{"id":94336,"date":"2025-12-19T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/94336\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T17:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T17:00:10","slug":"superstar-spanish-chefs-return-to-houston-for-dinners-with-a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/94336\/","title":{"rendered":"Superstar Spanish chefs return to Houston for dinners with a purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What: Art Untamed, A Night of Contemporary Western Art<\/p>\n<p>Where: The Lancaster Hotel<\/p>\n<p>The Scoop: With cowboy boots traded for cocktail attire, more than 115 artists and art lovers moseyed into downtown for Art Untamed, an evening that lassoed the spirit of the West with a modern twist.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its fourth year, the fundraiser benefiting <a href=\"https:\/\/thebryanmuseum.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Bryan Museum<\/a> was steered by a dedicated committee including Christine Glover, Linda and Bill Reeves, and Guylene and Jay Lendrum. The event spotlighted 32 Southwestern artists featured in the Visions of the West exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>Guests sipped and mingled during cocktail hour, sizing up 73 pieces ranging from luminous landscapes to storytelling textiles. The live auction, led by crowd-favorite auctioneer Randolph Holford, delivered a flurry of paddles in the air, especially for Bob Stuth-Wade\u2019s radiant Santiago Peak from Chalk Draw, Nathaniel Garza\u2019s moody Three Reasons, and Echo Ukrainetz\u2019s intricate batik honoring cowgirl trailblazer Lucy Mulhall.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend kicked off at <a href=\"https:\/\/thelancaster.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Lancaster Hotel<\/a>, where partner Jay Shinn hosted artists and VIPs at a reception in the historic property set to celebrate its centennial next year. During the festivities, museum founder JP Bryan captured the mood best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA collection is an expression of a soul; it speaks to where our heart is,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is why the museum was founded, to share the important story of Texas and the American West through a world-class collection, outstanding exhibitions, and educational programming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The evening raised nearly $100,000 to support educational programming and outreach at The Bryan Museum.<\/p>\n<p>Who: Lori Leal Wedemeyer and Barkley Wedemeyer, Sassy Stanton, Bill Pinckard, Mike Glover, Shara Fryer, Barry Silverman, Frank Rynd, Deborah and Monte Stavis, Kelly and Luis Z\u00fa\u00f1iga, Kara Przybyl McIver and David McIver, Dianne Reynolds, Stephanie and Brent Kindle, Penny and Townes Pressler, Linda and Jerry Dickson, Bob Leibrock, Paulina Padilla, Nocona Burgess, Vickie McMillan-Hayes, Ricardo Robles, and Bob Stuth-Wade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What: Art Untamed, A Night of Contemporary Western Art Where: The Lancaster Hotel The Scoop: With cowboy boots&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2571,4844,56,58,57,8727],"class_list":{"0":"post-94336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-fundraisers","9":"tag-hospitals","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-headlines","12":"tag-houston-news","13":"tag-texas-childrens-hospital"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}