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122 A NIGHT OF ART STARS MATTHEW RAMIREZ AND CATHERINE D. ANSPON DO SOME ART GAZING. PHOTOGRAPHY DAVE ROSSMAN. T he Lancaster Hotel — Houston's oldest operating hotel and a pedigreed Theater District destination — marked the first anniversary of its post-Harvey rebirth as a Texas art hotel in classic style. The hotel group's principal partner, Dallas-based artist/collector/patron Jay Shinn, hosted the evening, which toasted 30 talents whose works grace the lobby, restaurant, and rooms. Catered by the hotel's Cultivated F+B, the cocktail bash brought together artists and gallerists from Dallas and Houston showcasing the hotel collection curated by Shinn. The night wrapped with an art tour led by Shinn, whose own light-based work is a touchstone of the collection. PC SEEN: Houston art stars Terrell James, Allison Hunter, Ann Stautberg and Frank X. Tolbert 2, and Randy Twaddle with Rebekah Johnson; Dallas talents Annette Lawrence, Ellen Frances Tuchman, Frances Bagley and Tom Orr, Linnea Glatt, Rusty Scruby, and Tommy Fitzpatrick; Dallas gallerists Barry Whistler, Cris Worley, Holly Johnson, Jordan Roth, and Susan Roth Romans; also in from Dallas, Shinn's partner Tim Hurst, hotel designer David Cadwallader, and The MAC director Rachel Rogerson; and Houston museum types including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Alison de Lima Greene and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's Christina Brungardt. COCKTAILS AT THE REBORN LANCASTER HOTEL Barry Whistler, Frank X. Tolbert 2 Tommy Fitzpatrick & Lauren Riojas Fitzpatrick, Tim Hurst Allison Hunter, Rusty Scruby Tom Orr, Jay Shinn Terrell James, Jim Cinquemani Cliff Helmcamp & Jerry Jeanmard Bill McDugald, Alison de Lima Greene Sam Jones, Elaine Gentry Randy Twaddle Rebekah Johnson David Cadwallader, Cris Worley & Erick Swenson, Holly Johnson Adam Neese, Mina Gaber