks will be offered for sale. State Del. Ken Plum will serve as a celebrity auctioneer, offering up items that include a game-day experience with Jayson Werth and the Washington Nationals, a wine basket featuring six excellent vintages from the West Coast, a luxurious Wintergreen vacation home rental, and a performance and dinner package for the Wolf Trap Opera and National Symphony Orchestra’s Madama Butterfly.

Admission is $40 per person in advance and $50 at the door. Tickets may be purchased at www.ODBFairfax.org or at the event.

Proceeds will benefit Our Daily Bread’s programs to provide financial education and mentoring, as well as emergency food, financial aid and seasonal assistance to working families throughout Fairfax County who are struggling to make ends meet.