2025 Montrose Art Party
“A Night at the Movies: Dress as Your Favorite Movie Character!”
Friday, April 25, 2025 | 6–8 PM | Art League Houston
Co-chairs Catherine D. Anspon & John Mason Walker, and Tyler L. Hough invite you to the 2025 Montrose Art Party, “A Night at the Movies: Dress as Your Favorite Movie Character!”
This unforgettable evening, taking place on Friday, April 25, 6–8 PM, will benefit Healing Arts, one of Art League Houston’s most enduring and impactful programs, now celebrating its 35th year of empowering artists through creativity and community.
Enjoy a night of cinematic fun with music by DJ YungChris, delicious drinks, and vibrant company—all in support of a program that transforms lives.
Healing Arts transforms lives. For more than three decades, this remarkable program has provided individuals living with serious illness and disabilities a space to create, connect, and redefine their identities beyond their challenges. As artist and teaching instructor Rebecca Bass shares, “Healing Arts provides a sense of belonging. The participants put their health issues aside and make art. This program is really about community and friendship.”
This year, we are honored to recognize Lester Marks, one of Houston’s most generous arts patrons, whose 2024 Collection Auction significantly contributed to Healing Arts. His unwavering support reminds us of the power of art to uplift, heal, and inspire.
The 2025 MARTY will feature the much-anticipated annual Healing Arts exhibition, where works by program artists will be paired with a curated collection of small-gem artworks, all available for silent auction. Your generosity will not only support these artists directly but will also ensure the continued growth of Healing Arts for years to come.
2025 HEALING ART EXHIBITION
ARTISTS: Ramiro Bermudez • Elisa Cammack • Tocarra Carter • Derinda Cay • Julie Cervantes • Cynthia Edmonson • Betty Gonzalez • Readie Hayward • Jan Huff • Edwin Johnston • Lesa Jackson • Eileen Keller Yvonne Kilpatrick • Shirley Konnateh • Jose Luis • Janet Luddington • Byron Mays • Larry McEntire • Rick Nugent • Lillian Roddy • Debra Simms • Lisa Marie Smith • Trinity TriStar Stardust • Russell Wilde
2025 “sMALL gEMS” SILENT aRT AUCTION
ARTISTS: Katy Anderson • Rebecca Bass • Susan Budge • Sol Diaz-Pena • Corey De'Juan Sherrard Jr. • DUAL • Preston Gaines • Rachel Gonzales • Michelle Heinesen • Anastasia Kirages • Jessica Kreutter • Patrick Medrano • Vanessa Monikian • McKay Otto • Hugo Perez • Mitch Pengra • Susan Plum • Lanecia Rouse • Emily Sloan • Gerardo Velasquez • Doug Welch + More!
2025 Sponsors
Executive Producer ($7,500)
SCOTT SPARVERO
Best Supporting ($1,000)
MICHAEL GOLDEN
LAURI & ROBERT WRAY
Writer ($500)
JOHN LUU
SAINT ARNOLD BREWING COMPANY
Support the Cause: Become a Sponsor
This year, our goal is to raise $35,000 in honor of 35 years of Healing Art! Your sponsorship will directly support this life-changing program and its artists. Choose a sponsorship level and help us make a lasting impact:
Each sponsorship tier offers unique opportunities to support program needs while receiving prominent recognition on social media and the event website. We invite you to become a corporate or individual sponsor and help sustain Healing Art, ensuring that Houston artists facing often unseen challenges continue to thrive in a creative and supportive space.
2025 drink sponsors
2025 Media Sponsor
Healing Arts at Art League Houston
Founded in 1990 by Patrick Palmer in response to the AIDS crisis, Healing Arts has become one of Houston’s longest-running community arts programs, providing adults with chronic illnesses and disabilities a welcoming space for creative expression. Offered at no cost to participants, the program is guided by professional artists Emily Sloan and Rebecca Bass, who lead weekly in-person and virtual classes in painting, ceramics, and more. Visiting artists also share insights into their practice, enriching the experience. Unlike hospital-based programs, Healing Arts fosters a supportive, inclusive community where art becomes a tool for empowerment and connectiom.
With small class sizes that ensure one-on-one instruction and meaningful engagement, Healing Arts helps participants rediscover themselves beyond their diagnoses. Through exhibitions and sales opportunities, artists showcase their work and celebrate their creative journeys. Now in its 35th year, Healing Arts continues to be a transformative and enduring resource, proving that art is not just a pastime—it is healing, it is community, and it is life-affirming.