WOW! honorees
Dario Robleto • 2025 Texas Artist of the Year
Leah Bennett • 2025 Texas Patron of the Year
WOW! CO CHAIRS
Erin Dorn • Mitra Murthy
time & date
7 - 11 PM, Friday October 10, 2025
Location
Thompson Hotel, 1717 Allen Parkway, Houston, 77019
attire
WOW! Gala Art Auction
Janet Alling • Glass Cypress • Margarita Cabrera • Paola de la Calle • Jamal Cyrus • Joey Fauerso • Candace Hicks • Qiqing Lin • Kingsley Onyeiwu • Robert Pruitt • Alexis Pye • Dario Robleto • Daniel Rios Rodriguez • Eli Ruhala • Marisol Valencia • Jasmine Zelaya • Ping Zheng
healing Art instabuy
Ramiro Bermudez • Elisa Cammack • Tocarra Carter • Derinda Cay • Julie Cervantes • Cynthia Edmondson • Betty Gonazalez • Readie Hayward • Lesa Jackson • Edwin Johnston • Yvonne Kilpatrick • Janet Luddington • Byron Mays • Larry McEntire • Jose Luis Mogollon • Rick Nugent • Lillian Cooper Roddy • Jeanneann Saad • Ann Smith • Lisa Marie Smith • Norman Umstead • Russell Wilde
WOW! SPONSORSHIPS
WOW! half table SPONSORSHIp
WOW! TICKETS
WOW! donation
WOW! HOST COMMITTEE
Katy Smith Abbott • Samee Ahmed • Liz & David Anders • Catherine D. Anspon & John Walker • Mary & Marcellus Barone • Jennifer Blanco & John Earles • Judy & Paul Buie • Nick Campbell • Eepi Chaad • Jereann Chaney • Kacie DeSabla • Krista & Mike Dumas • Jasmine & Nima Farzaneh • Mary Hammon & Jacob Quinn • Cecily E. Horton • Tyler L. Hough & Jake E. Riley • Kerry Inman • Frauke Josenhans • Cynthia Kagay & David Hayes • Julie Kinzelman & Christopher Tribble • Kimberly Landa • Poppi Georges Massey • Judy & Scott Nyquist • Janet Phelps • Lakshmi & Andrew Picoli • Tom Raith • Katy & Skyler Schawe • Winnie Scheuer • Stephen Schwarz & Michael Naul • A. Kate Sheerin • Scott Sparvero • Isa Suarez • Cynthia Toles • Dr. Alvia Wardlaw
WOW! 2025 SPONSORs
GOLDEN RECORD $35,000
Marlene Marker, The Marker Group
Scott R. Sparvero
VOYAGER $25,000
John P. McGovern Foundation
SiGNAL $10,000
Elevate Family Partners
NAUTiLUS $4,000
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Arocha
Mary and Marcel Barone / Ruth Dreessen and Tom Van Laan
Sarah Bray / Cara Lambright and Wayne Curtis / Michelle and Robert Raney / Amanda and Aaron Reimer
Jereann Chaney / Krista and Mike Dumas
Erin Dorn, Seven Sisters / Mitra Murthy
Field of Study
Foltz Fine Art
Kerry Inman / Inman Gallery
Pillsbury / Liz and David Klingensmith
Manske Wealth Management - Elijah Lopez
Katy and Skyler Schawe
Stephen Schwarz and Michael Naul
A. Kate Sheerin
Reid Sutton and Brad Nagar
Williams / Toi Anderson
Sarah Beth Wilson and Joseph McKeel
DEMiLUNE $2,000
Liz and David Anders
Judy and Paul Buie
Helen and Allen Caudle / Karen and Howard Rose / Fredricka Brecht
Yvonne Garcia, Hooks-Epstein Galleries
Tyler L. Hough and Jake E. Riley
Ray Hylenski
Franny Koelsch Jeffries and John Jeffries / Koelsch Gallery
Mr. Lester & Dr. Penelope Marks
Poppi Georges Massey
Sandra and Pat O'Donnell
Page, now Stantec
Janet Phelps
PlainsCapital Bank
Sarah Balinskas Art Services
Winnie Scheuer
PATRON TiCKET $900
Cynthia Kagay and David Hayes
SPECIAL THANKS
Catherine D. Anspon and John Mason Walker • Paul Barr • Nicholas Campbell • Roger and Anna Crain • Jaci Day • Lynn Goode • Rob Greenstein • Shanna Hennig • Paula Hern • Jason & Kelley Hodges • Cecily E. Horton • John Lu • Ruthie and Adam Miller • Scott and Judy Nyquist • Dakshesh Parikh MD FACC • Binita Patel • Lakshmi Picoli • Maria Rodriguez • Rebecca Roe • Hélène Schlumberger • Leigh and Reggie Smith • Stephanie Smither Visionary Fund • David and Sandy Strauss • Dr Alvia Wardlaw • Taylor Amador Williamson and Jonathan Williamson
WOW! 2025 MEDIA SPONSOR
PaperCity Magazine
WOW! 2025 Design & Print Sponsor
WOW! Framing Sponsor
Sarah Balinskas Art Services
Additional Support
Simon Printing Company
Seidl Bindery