Join us for a virtual Gala benefiting
the Neill-Cochran House Museum in Austin
April 7, 2021
(Video streaming will be available 6:30-9:30PM)
Courtesy Houston Chronicle
J.P. Bryan is a sixth generation Texan and a descendant of Stephen F. Austin’s sister. A dedicated preservationist and passionate collector of Western art and artifacts, Bryan has spent five decades preserving Texas history.
In 1978 J.P. and his wife Mary Jon purchased the deserted Gage Hotel in Marathon, Texas. Their dedicated restoration efforts brought the beautiful Mission-style hotel back to life and helped revitalize this West Texas town near Big Bend.
The Bryan Museum in Galveston, opened in 2015 in the old Galveston Children’s Orphanage, houses most of J.P.’s vast collection of Texana - around 70,000 artifacts. The museum, which has exhibits on colonial Spanish Texas, Mexican Texas, and the Texas Revolution, is open to the public.
His leadership of such institutions as the Texas State Historical Association, the Texas Historical Commission, the Institute of Texan Cultures, and the Pioneer Arts Foundation further demonstrates the depth of his commitment to the preservation of the story of Texas and its diverse cultures.
Sponsorship Levels
Bluebonnet ($15,000)
Gourmet dinner and wine for eight delivered to your home April 7, 2021
As a premier underwriter, opportunity to thank J.P in the evening’s video presentation
A special memento for you and each of your guests
Eight tickets to visit the Neill-Cochran House Museum anytime in 2021-22
Four tickets to visit the Bryan Museum in Galveston
Premier recognition and acknowledgment on the evening’s program
Indian Paintbrush ($10,000)
Gourmet dinner and wine for eight delivered to your home April 7, 2021
A special memento of the evening for you as table host
Eight tickets to visit the Neill-Cochran House Museum anytime in 2021-22
Four tickets to visit The Bryan Museum in Galveston
Premier recognition and acknowledgment on the evening’s program
Black-eyed Susan ($5,000)
Gourmet dinner and wine for eight delivered to your home April 7, 2021
A special memento of the evening for you as table host
Eight tickets to visit the Neill-Cochran House Museum anytime in 2021-22
Recognition and acknowledgment on the evening’s program
Buttercup ($2,500)
Gourmet dinner and wine for six delivered to your home April 7, 2021
A special memento of the evening for you as table host
Eight tickets to visit the Neill-Cochran House Museum anytime in 2021-22
Recognition and acknowledgment on the evening’s program
Texas Lantana ($750)
Gourmet dinner and wine for two delivered to your home April 7, 2021
Two tickets to visit the Neill-Cochran House Museum anytime in 2021-22
Recognition and acknowledgment on the evening’s program
Dinners will be delivered in these cities only: Austin, Beaumont, Dallas, El Paso, Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Waco
Individual Tickets ($250)
access to the video presentation
Honorary Chairs
Laura W. Bush
Former First Lady of the United States
Jan Felts Bullock and Nancy Powell Moore
Host Committee:
Nancy Allen
Susan and Ed Auler
Dolly and John Barclay
Betty Bird
Nancy and Bill Blalock
Mary Cochran Bohls
Homoiselle and Carlos Bujosa
Allyson and Steve Cook
Susie and Sanford Criner
Rowena and Kevin Dasch
Sue and Lee Denton
Carol and Frank Holcomb
Weezie and Peter Johnston
Julie and Jim Kemper
Marie Louise and David Kinder
Virginia and Don Lewis
Muffy and Mike McLanahan
Eileen and John Moody
Diana Morehouse
Elizabeth and Babur Ozden
Eleanor and Scott Petty
Andrea and Bill Reed
Kit and Carl Detering
Christi and Gary Dotter
Jenny Elkins
Tyrrell E. Flawn and John P. Howe, III
Anne and Lee Folkes
Janet and Sidney Francis
Anne and David Frischkorn
Valerie Fuller
Margo and Jim Gooch
Betsy and Buzzy Griffin
Marnie and Lee Hogan
Ellen Rienstra
Barbara and Corby Robertson
JanePeyton Rogers
Katherine Fay Smith
Drew and John Stull
Mary and Charles Teeple
Alice and Terry Thomas
Leslie and Bill Wilson
Kathryn and Tom Wilson
Vereen and Madison Woodward
Event Committee Co-Chairs
Fay Kirby and Aline Wilson
Event Committee:
Sarah Almy
Minnette Boesel
Linda Condit
Heather Firestone
Ann Harder
Kathy Lord
Cinda Matthews
Karen Pope
Laura Stover