{"id":46195,"date":"2023-05-11T16:09:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T16:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=46195"},"modified":"2023-05-11T16:09:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T16:09:47","slug":"get-one-of-a-kind-artwork-boots-bats-gala-auction-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/05\/11\/get-one-of-a-kind-artwork-boots-bats-gala-auction-reopens\/","title":{"rendered":"Get one-of-a-kind artwork; Boots &amp; Bats Gala auction reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The opportunity to give continues by bidding on one-of-a-kind artwork from the third annual Boots &amp; Bats Gala. <a href=\"https:\/\/cbo.io\/bidapp\/index.php?slug=bootsandbats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The silent auction <\/a>is back open. Every dollar raised supports student scholarships.<\/p>\n<p>The Boots &amp; Bats Gala is hosted in partnership between Austin Community College District (ACC) and renowned Southwest artist Amado Pe\u00f1a&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arthasheart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art Has Heart Foundation<\/a>. So far, the 2023 gala has raised more than $200,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScholarships remove barriers and serve as a bridge to help students achieve their dreams. Receiving a scholarship provides a way for students to make it,\u201d says ACC Chancellor Dr. Richard Rhodes. &#8220;Investing in a student&#8217;s education through scholarship donation is more than a financial contribution. It is a vote of confidence in their potential.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The auction includes artwork from national, local, and student artists ranging from paintings and ceramics to jewelry and boots. Auction items begin at 50 percent of their total value.&nbsp;<br \/>For more information about the gala, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/events\/boots-bats-gala\/\">austincc.edu\/bootsandbats<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opportunity to give continues by bidding on one-of-a-kind artwork from the third annual Boots &amp; Bats Gala. The silent auction is back open. Every dollar raised supports student scholarships. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/05\/11\/get-one-of-a-kind-artwork-boots-bats-gala-auction-reopens\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":46116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[2160,2192,2157,2178,100,2159],"class_list":["post-46195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","tag-art-has-heart-foundation","tag-auction","tag-boots-bats","tag-boots-bats-gala","tag-scholarships","tag-student-scholarships"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}