Gay Games Unveils Exhibit

Gay Games VII donors Dick Uyvari and Joe La Pat were honored for their support of the fundraising. Pictured from left are Joe La Pat, Gay Games VII Co-Vice Chair Kevin Boyer, Dick Uyvari, and GGVII Co Vice-Chair Tracy Baim. GGVII donor Michael Leppen. David Woody, who designed the exhibit at the Center on Halsted. It is open to the public on the third floor of the Center.

Photos by Kat Fitzgerald

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The organizers of Chicago’s 2006 Gay Games VII celebrated the one-year anniversary of the Games with a special unveiling of the ‘Gay Games VII Celebration Wall’ commemorative exhibit at the Center on Halsted, 3656 N. Halsted, on July 20. The event also celebrated the Gay Games VII announcement of breaking even on all expenses, thanks in part to a matching grant by Chicagoans Dick Uyvari and Joe La Pat.

The Gay Games Celebration Wall is the brainchild of the Center on Halsted and designed by Gay Games Board Member David Woody (below right) who is the Director of Design and Development for the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Funded in part by the Center on Halsted, the exhibit features a collection of high-quality photographs from the 2006 Gay Games designed to represent the excitement, diversity and inspiration of the athletes, artists, performers and volunteers. The photos are a selection from more than 60,000 photographs taken by dozens of photographers who donated their services the week of the Gay Games.