{"id":458341,"date":"2025-12-19T18:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/458341\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:57:19","slug":"superstar-spanish-chefs-return-to-houston-for-dinners-with-a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/458341\/","title":{"rendered":"Superstar Spanish chefs return to Houston for dinners with a purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What: Art Untamed, A Night of Contemporary Western Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Where: The Lancaster Hotel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Scoop: <\/strong>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 <strong>Christine Glover<\/strong>, <strong>Linda<\/strong> and <strong>Bill Reeves<\/strong>, and <strong>Guylene<\/strong> and <strong>Jay Lendrum<\/strong>. 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 <strong>Randolph Holford<\/strong>, delivered a flurry of paddles in the air, especially for <strong>Bob Stuth-Wade<\/strong>\u2019s radiant Santiago Peak from Chalk Draw, <strong>Nathaniel Garza<\/strong>\u2019s moody Three Reasons, and <strong>Echo Ukrainetz<\/strong>\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 <strong>Jay Shinn<\/strong> hosted artists and VIPs at a reception in the historic property set to celebrate its centennial next year. During the festivities, museum founder <strong>JP Bryan<\/strong> 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><strong>Who: Lori Leal Wedemeyer<\/strong> and <strong>Barkley Wedemeyer<\/strong>, <strong>Sassy Stanton<\/strong>, <strong>Bill Pinckard<\/strong>, <strong>Mike Glover<\/strong>, <strong>Shara Fryer<\/strong>, <strong>Barry Silverman<\/strong>, <strong>Frank Rynd<\/strong>, <strong>Deborah<\/strong> and <strong>Monte Stavis<\/strong>, <strong>Kelly<\/strong> and <strong>Luis Z\u00fa\u00f1iga<\/strong>, <strong>Kara Przybyl McIver<\/strong> and <strong>David McIver<\/strong>, <strong>Dianne Reynolds<\/strong>, <strong>Stephanie<\/strong> and <strong>Brent Kindle<\/strong>, <strong>Penny<\/strong> and <strong>Townes Pressler<\/strong>, <strong>Linda<\/strong> and <strong>Jerry Dickson<\/strong>, <strong>Bob Leibrock, Paulina Padilla, Nocona Burgess, Vickie McMillan-Hayes, Ricardo Robles, <\/strong>and <strong>Bob Stuth-Wade.<\/strong><\/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":3,"featured_media":458342,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[15045,3584,4345,358,209614,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-458341","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-texas","12":"tag-texas-childrens-hospital","13":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115747766389831866","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}