Last night's third annual Art Rocks! benefit for the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center featured a silent auction of young artists' works based more on mutual support than big dollar signs.

Trovata's John Whitledge hopped on the red-eye from California to host, but he was more than happy to do so: "I love the idea behind [the event]. They're trying to promote young upcoming artists and spread awareness [about diabetes] to a younger generation," he said from behind tiny eyeglasses. (LEFT: HARLEY VIERA-NEWTON AND KATYA STARETSKI. PHOTO BY ANTWAN DUNCAN)

Taking a break from her heavy senior thesis, "Religion in the Text and How It's Evolved Throughout History," Harley Viera-Newton happily let loose in a printed Luella dress. Perhpas seduced by the silent aspect of the evening, models turned out in droves, from Lily Cole to Victoria's secret's Selita Ebaks, who revealed her desperate desire to wear "really big wings," during this year's runway romp.

Curated by LOLA New York's Emmett Shine and James Cruickshank, the works for auction, by emerging talents like Leo Fitzpatrick, Patrick McElnea and Lucien Smith, stemmed from the evening's theme: youth. Shine explained that, "Because the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center is for kids, so a lot of the artists' work is inspired by their youth, or growing up." Berrie added that the evening's goal was not only to raise money for her charity, but to "democratize art," by giving the artists a platform Brendan Lynch's tie-dyed canvases were a crowd favorite, along with Tim Barber's eerie black-and-white photograph and Thomas McDonnell's trash bag filled with a million dollar's worth of shredded bills. In a bit of mischief, the minimum bid was $1,500.