Facility brings art into healing process

By Britt Carman

Trevor’s Place, the newest expansion of Dallas 24 Hour Club (The 24), officially opened in East Dallas in November with two significant art installations to promote healing and hope. Trevor’s Place expands The 24’s footprint and enhances its mission of helping homeless individuals in recovery build stable, independent lives. As part of The 24’s continuum of care, Trevor’s Place provides additional space and wraparound support services designed to help individuals transition from addiction and homelessness to long-term sobriety and self-sufficiency. Trevor’s Place is adjacent to Tillman House, The 24’s sober living apartment complex.

The $3.4MM campaign was made possible through the generous support of HKS Architects and Gordon Highlander. Citizen HKS contributed in-kind design services and raised an additional $78,000 through its Citizen Grant Award, while Gordon Highlander, led by Founder and CEO Greg Gordon, donated construction services and secured discounted support from subcontractors. Funding for the new art at Trevor’s Place was generously provided by Dana Nearburg and Deedie Rose.

The facility takes a unique approach to recovery by bringing curated art into the healing process. While a formal grand opening is set for early 2026, Trevor’s Place is already welcoming residents and providing a space for reflection, growth, and connection.

Trevor’s Place features an intentional art program designed to inspire and support recovery. The art program is led by Gavin Delahunty, vice chairman of Dallas 24 Hour Club’s Board, ensuring that each work resonates with the mission of recovery and personal growth. 

“The new art installations at Trevor’s Place continue our commitment to providing our residents and professional staff with access to world-class art,” said CEO Tim Grigsby. 

“Building on the success of the Art for Tillman project in 2020 where we installed over 40 works of art by major artists including Josef Albers, TM Davey, Charline von Heyl, Wyatt Kahn and Catherine Opie, our aim was to create an inviting, inspiring and restorative atmosphere at Trevor’s Place by installing two new site-specific works of art by Sam Durant and Zeke Williams.”

In the context of Trevor’s Place, Sam Durant’s electric sign Empathy for Everyone, 2018 takes on an entirely new meaning that implies tolerance and inclusivity. All residents, staff and visitors at the facilities are treated with understanding, compassion and unprejudiced support regardless of their background, past behavior or current struggles. Empathy for Everyone has been installed on the exterior of one of the Trevor’s Place buildings, operating as a symbol of hope for all who see it. 

Artist Zeke Williams has made a brand-new polychromatic painting titled Glacier Lake, 2025. Glacier Lake is the latest in a series of large scale works by Williams inspired by U.S. national parks. 

“I’m very happy to have this painting depicting the grandeur of Glacier Lake National Park installed at The 24’s new facility. The National Park system is very important to my family as my grandparents worked in the parks for twenty years during their retirement. It’s a privilege to bring the natural world to the residents at Trevor’s Place. I hope it inspires the same awe and reflection it inspired in me as a child,” said Zeke Williams.

In addition, “G.O.D.” as an acronym for “Great-Out-Doors” is an informal concept sometimes used in recovery circles. For those in Twelve-Step programs, who are agnostic or uncomfortable with a traditional religious concept of God, the “Great Outdoors” serves as a non-religious alternative for that Higher Power. The idea is that immersion in nature — hiking, camping or simply spending time outside — can provide a spiritual experience, a sense of peace and a connection to something larger than oneself, which is a key part of the recovery process. Williams’ work will be viewable in the new “Jack Zogg” Meditation Garden. 

“Since the 1960s, site-specific works of art have played an important role in the process of community building. Not only do they establish and enhance spaces, but when thoughtfully executed, they also capture and express the spirit and culture of that place. Our intentional integration of contemporary art in Trevor’s Place is designed to be a model for how creativity can enhance recovery, reduce stigma and promote a sense of dignity and hope for all who pass through its doors,” said Gavin Delahunty, vice-chair Board of Directors.