2019 art league houston gala 
SPECTRUM

October 11, 2019 at Hotel ZaZa

honoring

Margarita Cabrera
2019 Texas Artist of the Year

Anita & Gerald B. Smith
2019 Texas Patrons of the Year

Betty Moody
2019 Lifetime Achievement Award

Co Chairs

Arvia & Jason Few
Robert Daniel & Julia O’Bryan Reynolds

On October 11, 2019, Art League Houston (ALH) hosted its 71st Anniversary Gala: SPECTRUM. The event co-chaired by Arvia & Jason Few, and Robert Daniel & Julia O’Bryan Reynolds, included an auction featuring artwork by over ninty emerging and established, local and national artists. This year’s Gala marked Art League Houston’s 71st anniversary and celebrated the accomplishments of Margarita Cabrera, Anita & Gerald Smith and Betty Moody. The event raised a record amount of more than $270,000 that will ensure the continued excellence of our exhibition and public art programs and provide critical funding for our community engagement programs - Healing Art, ArtBound! and the Summer High School Studio Art Intensive.

 Highlights of the evening included a welcome speech by Gala Emcee Emily Peacock, the awards ceremony with introductions by Dr. Mari Carmen Ramírez, The Wortham Curator of Latin American Art and Director of the International Center for the Arts of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Dr. Alvia J. Wardlaw, Art Historian, University Museum Director and Curator, Texas Southern University, and Clint Willour, Curator, and deeply moving and personal acceptance speeches by the night’s honorees Margarita Cabrera, Anita & Gerald Smith and Betty Moody, as well as the physical awards, which were designed by Gerardo Rosales, Floyd Newsum and Helen Altman.

The silent auction was a huge success, with co-chairs Arvia and Jason Few taking home artwork by Al Souza, along with Bridget and Patrick Wade heading home with artwork by Rachel Hecker, James Beard & Sarah Welch, Bethany Johnson, Randy Twaddle, Lucinda Cobley and Nicolle LaMere, Marc and Duyên Nguyen taking home artwork by Dan Havel, Selven Jarmon, Lovie Olivia, Eduardo Portillo, Forrest Prince and Kelli Vance, Marlene Marker with artwork by Sarah Williams, Pat Colville and Richard Stout, Leigh and Reggie Smith with artwork by James Drake and Joe Havel, Lynn Goode with artwork by David Ayslworth, Sharon Englestein, and Patrick Renner, Bill Richmond with artwork by Margarita Cabrera, Dan Lam, Myke Venable and Nyssa Juneau, Janet Phelps with artwork by Melinda Laszczynski, Lea Weingarten with artwork by Bradley Kerl, Mary and Marcellus Barone with artwork by Francesca Fuchs and Eepi Chaad, Nicole and Joey Romano with artwork by Phillip Pyle, Rob Greenstein with artwork by Gabriel Martinez, and Robert and Lauri Wray with artwork by Emily Peacock.   

THANK YOU, 2019 TABLE SPONSORS 

SPECTRUM

Kathrine McGovern/John P. McGovern Foundation
Marlene Marker, The Marker Group

ORANGE

Eaton Corporation
New York Life

YELLOW

Chinhui & Eddie Allen
Arvia & Jason Few
Friends of Betty Moody
Crystal & Don Owens
Platt Cheema Richmond PLLC
Anita & Gerald B. Smith
Scott R. Sparvero
University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

GREEN

Jamie Aragones
Christian Barker & Grant Hopping
Mary & Marcel Barone
Ilene & Paul Barr / Ann Daughety
Betty Moody Fan Club
Clark / Kiehnhoff / McCleary / McMurtrey / Steinhagen
Field of Study
Kerry Inman / Inman Gallery 
Terrell James / Lynn Goode / Kenny Baldwin / Page Kempner / Allison V. Smith / Alison Greene
Rebecca & Sean Marshall / Lauri & Robert Wray
Tatiana & Craig Massey
Matthew McDonald / Shaw Contract
Betty Moody / Moody Gallery
Duyen & Marc Nguyen
North Lakes Pain Consultants
Kristen & Drew Perrin
Aaron M. Reimer / Cara Lambright / Holli & Mike Clements
Sergio Rojas / Tamara & Andrew Sheils
Steffie & Ross Tomson / Clay Robinson
Lauri & Robert Wray
Bridget Wade / Janet Phelps
Jill Whitten & Rob Proctor

THANK YOU, GALA HOST COMMITTEE

Eddie & Chinhui Allen • Catherine D. Anspon • Bobby Bass & Adrian Robles • Sarah Balinskas & Jeff DeBevec • Debra Barrera & Jonathan Hopson • Mary & Marcel Barone • Katharine Bowdoin Barthelme • Jonathan Beitler • Jennifer Blanco & John Earles • Minnette & Peter Boesel • Sarah Bray • Leslie Moody Castro • Jereann Chaney • Dean Daderko • Rania & Jamal Daniel • Ryan Dennis • Talley Dunn • Nima Farzaneh • Heidi & David Gerger • Curry Glassell • Lynn Goode & Harrison Williams • Harrison Guy • Cecily Horton • Patricia Covo Johnson • Julie Kinzelman & Christopher Tribble • Rainey Knudson & Michael Galbreth • Cara Lambright • Ashley Langley • Dillon Kyle & Sam Lasseter • Melanie Lawson & John Guess • Nancy Littlejohn • Deborah Lugo • Marlene Marker • Lester & Dr. Penelope Marks • Sean & Rebecca Marshall • Gabriel Martinez • Craig & Tatiana Massey • Poppi Georges Massey • Debbie McNulty & Dean Ruck • Susana Monteverde • Delilah Montoya • Duyen & Marc Nguyen • Judy & Scott Nyquist • Crystal & Don Owens • Kristen & Drew Perrin • Janet Phelps • Jessica Phifer • Susan & Richard Quarles • Dr. Mari Carmen Ramírez • Nicole & Joey Romano • Dr. Greg Shannon • Linda Shearer • Leigh & Reggie Smith • Darryl Ratcliff • Claudia Solis & Matthew Wettergreen • Scott R. Sparvero • Lee Steffy • Giovanni Valderas • Bridget & Patrick Wade Dr. Alvia Wardlaw • Lea Weingarten • Jill Whitten & Rob Proctor • Clint Willour & Reid Mitchell • Lauri & Robert Wray

Can't Attend, Make a Donation

SPECIAL THANKS

Helen Altman • Catherine Anspon / PaperCity Magazine • Art PROvision Company / Sam Jones • Jeff Beauchamp • Minnette Boesel • Margarita Cabrera • Leslie Moody Castro • Jereann Chaney • John B. Connally • Susie & Sanford Criner • Michael Dale • Julia O’Bryan Reynolds & Robert Daniel • Rania & Jamal Daniel • Ryan Dennis • Talley Dunn / Talley Dunn Gallery • Kleibert Estrada / Hotel ZAZA • Arvia & Jason Few • Field of Study • Francesca Fuchs • Candice Goodwin • Jay’s Frames • Johnson & Bergner Design • Mr. & Mrs I. H. Kempner, III • Rainey Knudson • Jessica & Brian Leeke • Nicole Longnecker & David Pesikoff • Kathrine McGovern • Betty Moody • Floyd Newsum • Adrian Page • Emily Peacock • Dr. Mari Carmen Ramírez • Veronica Roberts • Gerardo Rosales • Patricia Ruiz-Healy, Ph. D. / RUIZ-HEALY ART • Anita & Gerald B. Smith • Leigh & Reggie Smith • Lee Steffy • Dr. Alvia J. Wardlaw • Dorothy & Earl Weed • Clint Willour


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ABOUT ALH AWARDS

In 1983, ALH established the Texas Artist of the Year award as a dynamic project documenting Contemporary Texas art history. The award recognizes artists who have demonstrated exceptional creativity and goutstanding achievement, and whose work has had a significant and positive impact on contemporary visual art in Texas. Those who have been recognized have already produced a significant body of work and stand apart as leading figures and visionary talents within the field of contemporary art in Texas. Artists are nominated by a panel of distinguished jurors from across Texas. Jurors determine the award winner and remain anonymous until the winner is announced. Since its inception, thirty-four outstanding artists have received the distinction of Texas Artist of the Year. Past recipients include Francesca Fuchs, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Terrell James, Amy Blakemore, Havel Ruck Project, Rachel Hecker, Aaron Parazette, Mary McCleary, Joseph Havel, Melissa Miller, Al Souza, The Art Guys, Dick Wray, Luis Jiménez, Bert L. Long, Jr., Jesús Moroles, James Surls, and Dr. John Biggers, among others.

In 1989, ALH expanded the award to include patrons with its Texas Patron of the Year award for extraordinary individuals whose efforts have helped advance the work of Texas artists. Past patron honorees include Jereann Chaney, Lynn Goode, Annise Parker, Mayor of Houston (2010-16), Stephanie Smither, Leigh & Reggie Smith, Judy & Scott Nyquist, Victoria & Marshal Lightman, Leslie & Brad Bucher, Anne & James Harithas, Gus Kopriva, and Clint Willour, among others. 

In 2013, ALH celebrated its 65th Anniversary as an arts organization and the 30th Anniversary of its Texas Artist of the Year award. In recognition of this occasion, Art League Houston established the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Visual Arts for artists whose career has spanned more than forty years, and who have made an outstanding contribution to the world of visual art in Texas and beyond. Past honorees include George Smith, Jesse Lott, Forrest Prince and Kermit Oliver. In 2019, ALH expanded the Lifetime Achievement Award to biennially honor visionary and artistic leaders in the community whose creative work has had a positive and long-lasting impact on contemporary visual art in Texas.


PAST HONOREES

TEXAS ARTIST OF THE YEAR

Margarita Cabrera, 2019

Francesca Fuchs, 2018

Trenton Doyle Hancock, 2017

Terrell James, 2016

Amy Blakemore, 2015

Havel Ruck Project, 2014

Rachel Hecker, 2013

Aaron Parazette, 2012

Mary McCleary, 2011

Joseph Havel, 2010

Keith Carter, 2009

Melissa Miller, 2008

Dixie Friend Gay, 2007

Al Souza, 2006

The Art Guys, 2005

Richard Stout, 2004

Virgil Grotfeldt, 2003

Sharon Kopriva, 2001

Dick Wray, 2000

Linda Ridgway, 1999

Luis Jimenez, 1998

Gael Stack, 1997

Lucas Johnson, 1996

Robert Wilson, 1995

Karin Broker, 1994

George Krause, 1993

James Surls, 1991

Bert L. Long, Jr., 1990

Jesús Moroles, 1989

Dr. John Biggers, 1988

Charles Pebworth, 1987

Charles Schorre, 1986

Charles Umlauf, 1985

Dorothy Hood, 1984

E.M. (Buck) Schiwetz, 1983

TEXAS PATRON OF THE YEAR

Anita & Gerald B. Smith, 2019

Jereann Chaney, 2018

Lynn Goode, 2017

Poppi Georges Massey, 2016

Mayor Annise Parker (2010-16), 2015

Stephanie Smither, 2014

Leigh & Reggie Smith, 2013

Judy & Scott Nyquist, 2012

Victoria & Marshall Lightman, 2011

Leslie & Brad Bucher, Patrons 2010

Karol Kreymer & Robert Card, M.D., 2009

Ann & James Harithas, 2008

Gus Kopriva, 2007  

Clint Willour, 2006

Lester Marks, 2002

Sue Rowan Pittman, Patron 1989

 

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN THE VISUAL ARTS AWARD

George Smith, 2018

Jesse Lott, 2016

Forrest Prince, 2015

Kermit Oliver, 2013

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Betty Moody, 2019