Historical Note

The Houston Artists Fund was established as a tax-exempt public charity in 1993 by CPA Jody Blazek, artist Lucas Johnson, and attorney John Lunsford. Other board members included artists Jack Massing and Joe Havel, and gallerist Gus Kopriva. HAF served as fiscal sponsor for nonprofit art-related projects that did not have tax-esempt status. HAF provided administrative support and monitored budgets for funds raised from the art community.

HAF supported publication of books on Lucas Johnson, Charles Schorre, William Middleton's biography of Dominique de Menil, a monograph on Bernard Brunon's That's Painting Productions, and major catalogs for MANUAL, James Surls, and George O. Jackson.

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