Key chapel individuals
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Includes people important to chapel history such as Nabila Drooby, Roberto Rossellini (in his role as director), Simone Swan, Thomas Shannon, Sissy Farendholt, Suna Umari, Carol Mancusi-Ungaro, Christopher Rothko. Does not include key individuals such as Dominique and John de Menil, Mark Rothko, Howard Barnstone, Oscar Romero and Eugene Aubrey, who have their own subject headings.
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
A Conversation about Barnett Newman , 2011-09-24
File — Shelf 30, Box: 93, Folder: 25
Identifier: 30.93.25
Abstract
With Carol Mancusi-UngaroCarol Mancusi-Ungaro, co-author of the 2004 Barnett Newman: A Catalogue Raisonné, will address issues pertaining to the history, presence, and preservation of Newman’s Broken Obelisk. Installed on the plaza of the Rothko Chapel in 1970, the sculpture embraces the ethos of the Chapel while embodying the cultural development of Houston. Barnett Newman (1905-1970), best known as a painter, is indelibly linked with the Rothko Chapel as the...
Dates:
Event: 2011-09-24
A Grand Occasion, honoring Sissy Farenthold and Lynn Wyatt , 2017-05-11
File — Shelf 31, Box: 97, Folder: 38
Identifier: 31.97.38
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.
Dates:
Event: 2017-05-11
African Art: Embracing the Other’s Culture and Tradition , 2006-06-08
File — Shelf 29, Box: 87, Folder: 28
Identifier: 29.87.28
Abstract
By Dr. Elias Bongmba and Simone Swan
Dates:
Event: 2006-06-08
An Act of Faith , 2011-02-19
File — Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 20
Identifier: 30.92.20
Abstract
The Rothko Chapel and the Transformative Power of Art, A Series
"Acts of Faith"
The Reverend Susan J. BarnesThis series will celebrate the artistic and spiritual import of the Rothko Chapel, bringing three speakers with close ties to Mark Rothko and the Chapel.The Reverend Susan J. Barnes will address the overarching issue of faith and spirituality in the lives and enterprises of the Menils—of which the Rothko Chapel was the first outward and visible sign: the first...
Dates:
Event: 2011-02-19
Celebration Honoring Chapel’s Charter Lifetime Members, 2011-02-27
File — Shelf 30, Box: 92, Folder: 26
Identifier: 30.92.26
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.
Dates:
Event: 2011-02-27
Champagne reception in honor of Frances “Sissy” Farenthold, 2015-06-16
File — Shelf 31, Box: 95, Folder: 44
Identifier: 31.95.44
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.
Dates:
Event: 2015-06-16
Concerning the Spiritual in Art, 2005-04-21
File — Shelf 28, Box: 86, Folder: 14
Identifier: 28.86.14
Abstract
The Rothko Chapel Art Series, by Dore Ashton
Dates:
Event: 2005-04-21
Cultivating Contemplation, 2021-05-12
File
Abstract
Cultivating Contemplation presented by Rothko Chapel and Garden Club of HoustonThis special live virtual program explored the power of public green spaces, featuring Thomas L. Woltz of Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and Sarah Newbery, Director of Parks and Greenspace of the Kinder Foundation. Their discussion was followed by live QandA.The conversation explored particularly Woltz's inspiration and process behind his team's work in designing Rothko Chapel’s...
Dates:
Event: 2021-05-12
Dialogue on Current Immigration Laws: Families Torn Apart , 2007-09-19
File — Shelf 29, Box: 88, Folder: 24,30
Identifier: 29.88.24
Abstract
Presented by Frances “Sissy” T. Farenthold, Charles Foster, Mateo Luison, and Nester Rodriguez,
Dates:
Event: 2007-09-19
Dialogue on the Military Commission Act: Undermining Foundations of American Democracy , 2007-09-26
File
Abstract
Panel discussion, Frances T. (Sissy) Farenthold, Thomas Berg, Mike DeGeurin
Dates:
Event: 2007-09-26