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A record-setting crowd attended the third annual "Art in Celebration" reception Aug. 28, to benefit the Gustavo Ipiña Memorial Scholarship fund at Woodrow Wilson High School. Before the night concluded, this year at Gallery 2910 in Deep Ellum, the benefit raised more than $8,000, topping last years amount by $1,500.

With bid sheets in hand, about 140 people strolled through the gallery's spacious, softly lit rooms, which showcased a vast collection of one-of-a kind creations. The first thing patrons noticed when entering the gallery were the rows of brightly colored, hand-blown glass works blooming from the walls like fragile flowers from another galaxy.

Adjacent to the display, a video detailed the techniques involved in blowing hot glass into art. The creations were the work of resident artists Treavor Holdman and Michael Stoddard.

Around the corner were several oil paintings by resident artist Rick Timmons, best known by Lakewood-area residents for his landmark mural at Matt's Rancho Martinez restaurant.

Federal prosecutor, Taly Haffar, G.I.M.S. founder, and the former Dallas County attorney who prosecuted Gustavo Ipiña's killer, and Erin Hendricks, scholarship coordinator and prosecutor, donated their artwork. Friends and family of Haffar and Hendricks and other members of the legal community also contributed their work to the cause.

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