Jereann Chaney has been a patron and advocate for the arts for many years. She truly believes one’s life is solidly enriched by being involved and surrounded by the arts in some form or fashion. Jereann began collecting around 1995 and has concentrated on young emerging artists and their work. 

She currently sits on the Boards of Blaffer Art Museum at University of Houston, Contemporary Art Museum Houston and Museum of Fine Arts Houston, as well sits on the MFAH Contemporary&Modern and MFAH Photo Committees and heads up the MFAH Glassell Executive Committee. 

She facilitated MFAH exhibitions: Red Hot Asian Art Today from the Chaney Family Collection in 2007 and End Game in 2008. 

As a supporter of the arts Jereann Chaney also supports MFAH Glassell School and MFAH Core Residency Program, Houston Center for Photography, Menil, Lawndale, Glasstire, DiverseWorks, Art League, Aurora Picture Show, Asia Society, Houston Arts Alliance, Orange Show, Pearl Fincher Museum and Artpace.

Keith Carter, retired Endowed Walles Chair of Art at Lamar University, is the recipient of the Texas Medal of Arts, the Lange-Taylor Prize from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, and the Regents’ Professor Award from the Texas State University System. He was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame in 2025 and is the author of sixteen books. In addition, his work has been shown in over 100 solo exhibitions in thirteen countries. 

Carter’s work is included in numerous private and public collections, including the National Portrait Gallery; Art Institute of Chicago; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; George Eastman House; Smithsonian American Art Museum; and the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. 

AUCTION HOST COMMITTEE

CO-CHAIRS

Sarah Beth Wilson & Joseph McKeel

Dr. Sunthosh Sivam & Dr. Julie Schackman

COMMITTEE MEMBERS*

Madeline Kelly

Samson Odhiambo, Gemenon Mineral Fund

Rebekah and John McEntire

Sophie Asakura and Peter Eccles

Kerry Inman / Inman Gallery

Erin Dorn / Seven Sisters

Tom Raith

Lauren Stadler and Jonathan Fombonne

Sarah Foltz / Foltz Fine Art

Pramod Pinnamaneni and Nitya Thummalachetty

Robert Parke

Taryn Melgoza

Betty Moody / Moody Gallery

Patricia Eifel

Joan Morgenstern

Lindsay Davis

Bryn Larsen

Bevin Bering Dubrowski

ART COMMITTEE

Shane Lavalette

Anne Leighton Massoni

Areli Navarro Magallón

Mary Magsamen

Aimee McCrory

Geoffrey Koslov

Holland Chaney

Joseph Cohen

André Ramos-Woodard

Chandler Snipe

*lists current as of 10/30/2025

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