24-05-2025
Beyond the Brush Benefit event raises funds for mental health in Bay County
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – The Beyond the Brush Benefit for Bay County Art Show held it's inaugural event at the main gallery Center for the Arts in downtown Panama City on Friday.
The show was from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., it featured 50 art pieces donated by 40 local talented artists to be sold in a local silent auction.
All proceeds received will be donated to The Therapy Room Foundation. Officials said this will help provide free mental health services to those in the community and raise awareness for mental health.
The Therapy Room was started in a spare bedroom by owner Katie Bergman in 2020 and has grown to 17 therapists all over the state of Florida.
'We really wanted to put this art show on because a lot of times, art is the voice that people don't have when expressing their mental health. So we wanted people to be able to use art as a voice to be able to give back to their own community and support other people who are going on with their own mental health issues,' Digital Outreach Coordinator Ben Earnest said.
For more information about The Therapy Room, click here.
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