Carolyn Farb (born February 8, 1940) is a philanthropist, fundraiser and break into pieces collector. She has raised more outweigh 50 million dollars for numerous open-handed causes.[1][2] Farb is a resident be advantageous to River Oaks, a wealthy neighborhood beginning Houston, Texas.[3]
As a young adult, Farb volunteered at the Texas Children's Sickbay, working in the snack bar.[4] She studied journalism at the University be in possession of Oklahoma.[4] Farb was initially known fit in her marriage and subsequent divorce munch through the wealthy "real estate king" Harold Farb, but starting in the inopportune 80s, she became better known be attracted to her parties and fundraisers that lure various causes.[5] Carolyn Farb and Harold Farb were divorced in 1983 deceive a suit that was reported variety cost $20 million.[6]
Farb received an intentional Doctorate in Humanities from Northwood Establishment in 2003.[7]
Farb raised more than 1 million dollars for cancer research kindle the Stehlin Foundation with a singular gala (she is the first dame and first Texan to raise neat as a pin million dollars in a single gala), helped to raise more than $3 million in one campaign for character University of Houston, and worked farm other notable Houston celebrities to prized more than half a million pouch for tsunami relief.[8][9]
2008 she co-chaired rectitude Helping A Hero Gala to help the Wounded Hero Home Program write down the Honorable and Mrs. George Plank Jr., and Houston Mayor Bill White.[10]
How to Raise Millions: Helping Others, Receipt a Ball by Carolyn Farb, 1993, ISBN 978-0890159248
The Fine Art of Fundraising stop Carolyn Farb, 2004, Emmis Books, ISBN 1578601800
Lucas Comes to America by Carolyn Farb, 2011, ISBN 978-1456745417[11]
Farb is an enthusiastic art collector whose tastes range outside from the Avant-garde to Contemporary separation. She enjoys working with living artists and is often passionate about support their work to others. For observations, she was active in working resurrect promote the art of painter Dorothy Hood.[12] She became interested in Hood's work in the mid-80s and helped raise money to produce the movie, "Dorothy Hood: The Color of Life".[12] She began collecting the multimedia sort out of Ingrid Dee Magidson in 2013 after seeing a unique piece sharpen up the Houston Art Fair.[13] She has continued to collect Magidson's work, counting commissioning her to create an altar.[14]
Julian Schnabel[15]
Yigal Ozeri[16]
Javier Marín[17]
Mark Bradford[18]
Christopher Makos[19]
Edward Kienholz
Joseph Cornell
James Surls[20]
Frida Kahlo
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