Brilliant Magazine
February 13, 2009
The first art piece Suzanne Deal Booth shows me upon entering her riverside home in Austin is the James Turrell installation in her dining room. At first glance, it merely looks like a frameless magenta rectangle hung on the wall. Moving closer, though, I realize that it is not an object mounted on the wall, but, rather, a shallow space cut into it. The vibrant color, which changes throughout the day, is produced not from paint but L.E.D. lights projected onto a plane beyond the wall, creating an illusionary two-dimensional effect from the three-dimensional installation. Read more > / Read part 2 >
Art and Antiques Magazine
September 1, 2007
Arts patronage takes many forms. In the Renaissance, princes and popes commissioned such artists as Michelangelo and Raphael to build and decorate entire palaces. Today most collectors content themselves with supporting artists by collecting single works that enter their homes and collections. Patronage on a grander scale usually means writing a check or attending a fundraising event to help sponsor bigger projects like museum acquisitions or building projects. The Friends of Heritage Preservation (FoHP), a small group based in Los Angeles, has devised a new and effective approach to art patronage that not only helps fund projects in their own city but also takes them around the world. Read more >
Rice University Newsletter
March 31, 2005
Providing a dynamic union of art and education is the goal of Rice University newest partnership with the museum community of Houston. Rice University-Museum Collaborative Partnership representatives celebrated their union and joint ventures at a luncheon March 15 at Cohen House. Partnership representatives include the President's Office; the School of Humanities, including the departments of Visual Arts and Art History and the Rice Art Gallery; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Menil Collection; and the Glassell School of Art. Read more >
Los Angeles Times
November 25, 2002
It is a sunny Saturday afternoon in San Miguel de Allende as a group of Los Angeles philanthropists boards a chartered bus with a flashy paint job. As the bus heads north on the Dolores Hidalgo Highway and turns west onto a dirt road leading to the tiny village of Atotonilco, the passengers chat about their children, the stock market, last night's margaritas and the best places to buy Mexican Jewelry. But when they disembark, stroll down a path lined with stalls of Catholic goods approach the village's claim to fame, an 18th century church in a walled complex, they snap to attention. Read more >
Distinction Magazine
The more you give, the more you get back. We all know it in our hearts, but it is one of those truths that seems counterintuitive. If I give more, will not there be less for me? As I discovered when I joined a group called Friends of Heritage Preservation, there are all sorts of rewards for philanthropic largesse. Founded by my pal Suzanne Booth, an arts powerhouse whose resume would make anyone feel inadequate, the FofHP gives grants to restore or conserve works of art all over the world. in return we enjoy the warm glow of knowing we have done our bit for posterity. Read more >
Chicago GSB Magazine
"It's been brewing for a while," says Suzanne Deal Booth of her and her husband's decision to make a precedent-setting gift to the business school. But she also sees it as a natural progression of their shared personal interests, as well as their professional and philanthropic commitments. Booth has made her career in the field of artistic and historic preservation; she met David Booth shortly after moving to Los Angeles to work at the Getty Conservation Institute. Read more >
