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Houston’s A List Crowd Drawn to Under-the-Radar Party Space for Art Auction: It’s All in the Family

BY // 02.26.18
photography Jenny Antill Clifton

What: The Glasstire Party: Houston Edition

Where: Cherie Flores Pavilion, Hermann Park

PC Moment: It was All in the Family — as in the art family — when America’s oldest online art magazine curated a new format for their annual fundraiser, titled The Glasstire Party: Houston Edition. The critically acclaimed, pioneering web magazine, that is also a nonprofit that supports critics and writers, concocted an edgy, convivial evening at a cool, underutilized party space — Hermann Park’s Cherie Flores Pavilion.

The A List turned out, as in the cream of Houston’s art scene — curators, museum directors, collectors, and above all the artists who were celebrated by works presented for acquisition in the silent auction. (Future editions of this evening will each take up and celebrate another Texas city and their scene.) Adding convivial party touches were Rebekah Johnson (as in Bergner & Johnson) with her graffiti-inspired decor, a buffet supper from Armandos (fajitas, guac, and ‘ritas were so right), and ‘80s tunes spun by DJ Dave Wrangler that had the dance floor jammed.

Best of all, the night exceeded expectations financially and in fun — raising well over six figures for the art-centric online.

Who: Glasstire founder Rainey Knudson, with husband/artist/Art Guy Michael Galbreth and mom Sally Reynolds; chair quintet Ricky Anderson, Yvette and Scott Hill, and Leslie and Mark Hull; Glasstire team including Brandon Zech and Christina Rees (famed for their appearance on Glasstire’s weekly Top Five videos and smart written art reviews), and board chair Eleanor Williams; gallerists including Apama Mackey, Meg Poissant (also on the campaign trail for a Court of Appeals bench), Deborah Colton, and McClain’s Sharon Lott Graham; Blaffer Art Museum new man at the top, director Toby Kamps; collector types Jereann Chaney, Mary and Tom Lile, Marita and J.B. Fairbanks, Leigh Smith, Bridget and Patrick Wade, and in from Dallas Lindsey and Patrick Collins; art consultants Julie Kinzelman and Bryn Larsen; additional supporters Justin Segal, Scott Sparvero, Catherine and John Rentz, Katherine Phelps, and Cullen Geiselman (whose day job is as a bat scientist); and the leading lights of the night — featured auction artists including Ariane Roesch, Robert Hodge, Bill Davenport, Dennis Nance, Iva Kinnaird, Rachel Hecker, and Emily Link.

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