Photos by Samantha Jane Beatty
Styling by Kate Stukenberg
Grooming by Tonya Riner for Page Parkes Agency
Models Madison Johnston for Wallflower Management and Jake Atterberry for Page Parkes Agency
Photo assistance by John Lewis
Styling assistance by Molly Jodeit
Men’s styling consulting by Cody Sever
and Whitney Wiggins for M Penner
Shot on location at Hotel Alessandra in Downtown
David Ansell, Bennie Flores Ansell, Thuy Tran and James Tiebout
About 210 art lovers — including big names like Christopher Rothko and representatives from important organizations and galleries — turned out to support the Rothko Chapel’s innovative programming and community leadership. The evening raised more than $400,000, largely thanks to an exciting auction, chaired by gallerist Robert McClain. It included amazing works by Houston artists, including Mark Francis, Patrick McGrath Muñiz, and Karen Navarro, to name just a few, as well as artists on view in The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture, such as Joe Peña and Alex Rubio.
Rothko Chapel board chair Troy Porter provided an opening invocation, citing the chapel’s now 52 years of social change and spiritual transformation. As guests enjoyed a sumptuous main course of buttery Verlasso salmon with fennel heirloom tomato salpicon scented with basil, Beaumont-born artist John Alexander gave a moving speech that vividly recalled his time in Houston in the 1970s (when the Rothko Chapel first opened) and affirmed his belief in the power of art to transform lives and demand a better future. Sí, se puede!
Cheech Marin and Dolores Huerta (photo by Scott Julian)
Whitney and Matt Gordon with Helene Schlumberger and Sharon Graham of McClain Gallery (photo by Scott Julian)
Delita and Cedric Martin
Troy Porter, Sandy Dow, Christopher Rothko (photo by Hung Truong)
Cheech Marin, Dolores Huerta and Vincent Valdez (photo by Hung Truong)
Rafael Longoria, Gayle DeGeurin, Tim and Suzette Walker, Geraldina and Scott Wise (photo by Scott Julian)
Diana Magaloni Kerpel of LACMA and Nacho Rodriguez Bach
Ellen Susman and Mike Loya (photo by Scott Julian)
Patrick McGrath Muniz, John Alexander and Joe Pena (photo by Scott Julian)
Michael Keegan, Cyvia Wolff and Dolores Huerta (photo by Scott Julian)
Lori Cohen and Steven Dow (photo by Hung Truong)
Maire Baldwin, Karen Wolfe, Mari Carmen Ramirez (photo by Scott Julian)