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    Party Watch

    Fire water and art: High-priced tequila fuels a Marfa party in Houston

    Shelby Hodge
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    Jul 11, 2014 | 1:54 pm

    What:Ballroom Marfa summer cocktail party.

    Where: The Houston home of Jeff Fort, who divides his time between the big city and his ranch near Marfa.

    The 411: Some 100 Ballroom Marfa donors, board members, art dealers and artists joined the party celebrating the non-profit's 11 years as a contemporary cultural arts space in far West Texas. Barclays co-hosted the event with Fort, a Ballroom Marfa board member. While the conversation centered on the ballroom's decade of creating events and art happenings, the talk was fueled by Casa Dragones Joven sipping tequila, the sole spirit served at the party.

    Casa Dragones founder Bob Pittman, Clear Channel CEO, and his wife, Veronique, are big Ballroom Marfa supporters and though not in attendance, they insured that there was plenty of fire water on hand.

    Who: Ballroom Marfa founders Fairfax Dorn and Virginia Leberman, plus Seth Mittag, Sandy Parkerson, Clemencia Larimore, Steve Houston, Don Childress, Katherine Barthleme and Lisa and John Dorn.

    As many as 100 Ballroom Marfa supporters turned out for the summer cocktail party.

      
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    Healing Through Expression

    Poetry and purpose align at The Jung Center’s Houston celebration

    Joel Luks
    Apr 1, 2025 | 5:30 pm
    Jung Center fundraiser 2025
    Photo by Katy Anderson
    Wayne and Judy McConnell with Heidi and Marcus Smith.

    The River Oaks Country Club played host to a night that married introspection and inspiration as The Jung Center welcomed guests for “An Evening with Clint Smith” on March 18. The intimate affair celebrated the transformative power of art, language, and healing, a signature cocktail of the beloved Houston institution.

    Chaired by Heidi and Marcus Smith and Judy and Wayne McConnell, the soirée spotlighted Mathieu JN Baptiste, the Haiti-born, Houston-based artist whose work offers lyrical meditations on the resilience of oppressed populations. Known for painting, drawing, sculpting, and creating large-scale installations, Baptiste’s polymathic artistry has earned him a global audience and a prominent place in The Jung Center’s orbit, where he’s exhibited three times.

    The evening marked the presentation of the Carolyn Grant Fay Humanitarian Award to Baptiste, named for the center’s founder. With this tribute, the organization honored his embodiment of the Jungian spirit: Layered, courageous, and rooted in the unconscious drive toward healing.

    The keynote came from Clint Smith, the poet, scholar, and New York Times bestselling author of How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America. With poetic grace and pointed clarity, Smith reflected on how writing enables him to hold space for contradictions — joy and sorrow, pride and pain — echoing Baptiste’s own multi-textured narratives and The Jung Center’s mission to help people examine the internal landscapes that shape their external lives.

    Houston holds a chapter in Smith’s story. He spent his senior year at Awty International after evacuating New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, a stop along the path that eventually led to college and a Ph.D. from Harvard.

    Since the pandemic, The Jung Center has tripled its mental wellness and creative programming for adults and children, a demand echoed by communities across Houston, all while celebrating the 50th anniversary of its gallery.

    Among those savoring the heartfelt moments were Dr. Crystal Walter, Lynn Baird, Ginger Blanton, Yvonne and Rufus Cormier, Emily Croswell, The Jung Center’s executive director Sean Fitzpatrick, Ann and Kenny Friedman, Melanie Gray and Mark Wawro, Necole Irvin of the Mayor’s Office for Cultural Affairs, board chair John Price with Leila-Scott Price, gallerist Heidi Vaughan, Anita and Gerald Smith, former First Lady Andrea White, and style maven Vivian Wise.

    Jung Center fundraiser 2025
      

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    Wayne and Judy McConnell with Heidi and Marcus Smith.

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