Rothko Chapel

The Rothko Chapel is a non-denominational chapel in Houston, Texas, that has served as an important meeting place where events are held that bring together leaders, heroes, artists, musicians, scientists, and scholars from all over the world such as Jonas Salk, Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama.

"The Rothko Chapel was the last and one of the most important endeavors that Dominique and John de Menil worked on together. This modern work of religious art commissioned for Houston is comparable in importance to the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence by Henri Matisse or the Chapel in Ronchamp by Le Corbusier in France."

Staff
Accessed April 2010:


 * Emilee Dawn Whitehurst, Executive Director
 * Sean D. Carter, CFRE, Chief Development Officer
 * Frances Carter Stephens, Director of Communications
 * Alison Pruitt, Director of Operations
 * Suna Umari, Chapel Services Coordinator
 * Hana Tiric, Lead Host

Board
Accessed April 2010:


 * Gayle DeGeurin - President and Chair
 * Arthur Bellinzoni, PhD
 * Philip Bobbitt
 * Joseph Eldridge, ThD
 * Fariha de Menil Friedrich -Founder of the Dia Foundation, New York
 * Asma Kombargi, PhD
 * Susan Rappaport
 * Christopher Rothko, PhD
 * Jacqueline Schmeal
 * Dinesh Singhal
 * Ron Sly
 * Martha Claire Tompkins

Honorary Directors
 * Frances T. Farenthold
 * Willy Kuehn
 * Donald B. Easum

Directors (2007)
Accessed August 2007:
 * Gayle DeGeurin - President and Chair
 * Arthur Bellinzoni, PhD
 * Reverend Joseph Eldridge, PhD
 * Fariha de Menil Friedrich - Founder of the Dia Foundation, New York
 * Asma Kombargi, PhD
 * Susan Rappaport
 * Christopher Rothko, PhD
 * Jacqueline Schmeal
 * Dinesh Singhal
 * Martha Claire Tompkins

Oscar Romero Award Recipients

 * 1986: Leonidas Eduardo Proano Villalba, Ecuador
 * 1988: Paulo Evaristo Cardinal Arns, Brazil
 * 1990: Bishop Medardo E. Gomez Soto, El Salvador
 * 1991: Monsenor Rodolfo Quezada Toruno, Guatemala
 * 1993: Oslobodjenje (Liberation), Bosnia
 * 1997: Salima Ghezali and Abdennour Ali Yehya
 * 2003: Ishai Menuchin
 * 2005: Torture Abolition and Survivors' Support Coalition, International (TASSC), Sr. Dianna Ortiz
 * 2007: Shanti Sellz and Daniel Strauss, student volunteers for the human rights organization No More Deaths.

Contact
Website: http://www.rothkochapel.org Rothko Chapel 1409 Sul Ross Street Houston, TX 77006-4829 Phone: (713) 524-9839

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